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Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers edited by Lydia Rogue
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What would the future look like if we weren't so hung up on putting people into boxes and instead empowered each other to reach for the stars? Take a ride with us as we explore a future where trans and nonbinary people are the heroes.
In worlds where bicycle rides bring luck, a minotaur needs a bicycle, and werewolves stalk the post-apocalyptic landscape, nobody has time to question gender. Whatever your identity you'll enjoy these stories that are both thought-provoking and fun adventures.
Mod opinion: I hadn't heard of this book before, but it sounds really interesting and I hope to check it out somewhat soon. Update: It Is really interesting. If you want a big collection of trans sci fi and also cool bicycles check this out!
#trans-galactic bike ride#lydia rogue#polls#trans lit#trans literature#trans books#lgbt lit#lgbt literature#lgbt books#sci fi#anthology#short stories
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Trans-Galactic Bike Ride by Lydia Rogue and Elly Blue
What would the future look like if we weren't so hung up on putting people into boxes and instead empowered each other to reach for the stars? Take a ride with us as we explore a future where trans and nonbinary people are the heroes.
In worlds where bicycle rides bring luck, a minotaur needs a bicycle, and werewolves stalk the post-apocalyptic landscape, nobody has time to question gender. Whatever your identity you'll enjoy these stories that are both thought-provoking and fun adventures.
Featuring brand-new stories from Hugo, Nebula, and Lambda Literary Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders, Ava Kelly, Juliet Kemp, Rafi Kleiman, Tucker Lieberman, Nathan Alling Long, Ether Nepenthes, and Nebula-nominated M. Darusha Wehm. Also featuring debut stories from Diana Lane and Marcus Woodman.
#trans-galactic bike ride#lydia rogue#elly blue#transfem#transmasc#nonbinary#trans book of the day#trans books#queer books#bookblr#booklr
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Book Review: Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers - edited by Lydia Rogue
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Goodreads & StoryGraph reviews
Simple Review:
This was more varied in quality from anthologies I've read recently. I feel that even though it's not YA, a few of the stories felt a little too young for me, as I near middle-age. A few other stories were a bit ham-fisted in their metaphors or very predictable. On the whole, I still had a good time with the anthology, and as someone who is nonbinary myself, I always find trans and nonbinary stories refreshing, especially when they're allowed to be trans-/queer-normative and have fun like this!
Individual Story Reviews:
"Per Rotas Ad Astra" by Ether Nepenthes: 3 stars - A brief vignette about a disabled queer bicyclist setting off on her space bike on a solo trip to the moon. I have come to realize that I don't care for banter with inside jokes; at this point in my life, it feels as awkward as when someone tells inside jokes you're not in on around you in reality. It may appeal to younger readers who yearn to be part of this sort of banter.
"Riding for Luck" by Juliet Kemp: 4.5 stars - Four bicyclists discover they can build up a sort of lucky power by perfectly timing their bike rides and decide to see if they can use it for a greater good. This was a neat idea and charming in execution!
"The Edge of the Abyss" by M. Darusha Wehm: 2.5 stars - A couple outcast smugglers—one who deals in goods, the other in information—stop for a rest at a remote outpost, only to find that the grand conflict between two big powers is about to escalate and engulf everything. Perhaps where the anthology publisher's declaration of "politically moderate, centrist" leanings comes into play. The two galactic factions in the story are modeled after the modern conservative vs. liberal divide common in the West. The main character's centrist position claims nuance, but really is a milquetoast position that lacks nuance in its assumption that both sides come from equal footing, rather than examining how the long cultural histories of colonization, racism, capitalism, etc. actually shaped these ideas and this divide. It also very briefly touches on the "Stay and Fight" vs. "Flee for Personal Survival" decision without providing any real depth there either (and I feel very strongly about this due to my own family history of loss and personal experience). I don't think it's impossible for a short story to properly handle something like this, but this story's execution was not there. A shame, because I did enjoy the characters and setting at first.
“Unexpectedly Trans-Parent” by Lydia Rogue: 5 stars - A space cyclist's fetch and return trip through a designated spacetime rip takes an unusual turn when they find their payload is something alive. Fun, charming, and a nifty setting.
“Rovers” by Marcus Woodman: 5 stars - A courier in a post-apocalyptic US encounters an unusual loner requesting a ride. Another one that was fun and charming, and looking back at the title afterward? I'm tickled.
“The Visitmothers” by Charlie Jane Anders: 3 stars - A trans person summons mysterious beings to ask for her heart’s desire, only to have them take her bike instead. A little underwhelming to me, and I felt the conclusion sets up a codependent situation...?
