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Bending the Landscape

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Bending the Landscape is the title of an award-winning series of LGBT-themed anthologies of short speculative fiction edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel.[1][2] Three books were produced between 1997 and 2002, subtitled Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.[3] Each volume won LGBT or genre awards.[4]

Themes

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The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership.[5][6] Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.[5]

Awards

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The series received awards including a World Fantasy Award,[7] two Lambda Literary Awards, and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards.[4] Some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.

Bending the Landscape: Fantasy

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Cover of Bending the Landscape: Fantasy, art by Kevin Murphy.

Published in 1997.[3]

Awards

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  • Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
  • World Fantasy Award, Best Anthology

Contents

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Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction

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Cover of Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction, art by J K Potter.

Published in 1998.[3]

Awards

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  • Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
  • Gaylactic Spectrum Award
  • Stonewall Book Award: Literature (finalist)

Contents

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Bending the Landscape: Horror

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Cover of Bending the Landscape: Horror, art by J K Potter.

Published in 2001.[3]

Awards

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  • Gaylactic Spectrum Award

Contents

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bending the Landscape – Series Bibliography", Internet Speculative Fiction Database, retrieved 16 October 2008
  2. ^ "Bending the Landscape". 22 October 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Huber, George K., Anthologies of Gay Fiction, archived from the original on 16 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
  4. ^ a b "The Locus Index to SF Awards", Locus, archived from the original on 24 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
  5. ^ a b "Profiles of Recent Books from reviews in Locus Magazine", Locus, 19 October 1998, retrieved 16 October 2008
  6. ^ Pearson, Wendy (March 1999), "Identifying the Alien: Science Fiction Meets Its Other", Science Fiction Studies, 26, vol. Part 1, no. 77, archived from the original on 4 October 2008, retrieved 16 October 2008
  7. ^ World Fantasy Convention (2010). "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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