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• FET ABOUT ORSON STT CARD AND JOHN C. WRIGHT, HERE ARE EIGHT GAY-CLIVE SCI-FI/FANTASY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 1, 2009/11:40 AMBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 1, 2009 / 11:40 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FET ABOUT ORSON STT CARD AND JOHN C. WRIGHT, HERE ARE EIGHT GAY-CLIVE SCI-FI/FANTASY WRERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-09-01T15:40:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-09-01T15:40:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST WEEK MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TOUGH ONE FOR GAY FANS OF SCIENCE FICTN AND FANTASY. NOT ONLY WAS ORSON STT CARD'S HOMOPHOBIA BEG DISCSED THANKS TO THE RELEASE OF SHADOW COMPLEX, BUT NEBULA AWARD NOMEE JOHN C. WRIGHT PUT HIS HOMOPHOBIA ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, SCI-FI REARS HAVE A FEW OPTNS WHEN TO FDG WRERS WHO CLU GLBT PEOPLE THEIR VISN OF THE UNIVERSE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG TO FD A GAY-IENDLY VOICE TO SUPPORT, HERE ARE EIGHT POSSIBILI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN HARPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE SILENT EMPIRE SERI){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN HARPER PIZIKS STARTED OUT ON HIS POPULAR SILENT EMPIRE SERI, HE WASN'T LOOKG TO ADD TO THE LIST OF SCIENCE FICTN'S GAY HERO. THE SERI' STARTED WHEN PIZIKS SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE WH IENDS AND TALKED ABOUT HOW TO BETTER EXAME THE IA OF A GALACTIC EMPIRE, AND HOTSHOT PILOT KENDI WEAVER WAS ORIGALLY TEND TO BE A SENDARY CHARACTER, ALONG WH HIS PARTNER BEN. HOWEVER, PIZIKS QUICKLY FOUND KENDI TAKG THE SPOTLIGHT THE SERI, LEADG TO EACH BOOK GETTG A NOMATN FOR THE GAYLATIC SPECTM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MERCES {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE LAST HERALD-MAGE TRILOGY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MERCES LACKEY SEIZED THE ATTENTN OF GAY FANTASY REARS 1989 WHEN THE FIRST OF THE LAST HERALD MAGE BOOKS, MAGIC'S PAWN H THE BOOKSTORE SHELV. THE TRILOGY GAVE GAY FANS VANYEL ASHKEVRON, A YOUNG NOBLE WHO SEEMS UNPROMISG UNTIL HE IS SENT TO LIVE AT HIS NT'S STLE. THERE, HE FALLS LOVE WH A YOUNG MAN STUDYG WH VANYEL'S NT, TYLENL. WHEN TYLENL DI SUDNLY, THE TRAGEDY AWAKENS HIS MAGIC TALENTS, SETTG HIM ON A PATH TO BE A LEGEND FOR THE KGDOM OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT, VANYEL STOOD OUT AS A RARE SE ON THE SCI-FI/FANTASY SECTN OF THE BOOKSTORE. AT THE TIME, WAS RARE TO SEE GLBT CHARACTERS AND WHEN YOU DID, THEY WOULD BE FOUND MORE HIGHBROW NOVELS MORE TERTED EXAMG THE HUMAN NDN THAN OFFERG AN ENTERTAG DIVERSN. NOT ONLY WAS MAGIC'S PAWN A BOOK MEANT FOR MASTREAM DIENC WH A GAY HERO, VANYEL'S LOVE FOR TYLENL IS PIVOTAL TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT J. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE NEANRTHAL PARALLAX TRILOGY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT BE HEARG MORE ABOUT SAWYER SOON - HIS 1999 NOVEL FLASHFORWARD IS THE BASIS OF A SIARLY-TLED SERI BUTG ON ABC SEPTEMBER. SAWYER ALSO HAS A GAY-CLIVE TRILOGY HIS HISTORY AS THE NEANRTHAL PARALLAX EXPLOR AN ALTERNATE EARTH WHERE NEANRTHALS BEME THE DOMANT SPECI. THE MORN-DAY NEANRTHALS (OR, AS THEY'RE KNOWN THE BOOKS, BARAST) HAVE A SOCIETY WHERE BISEXUALY IS THE NORM. MALE AND FEMAL LIVE SEPARATELY, SAVE FOR FOUR DAYS OUT OF EACH MONTH AND MOST BARAST HAVE TWO SPO - AN OPPOSE-SEX PARTNER WHO HAS A ROLE PROCREATN AND RAISG CHILDREN, AND A SAME-SEX PARTNER WHO PROVIS PANNSHIP WHEN THE MALE AND FEMALE TRIB ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILLIAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(HOE OF STAIRS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY YEAR WHEN BANNED BOOKS WEEK AROUND, GAY-CLIVE YOUNG ADULT BOOKS LIKE GEOGRAPHY