Bending the Landscape: Fantasy

As a writer and a long-time fan of fantasy literature, I was thrilled to see this collection. Overall, the quality is good. This is a solid, entertaining read. But more, it is a ray of hope for an under- and often mis-represented group of people in genre literature. Hopefully, with the publication of this collection, and it's companion science fiction anthology, we will be seeing more gay and lesbian representation in the "mainstream" markets.

This book features some of the finest short fiction I've seen in fantasy literature. While sexuality is an important underlying theme, it does not overpower the force of most of these excellent stories. The characters are people, not political statements or stereotypes. I hope this book finds its way into the hands of many mainstream readers.

We live in a word where definition delimits. How exciting to come across a collection of stories that expand, rather than confirm, my preconceptions. These stories all wrestle with queerness, granted, but from such a spectrum of perspectives. The pleasure of the anthology is, the stories are all enjoyable as story (many great; almost all good); and then so many of them are engagingly expansive around their gender themes. Go read this. It's the best fantasy anthology I've seen for years....

I just finished this book. The nice part is that you can read one or two stories in a relatively short time. The bad part is that you keep saying "just one more and I'll hit the sack". As with all good books, you lose a little sleep. The stories are from the current and the past, our world and fantasy worlds. The characters and situations fall into the standard categories but with the twist of being fantasy along with many surprise endings.