Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Review: Distant Gardens anthology FF sff

 

 


five great sff authors, ten happy endings

These authors love lesbian sci-fi fantasy as much as I do and display that love to spectacular effect here. The heat levels vary and are specified up front. There are tentacles, fungi, carnivorous plants, inter-species pairings, dimensional rifts, life-or-death struggles, pirates and politicos, intergalactic espionage, nerds and naifs, immortals and pixies, evil corporations and bureaucracies to circumvent, all paving the way for non-binary and sapphic heart bonds. We need more of those unconventional balances in our own reality, so what better way to seed them in our imaginations than this?

Each of the five gifts us with a tale from their established sff universes, as well as one that takes place elsewhere, providing a wonderful introduction to their worlds, and their literary chops. The volume delivers exactly what I wish for in boundary breaking romances. May they all live long and prosper, writing happily ever after.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

 

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58363764-distant-gardens