CLUB AND RABOW BOYS ARE A PART OF THE LIST. GAY CHARACTERS YOUNG ADULT BOOKS OFTEN DRAW NTROVERSY. MAYBE THE SCIENCE FICTN GOT PEOPLE TO OVERLOOK , OR MAYBE SLEATOR OUTED THE CHARACTER WH A SUBTLE ENOUGH TOUCH ... BUT PETER, THE HERO SLEATOR'S 1974 HOE OF STAIRS WAS GAY. THE CHARACTER'S SEXUALY WAS OBSCURED BY HIS OWN IMMATURY BUT HIS FOND MEMORI OF JASPER MAKE CLEAR THAT PETER WAS LOVE WH THE BOY. SLEATOR'S NOVELS HAVEN'T CLUD GAY CHARACTERS (OR ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS GENERAL) SCE HOE OF STAIRS, THOUGH HE NTRIBUTED A STORY TO AM I BLUE, THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF YA FICTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAMUEL R. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(DHALGREN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE I'VE OFTEN FOUND DELANY'S STYLE OF WRG TOO DNTG TO GET FAR HIS WORK, HIS GROUNDBREAKG HISTORY HAS ENURAGED ME TO KEEP TRYG. DELANEY HAS INTIFIED AS GAY SCE ADOLCENCE, WHICH IS IMPRSIVE NSIRG THAT HE GREW UP THE 50'S, LONG BEFORE THE STONEWALL RTS AND THE NCEPT OF GAY PRI. SIARLY, DELANY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SCIENCE FICTN WRERS TO EXPLORE GAY THEM HIS WORK, WHICH GAVE OTHER SCIENCE FICTN WRERS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CLU MORE GAY THEM SCI-FI. IN 2007, THE POLYMATH, OR, THE LIFE AND OPNS OF SAMUEL R. DELANY, GENTLEMAN, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DELANY, BUTED AT THE TRIBE FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE FOREVER WAR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HALMAN'S 1974 NOVEL THE FOREVER WAR IS WELL-KNOWN FOR S ANTI-WAR MSAGE, WHICH WAS LARGELY BASED ON HIS EXPERIENC VIETNAM. GAY SCI-FI FANS ALSO REMEMBER THE FOREVER WAR FOR S CLN OF A SOCIETY THAT ENURAGED HOMOSEXUALY AS A WAY TO NTROL POPULATN GROWTH. DUE TO TRAVELG AT NEAR LIGHT SPEED, THE FOREVER WAR'S HERO, WILLIAM MANLLA AG MORE SLOWLY THAN HUMAN SOCIETY AND BETWEEN HIS TRAVELS HE FD THGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATILLY EACH TIME, CLUDG FDG THAT A WORLD WHERE HIS HETEROSEXUALY IS NO LONGER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCTAVIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE PATTERNMASTER SERI), (PARABLE OF THE SOWER), (PARABLE OF THE TALENTS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE BUTLER HASN'T CLUD MANY GAY CHARACTERS HER WORK, SOCIAL HIERARCHI AND DISCRIMATN ARE SUCH A STRONG THEME TO HER WORK THAT 'S NO SURPRISE WHEN ONE OF THE MAJOR VILLAS OF THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS IS A HOMOPHOBIC POLICIAN WHO MAK GAYS AND IMMIGRANTS A SPEGOAT FOR THE BROKEN SOCIETY OF THE PARABLE BOOKS. (OVERALL, THERE'S A STRONG RELIG THEME TO THE PARABL, GIVG BUTLER'S NMNATN OF HOMOPHOBIA A STRONG, SPIRUAL RIGHTEONS.) MEANWHILE THE LILH'S BROOD TRILOGY, BUTLER TRODUC AN ALIEN RACE, THE OANKALI, WHICH CLUS A THIRD GENR WHO ARE SENTIAL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT A. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(STRANGER A STRANGE LAND) (TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE HELE'S POLIL LEANGS ARE GENERALLY HARD TO PLACE, HIS UNIQUE VOICE AND EQUENT ALG WH SEXUALY HAS CERTALY GAED HIM GAY FANS, CLUDG OUT WRERS LIKE DAVID GERROLD (A STAR TREK WRER WHO WROTE THE UNPRODUCED, GAY-CLIVE EPISO "BLOOD AND FIRE" AS WELL AS "THE TROUBLE WH TRIBBL") AND THOMAS DISCH (WHO WROTE AN SAY ON GAY THEM HELE'S WORK). HELE'S PHILOSOPHI ARE HARD TO MISS BOOKS LIKE STRANGER A STRANGE LAND AND TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE. IN STRANGER HELE ADVOTED FOR POLYAMORY AND CLUD GAY CHARACTERS WHILE THE HERO OF TIME ENOUGH ADVOT FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT, HOWEVER, IS JT A SAMPLE OF THE GAY-CLIVE THORS OUT THERE. WHICH ON HAVE WE MISSED? LET KNOW THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• WHY IS SCIENCE FICTN FOR GAY MEN SO UNUAL?

