Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction

Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Writing: Science Fiction is a 1998 anthology edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel.

It is Volume 2 in a 3-title anthology series, including Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (v.1); Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (v.2); and Bending the Landscape: Horror (v.3). (Note: The hardback edition lists this volume (Science Fiction) as "volume 1" of the series, but Fantasy is actually volume 1; this is volume 2.)

It was tied for Lambda, 1998, Award for Science Fiction, and was nominated for ALA GLBTF Award, 1998.

Contents

• "Introduction";
• "Sex, Guns, and Baptists" by Keith Hartman;
• "Half in Love With Easeful Rock and Roll" by Rebecca Ore;
• "Powertool" by Mark McLaughlin;
• "Time Gypsy" by Ellen Klages;
• "Lonely Land" by Denise Lopes Heald;
• "The Rendez-Vous" by Nancy Johnston;
• "Silent Passion" by Kathleen O'Malley;
• "Sun-Drenched" by Stephen Baxter;
• "The Flying Triangle" by Allen Steele;
• "Brooks Too Broad For Leaping" by Charles Sheffield;
• "Dances at the Edge" by L. Timmel Duchamp;
• "Love's Last Farewell" by Richard A. Bamberg;
• "On Vacation" by Ralph A. Sperry;
• "The City in Morning" by Carrie Richerson;
• "State of Nature" by Nancy Kress;
• "The Beautiful People" by Wendy Rathbone;
• "A Real Girl" by Shariann Lewitt;
• "Who Plays With Sin" by Don Bassingthwaite;
• "Surfaces" by Mark W. Tiedemann;
• "Stay Thy Flight" by Elisabeth Vonarburg;
• "Free in Asveroth" by Jim Grimsley;
• "About the Editors"; and
• "About the Authors."

Editions

• New York: Overlook Press, 1998. (August 1998; ISBN 0879518561 hardback)