Stacia Seaman
Autore di Lessons in Love (Erotic Interludes)
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Heiresses of Russ 2015: The Year's Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction (2015) — Collaboratore — 15 copie
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- 211
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- #105,256
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- 4.0
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The idea of this is so amazing! But I will say upfront that I was extremely disappointed by the use of the word queer in the title because literally all the stories are about persons who seem to identify as gay. There were no bisexuals or pansexuals or asexuals or trans* persons, all of who fall under the category of queer. It's just really annoying when people act like "queer" only refers to gay persons and that's what this book does. Honestly, I don't think saying "gay and lesbian" fairy tales would reduce the readership at all.
That aside, most of the stories were really interesting.
There was "Beanstalk," which ended up being a really cute lesbian retelling of "Jack and the Beanstalk". The idea was quite innovative and read well.
"The Princess and the Frog," which comes after the story of the same name, is very funny and light-hearted and adorable (once one gets past the idea that the evil character seems to be East Asian based which has a slightly uncomfortable racist feeling attached.)
"Heartless" was also quite great. Based on "The Snow Queen," it was somehow both sad but also happy? Anyway, it was quite good.
Also entertaining were "The Snow King" and "Sneewitchen."
It's probably not my immediate recommendation for an anthology, but I would recommend it if someone was starved for gay and lesbian fairy tales.
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