“A Sudden Displacement of Matter” by Ava Kelly: 4 stars - A bounty hunter follows a hunch in looking for the thief who somehow stole a valuable monument from a prominent space station. Frustrating in the way a bounty hunter who is supposedly clever makes obvious mistakes, but otherwise fun.
“Briar Patch” by Lane Fox: 5 stars - A brief vignette about a member of a colony of exiled gender-nonconforming (and other queer?) folks, reflecting on their circumstances. Full of love and mindfulness.
“Clashing/Complementary” by Rafi Kleiman: 4 stars - A kid who dedicates herself to enchanting paint and using it to tag, as inspired by her recently deceased mother, finds out who's been tagging in her territory recently. Thought the characters are young, I still enjoyed this romp.
“Lucy Doesn’t Get Angry” by Tucker Lieberman: 3.5 stars - A child is set to be sacrificed to the Minotaur in its Labyrinth, and must figure out how to escape this fate. Perhaps a little ham-fisted in the metaphor.
“Beyond” by Nathan Alling Long: 3.5 stars - Ninety-nine riders make the trek from Earth to Pluto to see how the journey changes them, with unexpected results. At least, for the folks in the story. I personally found it predictable, but it wasn't a bad time.
Thanks for reading! 💕
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Paranatellonta is 10 years old!
10! Can you believe it?
To celebrate, we have invited guest author and photographer Ava Kelly again, as we loved this same collaboration for our fifth anniversary.
Ava Kelly is a nonbinary speculative writer and engineer. Secretly a pile of cats in a trenchcoat, Ava’s goal is to bring into the world more tales of friendship and compassion, dedicated to trope subversion, stories that give the void a voice. Romanian living in Norway, Ava is an avid explorer of culture and its reflection upon life and creativity, both in art and in tech design. Among their works are the award-winning novel Havesskadi, the short story A Sudden Displacement of Matter (part of the Lambda-nominated anthology Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers), and the illustrated dual language book of nonbinary fairy tales Alia Terra – Stories from the Dragon Realm.
This is what the celebratory edition will look like: in our next post, there will be one photo taken by Fie, for which Ava has written a ten-sentence story—the usual size for a Paranatellonta story. Ava has also taken a photo which will be shown in a second post, accompanied by a ten-sentence story by Minerva. So you’ll be getting two Paranatellonta combinations at once. A third star rises with us today!
We hope you’ll enjoy this special anniversary edition. As always, feel free to leave us a comment through asks, reblogs or any other way you like!
The banners for this post were also designed by Ava. Thank you for joining us again, @avakellyfiction!
More about Ava Kelly: [website] – [tumblr] – [instagram] – [twitter] – [mastodon]
More about Minerva Cerridwen: [website] – [tumblr] – [instagram] – [twitter] – [mastodon]
More about Fie: [tumblr]
#paranatellonta#flash fiction#photography#10 years#anniversary#special edition#ava kelly#360th edition#para 360#360
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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers ed. by Lydia Rogue
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers ed. by Lydia Rogue
I don’t really know how to come up with a cooler name for a collection than Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers, but then again, I don’t have to, because someone else did and I get to reveal the cover today! Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurersis edited by…
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#Anthology#Ava Kelly#Charlie Jane Anders#Diana Lane#Juliet Kemp#Lydia Rogue#M. Darusha Wehm#Marcus Woodman#Microcosm Publishing#Nathan ALling Long#Rafi Kleiman#SFF#Trans-Galactic Bike Ride#Tucker Lieberman
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rafi's professionally published fiction getting rave reviewed by aiden thomas........ i'm dating a celebrity
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Trans-Galactic Bike Ride edited by Lydia Rogue
Trans-Galactic Bike Ride edited by Lydia Rogue
I don't typically like anthologies of short stories, but apparently I just needed to read short stories about space bikes with trans narratives! #LGBTQBooks
Genre | Anthology of Science Fiction Short Stories Page #s | 156Publishing Date | December 2020
What would the future look like if we weren’t so hung up on putting people into boxes and instead empowered each other to reach for the stars? Take a ride with us as we explore a future where trans and nonbinary people are the heroes.
In worlds where bicycle rides bring luck, a minotaur needs a…
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September 2023 Reading Update!
Wild that it's already September! Feels like my reading is finally returning to normal after the busy end to last year and buying our house this year.
Following my new monthly update format plans, I'll cover what I finished reading last month, what I'm currently working through, what I plan to get to this month, and some new and upcoming releases that sound cool! So as it's a Long Post ahead, I'll give you a break here.
