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Queer Science Fiction

These books feature LGBTQ+ characters and themes in new and interesting times and locations, sometimes with aliens. #indypladults #indyplteens lgbtq lgbt

The Indianapolis Public Library

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  • This dystopian fiction novel focuses on Reese, a teen who gets into a car accident but is miraculously healed at a military hospital. Featuring a bisexual heroine, this book refuses to play on the tropes of the oversexualized or…
    BookNew York : Little, Brown, 2012. — TEEN FIC LO
  • Part horror, part science fiction, this novel explores human nature through dystopia. Why do expedition parties keep killing themselves? What is out there that is so difficult to face? Also available as an eBook.
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. — SF VAN
  • This space science fiction book focuses on Alana, a woman who has stowed away on a cargo ship that's looking for her sister. While she's attracted to the captain, there's no time for romance as her sister's life is in danger. Also…
    BookRockville, Maryland : Masque, [2013] — SF KOY
  • Pharmaceutical pirates. Human-robot queer romance. A drug epidemic that threatens to make everyone work themselves to death. What more could you ask for? Also available as an eBook and a downloadable eAudiobook.
    BookNew York : Tor, 2017. — SF NEW
  • ot only is Ursula K. Le Guin one of the masters of science fiction, her works often include feminist and queer bents to them as well. With gender-shifting aliens meeting a lone human emissary, can there be an intergalactic community where…
    BookNew York : Walker, 1994. — SF LEG 1994
  • A rising young star in the protectorate falls from grace, and for Lachlan. With gay relationships strictly illegal in the protectorate, how will Adam rise from the ashes? Available only as an eBook.
    eBookMacon, GA : Samhain Pub., 2013. — EBOOK LIBBY
  • This quirky space opera is parts Star Wars, parts Firefly, parts Hitchhiker's Guide. Also available as an audiobook, an eBook, and downloadable eAudiobook.
    BookNew York : Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2016] — SF CHA
  • This space opera by Hugo award-winning author Ann Leckie is full of action, drama, suspense, and a dash of romance. Also available as an eBook and a downloadable eAudiobook.
    BookNew York : Orbit, 2017. — SF LEC
  • Riding the line between historical fiction and science fiction, a great African goddess intervenes in the lives of three women across time and space to improve their situations. Available only as an eBook.
    eBookNew York : Warner Books, 2003. — EBOOK LIBBY
  • With her implant removed, Lore is no longer the daughter of the rich and powerful. Now, as far as anyone is concerned, she doesn't exist. Does she continue down a path of lawlessness to survive, or will she steal the identity of a recently…
    BookNew York : Ballantine Books, 1995. — SF GRI
  • With bio-engineered humans living underwater, this cyberpunk adventure is sure to keep you guessing.
    UnknownNew York : Tor, [1999] — SF W352s
  • On the lower, captive decks of the HSS Matilda, Aster discovers that she is different. Not only does she think differently, she behaves differently and feels differently about others. Her unique characteristics unlock a series of events…
    BookBrooklyn, New York, USA : Akashic Books, [2017] — SF SOL