FET ABOUT ORSON STT CARD AND JOHN C. WRIGHT, HERE ARE EIGHT GAY-CLIVE SCI-FI/FANTASY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 1, 2009/11:40 AMBY LYLE MASAKISEPTEMBER 1, 2009 / 11:40 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FET ABOUT ORSON STT CARD AND JOHN C. WRIGHT, HERE ARE EIGHT GAY-CLIVE SCI-FI/FANTASY WRERS","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-09-01T15:40:39.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-09-01T15:40:39.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LAST WEEK MIGHT HAVE BEEN A TOUGH ONE FOR GAY FANS OF SCIENCE FICTN AND FANTASY. NOT ONLY WAS ORSON STT CARD'S HOMOPHOBIA BEG DISCSED THANKS TO THE RELEASE OF SHADOW COMPLEX, BUT NEBULA AWARD NOMEE JOHN C. WRIGHT PUT HIS HOMOPHOBIA ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, SCI-FI REARS HAVE A FEW OPTNS WHEN TO FDG WRERS WHO CLU GLBT PEOPLE THEIR VISN OF THE UNIVERSE. IF YOU'RE LOOKG TO FD A GAY-IENDLY VOICE TO SUPPORT, HERE ARE EIGHT POSSIBILI TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}STEVEN HARPER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE SILENT EMPIRE SERI){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHEN HARPER PIZIKS STARTED OUT ON HIS POPULAR SILENT EMPIRE SERI, HE WASN'T LOOKG TO ADD TO THE LIST OF SCIENCE FICTN'S GAY HERO. THE SERI' STARTED WHEN PIZIKS SAW THE PHANTOM MENACE WH IENDS AND TALKED ABOUT HOW TO BETTER EXAME THE IA OF A GALACTIC EMPIRE, AND HOTSHOT PILOT KENDI WEAVER WAS ORIGALLY TEND TO BE A SENDARY CHARACTER, ALONG WH HIS PARTNER BEN. HOWEVER, PIZIKS QUICKLY FOUND KENDI TAKG THE SPOTLIGHT THE SERI, LEADG TO EACH BOOK GETTG A NOMATN FOR THE GAYLATIC SPECTM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MERCES {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE LAST HERALD-MAGE TRILOGY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MERCES LACKEY SEIZED THE ATTENTN OF GAY FANTASY REARS 1989 WHEN THE FIRST OF THE LAST HERALD MAGE BOOKS, MAGIC'S PAWN H THE BOOKSTORE SHELV. THE TRILOGY GAVE GAY FANS VANYEL ASHKEVRON, A YOUNG NOBLE WHO SEEMS UNPROMISG UNTIL HE IS SENT TO LIVE AT HIS NT'S STLE. THERE, HE FALLS LOVE WH A YOUNG MAN STUDYG WH VANYEL'S NT, TYLENL. WHEN TYLENL DI SUDNLY, THE TRAGEDY AWAKENS HIS MAGIC TALENTS, SETTG HIM ON A PATH TO BE A LEGEND FOR THE KGDOM OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR A LONG TIME AFTER THAT, VANYEL STOOD OUT AS A RARE SE ON THE SCI-FI/FANTASY SECTN OF THE BOOKSTORE. AT THE TIME, WAS RARE TO SEE GLBT CHARACTERS AND WHEN YOU DID, THEY WOULD BE FOUND MORE HIGHBROW NOVELS MORE TERTED EXAMG THE HUMAN NDN THAN OFFERG AN ENTERTAG DIVERSN. NOT ONLY WAS MAGIC'S PAWN A BOOK MEANT FOR MASTREAM DIENC WH A GAY HERO, VANYEL'S LOVE FOR TYLENL IS PIVOTAL TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT J. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE NEANRTHAL PARALLAX TRILOGY){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YOU MIGHT BE HEARG MORE ABOUT SAWYER SOON - HIS 1999 NOVEL FLASHFORWARD IS THE BASIS OF A SIARLY-TLED SERI BUTG ON ABC SEPTEMBER. SAWYER ALSO HAS A GAY-CLIVE TRILOGY HIS HISTORY AS THE NEANRTHAL PARALLAX EXPLOR AN ALTERNATE EARTH WHERE NEANRTHALS BEME THE DOMANT SPECI. THE MORN-DAY NEANRTHALS (OR, AS THEY'RE KNOWN THE BOOKS, BARAST) HAVE A SOCIETY WHERE BISEXUALY IS THE NORM. MALE AND FEMAL LIVE SEPARATELY, SAVE FOR FOUR DAYS OUT OF EACH MONTH AND MOST BARAST HAVE TWO SPO - AN OPPOSE-SEX PARTNER WHO HAS A ROLE PROCREATN AND RAISG CHILDREN, AND A SAME-SEX PARTNER WHO PROVIS PANNSHIP WHEN THE MALE AND FEMALE TRIB ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILLIAM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(HOE OF STAIRS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVERY YEAR WHEN BANNED BOOKS WEEK AROUND, GAY-CLIVE YOUNG ADULT BOOKS LIKE GEOGRAPHY CLUB AND RABOW BOYS ARE A PART OF THE