August Reads Mini-Reviews
Trans-Galactic Bike Ride ed. by Lydia Rogue - 3.5 stars
The stories in this anthology varied in quality a bit, and some felt a bit young for me, despite not being YA per se. Still a good time, with a few especially memorable romps. Full review here.
Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Vol. 1 ed. by Hope Nicholson - 4.5 stars
Great all around collection! My personal favorites were "Ochek" by David Robertson & Haiwei Hou, "Coyote and the Pebbles” by Dayton Edmonds & Micah Farritor, and “Home” by Ian Ross & Lovern Kindzierski & Adam Gorham & Peter Dawes.
Babel by R.F. Kuang - 4 stars
This was very much My Shit, but also could have benefited from being a duology or even trilogy instead of one book. I loved how stuffed it was with etymology and history, though some might find that more dense a read than they'd like. The shift from the relatively slow, observational pace of the beginning to the tense action after about 300 pages can be a little jarring. And I wish we'd had more fleshing out of the other characters and their relationships, as well as time spent to take the commentary on empire and colonization back further. As my first R.F. Kuang read, it was very enjoyable, though.
More detailed review on Goodreads or The StoryGraph.
Moonshot Vol. 2 ed. by Hope Nicholson - 5 stars
It felt like the project really hit its stride here. Lots of great stories and art. My favorites of the bunch were “Worst Bargain In Town” by Darcie Little Badger & Rossi Gifford, “Water Spirits” by Richard Van Camp & Haiwei Hou, and “Journeys” by Jeffrey Veregge.
Current September Reads
Back down to the appropriate number of reads: The Library Book, The Physical TBR Book, and The Project Book.
Moonshot Vol. 3 ed. by Elizabeth LaPensée, Ph.D. & Michael Sheyahshe
As with the previous volumes, more comics, illustrated stories, and artworks by Indigenous creators. This time edited by past contributors! Over halfway through, so it won't take long to finish.
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Things have gotten intense in ways I didn't expect it to go (not a negative!). About a third of the way through, should be easy to finish this month.
Speaking Bones by Ken Liu
Had some neat revelations and some frustrating mistakes on the part of characters who should've known better so far. Only at p. 142 out of 1047. 💀
Additional September Plans
White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link
This is on its way to my local library branch, so I'll be picking it up soon! It's Kelly Link's new story collection, just released this March. I look forward to more of her strange and wonderful works.
Loot by Tania James
Mentioned in my previous update, when I received it from the publisher's Goodreads giveaway. Going to start it once I finish Lone Women.
Upcoming Releases
A Crown So Cursed by L.L. McKinney (September 19th)
Third book in the Nightmare-Verse series, inspired by Alice in Wonderland stuff. I'm not always into YA fantasy, but I've been having a great time with this series!
The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan (September 26th)
Adult historical fantasy set during the Inquisition, featuring Sephardic Jewish folklore. As Toba's people flee rather than forcibly convert, she's separated and ends up in a realm of powerful beings. Naftaly seeks to rescue her, encountering even more dangerous secrets along the way. Warning that it is the first in a series, and word on the street is that there's a cliffhanger ending.
So that's what's going on this month for my reading. If you read this far, know that I love you! 💕
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August Reading Check-In!
Is it a little late? Yes, mind your business 😹
I want to move my bookish updates back here since I'm not about training Elon Musk's AI. This update is gonna be a mix of mini-reviews, the current reading list, recent acquisitions, and a few upcoming releases to watch out for.
It's gonna be long, so keep reading if you dare. Or jump around to the bits you like!
Mini Reviews for July's Reads
Black Ghost of Empire by Kris Manjapra - 5 stars
A look at slavery and the emancipation processes across North America and the Caribbean in particular, as well as some of the colonization of Africa itself. Examines the way emancipations prioritized compensating slave-owners for lost "property" rather than restoring justice and reciprocity to the enslaved people who lost their labor, lives, and histories. Super informative, super vital, because they didn't teach this in US history. Just be prepared for an emotionally tough read.
The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty #3) - 3 stars
This is where the series finally ran into pacing issues for me, as many multi-POV epic fantasy series do. Mostly in the latter half. We had a very high-stakes storyline getting a slim chapter between multiple thick chapters about an all new setting and characters with a much lighter tone. I know heavy stuff needs to be broken up, but this was more frustrating than cathartic.
I am keeping in mind that TVT is technically the first half of what was supposed to be the final book, but the trilogy became a tetralogy because a 2000-page book would be ludicrous. Still, I feel it could've been broken down further, and we really need to allow more BIPOC writers the freedom to have sweeping, several-book-long series the way white authors can.
