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Eric Garber and [[Lyn Paleo]] edited two editions of ''[[Uranian Worlds | Eric Garber and [[Lyn Paleo]] edited two editions of ''[[Uranian Worlds|Uranian Worlds: A Reader's Guide to Alternative Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', (1983 and 1990) a comprehensive bibliography of works of science fiction and fantasy with queer content. ''Uranian Worlds'' won a [[Gaylactic Spectrum Award]] in 1998, the award's first year. | ||
In addition, Garber edited three science fiction/fantasy/horror anthologies, ''[[Worlds Apart]]: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (1986) (with [[Camilla Decarnin]] and Lyn Paleo), ''[[Embracing the Dark]]'' (1991) (collaborators [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]] and [[Kij Johnson]], illustrated by George Barr) and ''[[Swords of the Rainbow]]'' (1995) with [[Jewelle Gomez]]. In addition to science fiction and fantasy editing and bibliography, | In addition, Garber edited three science fiction/fantasy/horror anthologies, ''[[Worlds Apart]]: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy'' (1986) (with [[Camilla Decarnin]] and Lyn Paleo), ''[[Embracing the Dark]]'' (1991) (collaborators [[Nina Kiriki Hoffman]] and [[Kij Johnson]], illustrated by George Barr) and ''[[Swords of the Rainbow]]'' (1995) with [[Jewelle Gomez]]. In addition to science fiction and fantasy editing and bibliography, | ||
Garber was also a scholar of the gay aspects of the Harlem Renaissance, culminating in "A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem," which | Garber was also a scholar of the gay aspects of the Harlem Renaissance, culminating in "A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem," which Wikipedia calls "still probably the definitive article re: GLBT performers in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s."<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Craze "Pansy Craze"], ''Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pansy_Craze&oldid=184036776 Revision 184036776 as of 13 January 2008 13:36 UTC], retrieved Jan. 20, 2008.</ref> | ||
He died of AIDS in 1995. His papers are stored in the Eric Garber Collection at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) of Northern California, San Francisco, California. | He died of AIDS in 1995. His papers are stored in the Eric Garber Collection at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) of Northern California, San Francisco, California. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
[:// | [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/blues/garber.html A Spectacle in Color] | ||
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[[Category:1944 births]] | [[Category:1944 births]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:15, 6 February 2008
Eric Garber and Lyn Paleo edited two editions of Uranian Worlds: A Reader's Guide to Alternative Science Fiction and Fantasy, (1983 and 1990) a comprehensive bibliography of works of science fiction and fantasy with queer content. Uranian Worlds won a Gaylactic Spectrum Award in 1998, the award's first year.
In addition, Garber edited three science fiction/fantasy/horror anthologies, Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy (1986) (with Camilla Decarnin and Lyn Paleo), Embracing the Dark (1991) (collaborators Nina Kiriki Hoffman and Kij Johnson, illustrated by George Barr) and Swords of the Rainbow (1995) with Jewelle Gomez. In addition to science fiction and fantasy editing and bibliography,
Garber was also a scholar of the gay aspects of the Harlem Renaissance, culminating in "A Spectacle in Color: The Lesbian and Gay Subculture of Jazz Age Harlem," which Wikipedia calls "still probably the definitive article re: GLBT performers in Harlem in the 1920s and 1930s."[1]
He died of AIDS in 1995. His papers are stored in the Eric Garber Collection at the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (GLBTHS) of Northern California, San Francisco, California.
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- ↑ "Pansy Craze", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Revision 184036776 as of 13 January 2008 13:36 UTC, retrieved Jan. 20, 2008.