LIST. GAY CHARACTERS YOUNG ADULT BOOKS OFTEN DRAW NTROVERSY. MAYBE THE SCIENCE FICTN GOT PEOPLE TO OVERLOOK , OR MAYBE SLEATOR OUTED THE CHARACTER WH A SUBTLE ENOUGH TOUCH ... BUT PETER, THE HERO SLEATOR'S 1974 HOE OF STAIRS WAS GAY. THE CHARACTER'S SEXUALY WAS OBSCURED BY HIS OWN IMMATURY BUT HIS FOND MEMORI OF JASPER MAKE CLEAR THAT PETER WAS LOVE WH THE BOY. SLEATOR'S NOVELS HAVEN'T CLUD GAY CHARACTERS (OR ROMANTIC RELATNSHIPS GENERAL) SCE HOE OF STAIRS, THOUGH HE NTRIBUTED A STORY TO AM I BLUE, THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF YA FICTN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SAMUEL R. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(DHALGREN){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE I'VE OFTEN FOUND DELANY'S STYLE OF WRG TOO DNTG TO GET FAR HIS WORK, HIS GROUNDBREAKG HISTORY HAS ENURAGED ME TO KEEP TRYG. DELANEY HAS INTIFIED AS GAY SCE ADOLCENCE, WHICH IS IMPRSIVE NSIRG THAT HE GREW UP THE 50'S, LONG BEFORE THE STONEWALL RTS AND THE NCEPT OF GAY PRI. SIARLY, DELANY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SCIENCE FICTN WRERS TO EXPLORE GAY THEM HIS WORK, WHICH GAVE OTHER SCIENCE FICTN WRERS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CLU MORE GAY THEM SCI-FI. IN 2007, THE POLYMATH, OR, THE LIFE AND OPNS OF SAMUEL R. DELANY, GENTLEMAN, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT DELANY, BUTED AT THE TRIBE FILM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}JOE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE FOREVER WAR){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HALMAN'S 1974 NOVEL THE FOREVER WAR IS WELL-KNOWN FOR S ANTI-WAR MSAGE, WHICH WAS LARGELY BASED ON HIS EXPERIENC VIETNAM. GAY SCI-FI FANS ALSO REMEMBER THE FOREVER WAR FOR S CLN OF A SOCIETY THAT ENURAGED HOMOSEXUALY AS A WAY TO NTROL POPULATN GROWTH. DUE TO TRAVELG AT NEAR LIGHT SPEED, THE FOREVER WAR'S HERO, WILLIAM MANLLA AG MORE SLOWLY THAN HUMAN SOCIETY AND BETWEEN HIS TRAVELS HE FD THGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATILLY EACH TIME, CLUDG FDG THAT A WORLD WHERE HIS HETEROSEXUALY IS NO LONGER THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OCTAVIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(THE PATTERNMASTER SERI), (PARABLE OF THE SOWER), (PARABLE OF THE TALENTS){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE BUTLER HASN'T CLUD MANY GAY CHARACTERS HER WORK, SOCIAL HIERARCHI AND DISCRIMATN ARE SUCH A STRONG THEME TO HER WORK THAT 'S NO SURPRISE WHEN ONE OF THE MAJOR VILLAS OF THE PARABLE OF THE TALENTS IS A HOMOPHOBIC POLICIAN WHO MAK GAYS AND IMMIGRANTS A SPEGOAT FOR THE BROKEN SOCIETY OF THE PARABLE BOOKS. (OVERALL, THERE'S A STRONG RELIG THEME TO THE PARABL, GIVG BUTLER'S NMNATN OF HOMOPHOBIA A STRONG, SPIRUAL RIGHTEONS.) MEANWHILE THE LILH'S BROOD TRILOGY, BUTLER TRODUC AN ALIEN RACE, THE OANKALI, WHICH CLUS A THIRD GENR WHO ARE SENTIAL TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ROBERT A. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(STRANGER A STRANGE LAND) (TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE HELE'S POLIL LEANGS ARE GENERALLY HARD TO PLACE, HIS UNIQUE VOICE AND EQUENT ALG WH SEXUALY HAS CERTALY GAED HIM GAY FANS, CLUDG OUT WRERS LIKE DAVID GERROLD (A STAR TREK WRER WHO WROTE THE UNPRODUCED, GAY-CLIVE EPISO "BLOOD AND FIRE" AS WELL AS "THE TROUBLE WH TRIBBL") AND THOMAS DISCH (WHO WROTE AN SAY ON GAY THEM HELE'S WORK). HELE'S PHILOSOPHI ARE HARD TO MISS BOOKS LIKE STRANGER A STRANGE LAND AND TIME ENOUGH TO LOVE. IN STRANGER HELE ADVOTED FOR POLYAMORY AND CLUD GAY CHARACTERS WHILE THE HERO OF TIME ENOUGH ADVOT FOR GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THAT, HOWEVER, IS JT A SAMPLE OF THE GAY-CLIVE THORS OUT THERE. WHICH ON HAVE WE MISSED? LET KNOW THE MENTS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