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link - 4 stars
These stories were quite a ride. Many featured messy people, places, and things. If we're being honest, the rating could bump up to 5 stars on a reread. There's just so much to unpack, and I'd need a closer reading, like studying scripture.
Current August Reads
• Trans-Galactic Bike Ride ed. by Lydia Rogue - As the subtitle reads, it's "Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers," written by queer authors. Technically I've actually already finished reading it, but I'll post about it separately at a later time!
• Babel by R.F. Kuang - BookTube's darling about a department at Oxford dedicated to translation and working silver- and translation-based magic for the glory of the empire. Problem is, some of the students and faculty are people from places on the receiving end of the empire's injustice. Down to the last 100 pages of this one!
• Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty #4) - Despite my frustrations with the third book's pacing, I wouldn't dream of DNFing the series. The world is so lush and full, and the characters endearing. But there's another 1000 pages ahead, so this'll be on Current Reads lists for a while. 💀
• Lone Women by Victor LaValle - A young woman leaves her family home in flames and seeks a new life homesteading in Montana, a mysterious trunk in tow. I read LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom a few years back, and really needed to read more of his stuff.
• Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Vol. 1 ed. by Hope Nicholson - Was very excited to see this at the library, as I've wanted to read it for a long time. The stories vary in genre, and I believe there are illustrated stories, individual art pieces, and even a song or poem by Buffy Sainte-Marie in addition to regular comics.
Recent Acquisitions
• Loot by Tania James - I actually won this print copy in a Goodreads giveaway! This is why I encourage those who are able to enter for anything they're interested in; it can happen to YOU lmao. Anyways, it's a book about a boy in India who constructs an automaton tiger for the Sultan, only to have it seized in war by the British. He goes to England to try to retrieve it.
• Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas - My August Book of the Month pick. I enjoyed her debut, The Hacienda, and look forward to this one. Described with "Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border." I've seen reviewers describe it more as magial realism/historical fiction with vampires, rather than horror, though.
Upcoming Releases
No guarantee I'll pick these up... but here's some cool stuff coming out in the next month or so!
• From A Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (August 29th) - Third collection of 40 short stories celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, this time inspired by elements of Return of the Jedi! I realized I still have to pick up the second collection, from The Empire Strikes Back, oh no!
• The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (September 5th) - YA horror featuring a trans autistic teen protagonist who can commune with the dead. He attempts to escape an arranged marriage, is sent to a Sanitorium & Finishing School, and is urged by the institution's ghosts to expose its dark secrets.
That's all for now! If you read all this... just know that I love you. 🥰
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Fave Five: All-Queer Anthologies All Out and Out Now ed. by Saundra Mitchell Summer Love and If the Fates Allow…
#Absolute Power#All Out#Alysia Constantine#Annie Harper#Anthologies#Behind the Sun Above the Moon#Bogi Takács#Brooklyn Ray#Duet Books#Erica Friedman#Hope Nicholson#If the Fates Allow#Love Beyond Body Space & Time#Lydia Rogue#Out Now#Saundra Mitchell#Short Stuff#Summer Love#Todas as cores do Natal#Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers#Transcendent
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Queer anthologies? Thanks
Saundra Mitchell edits all-queer YA anthologies - All Out, Out Now, and coming June 7th, Out There.
Duet Books also has a few, and then here's a list of SFF anthologies and short story collections that I believe are all queer, which can also be found at the bottom of the page here: https://lgbtqreads.com/sff/
Homesick by Nino Cipri
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater
Absolute Power: Tales of Queer Villainy, ed. by Erica Friedman
Tales From Perach by Shira Glassman – T, L, B, G
Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley
No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll – T, NB, GF, Aro
Cinder the Fireplace Boy and Other Gayly Grim Tales by Ana Mardoll
Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi & Fantasy Comic Anthology, ed. by Sfe R. Monster
Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time, ed. by Hope Nicholson
Glitter + Ashes ed. by dave ring (Amz)
Unfettered Hexes ed. by dave ring (Amz)
Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016, ed. by Bogi Takács
Transcendent 3: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2017, ed. by Bogi Takács
The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories by A.C. Wise – G, B, A
And somehow I'm missing this one from that list, but as I add it in, I'll share it here too: https://lgbtqreads.com/2019/11/15/exclusive-cover-reveal-trans-galactic-bike-ride-feminist-bicycle-science-fiction-stories-of-transgender-and-nonbinary-adventurers-ed-by-lydia-rogue/
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