In the list below, some books foc on sexual inti as a major theme, while others jt have a gay character or two.

On a future Earth very different om our own, a new kd of human has evolved to challenge the domn of Homo sapiens. It’s set a 22nd century domated by Communist Cha and the protagonist is a gay man. Bre, is the thor of fantasy and horror novels, which ually feature gay or bisexual characters.

The Proxy seri is notable for s gay ma character, somethg that is not seen often enough a YA dystopian/cyberpunk seri. In a 2020 say for Oprah Daily, Schwab wrote of herself, “You are 29, a btsellg thor wh a major platform, when you announce that you are gay.

GAY SCIENCE FICTN

Clarke's iend Kerry O'Qun wrote as much after Clarke’s ath, statg, "Y, Arthur was gay... Miller wr sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, most of which he says is “gay as heck. Last week might have been a tough one for gay fans of science fictn and fantasy.

Not only was Orson Stt Card's homophobia beg discsed thanks to the release of Shadow Complex, but Nebula Award nomee John C.

GAY SCIENCE FICTN DISCSN

If you're lookg to fd a gay-iendly voice to support, here are eight possibili to Harper Piziks(The Silent Empire Seri)When Harper Piziks started out on his popular Silent Empire seri, he wasn't lookg to add to the list of science fictn's gay hero.

WHY IS SCIENCE FICTN FOR GAY MEN SO UNUAL?

However, Piziks quickly found Kendi takg the spotlight the seri, leadg to each book gettg a nomatn for the Gaylatic Spectm Award.

Merces Lackey(The Last Herald-Mage Trilogy)Merces Lackey seized the attentn of gay fantasy rears 1989 when the first of The Last Herald Mage books, Magic's Pawn h the bookstore shelv.