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Amazonite
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Posts: 381
(6/27/01 8:15:42 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
All this talk about good movies started me thinking about good
books, too. I'd love to hear some recommendations of good lesbian
fiction from a variety of genres. I live in a pretty straight
community (though there's a healthy dyke population, too) and it's
hard to find fiction or to even know what titles and/or authors to
look for.
One book I love is "Gossamer Axe" by Gael Baudino. It's
sort of a modern day fantasy set in Denver, CO with a very strong,
fiery haired Celt as the central character. It also deals with
harping and heavy metal and makes some wonderful social commentary.
It is at heart a love story. Two of her other books, "Strands of
Starlight" and "Strands of Sunlight" are also well written with
strong womyn characters. Elves, witches, fantasy, reality, etc.
etc.
They are better than I think I am describing them!
Next......
Readin' On! Amazonite
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Runt
TX New Member
Posts: 69
(6/28/01 4:40:53 pm)
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I wish I could be of more help here, but lesbian lit was never high
on my list of reading material (apologies!) I did read a book called
"Palomino" by Elizabeth Jolley (Australian author, from what I
remember) that I liked- but as it's out of print, it may be hard to
find. It was a good story, though, I read it several
times!
(P.S.-Amazonite... I'm not Dave Lister, I don't like
lager, however, I do like avoiding work- look at all the time I've
wasted here!)
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Hatshepsout
TX Member
Posts: 130
(6/28/01 5:35:45 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
By the gods...I can't help here...I know a lot more about detective
novels!!!
But come on, somebody here must have some titles to
provide!!!
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Amazonite
TX Member
Posts: 392
(6/28/01 10:48:58 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
Well, hey I got two responses, yay! I was starting to wonder if I
smelled funny or something... 
Maybe like me everyone's too busy here at TX to read write right
now. But who knows, maybe someone will come on with a whole big list
o' books and make me happy.....
Runt--are you a Dwarfie fan, too? I was kind of smokin' you
out with vindaloo question. I love Red Dwarf because it is one of
the funniest shows I've ever seen. Just the right mix of Brit humor,
insanity, stupidity, intelligence and downright silliness. Wish I
got it here where I live. Oh well. If you are not a Dwarfie, well, I
guess in the words of Emily Litella--Nevermind!
Amaznonite
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pjleslie
TX New Member
Posts: 1
(6/28/01 11:56:42 pm)
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Re: Lesbian
Fiction
If you're looking for good lesbian fiction try
Katherine V.
Forrest--Murder at the nightwood bar
She also writes fantasy
(Curious Wine) and lesbian love stories
Ann Bannon 50's or
60's pulp fiction lesbian novel series featuring Beebo
Brinker
Nevada Barr
Val McDermidd
Anne Cameron
The Journey :for western fans
Pamela Sargent and Joanna Russ
for sci fi fans
and you might want to check out Esther Freisner's
Chicks in Chain Mail series,
but it is not exclusively
lesbian.
Mary Wings a mystery series: She Came in A Flash,
She Came too Late and others.
Patience and Sarah by Isabel
Miller
and the somewhat negative but classic Well of
Loneliness
These are pretty good starting points
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Jezter1
TX New Member
Posts: 1
(6/29/01 3:30:22 am)
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Lesbian Fiction
You have got to read Jeanette Winterson's book:
"The
Passion".
You would be doing yourself a huge favour.It is
BRILLIANT.
Infact most of her books are and they are widely
availaible in bookstores.
Happy reading!!!
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Ephiney
TX New Member
Posts: 6
(6/29/01 12:10:04 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
Here is a good place to go to look for Lesbian
fiction:
www.naiadpress.com
They are publishers of
lesbian books. In fact they are or were the biggest publisher of
lesbian books in the country. Most of the aforementioned authors
have at one time or another gone through Naiad. This is a good
starting place for you to get a lot of summaries of what the books
are about and you can order directly from them as well, or go to
Amazon, BN or Borders.
Some of my favorite authors
are:
Katherine Forrest - romance and mystery
Claire McNab
- mystery
Karin Kallmaker - Romance (she really is the
best!)
Laura Adams (this is Karin K as well) - science
fiction
Jackie Calhoun - General
Catherine Ennis -
General
Jennifer Fulton
Sarah Aldridge
These are just
to name a few. I hope that this helps. I go through periods of only
wanting to read lesbian fiction, so I just go to my 100's of books
and start reading them again! *LOL*
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xag4evr
TX New Member
Posts: 54
(6/29/01 2:15:32 pm)
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Also if any one hails from atlanta, charis books in little five
points carrys the gambit of books
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Amazonite
TX Member
Posts: 395
(6/29/01 6:11:29 pm)
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COOL!!!!! Thanks everyone! I know there's tons of books out there,
it's just a matter of finding them. Nice to know of a website
listing I can check out, too.
I love to read, and most of my
favorite books don't have lesbian characters. I get kind of tired of
that!!! I want to read about people like me, too. I want to read
about two womyn in love for a change!
Amazonite
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RavenLar
TX New Member
Posts: 57
(6/29/01 9:33:05 pm)
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Here's some older fantasy - sci-fi. They are actually mainstream,
but the main characters end up together. Megan and Shkai'ra. It's
the Fifth Millennium series by S.M. Stirling and Shirley Meier.
Actually if you love Xena, you'll love this series.
They're from the early 90's so I'm not sure how easy it will be to
find them, but they're definately worth checking out.
- "Saber
& Shadow" by S.M. Stirling & Shirely Meier
- "The Cage"
by S.M. Stirling & Shirley Meier
- "Shadow's Daughter" by
Shirley Meier
- "Shadow's Son" by Shirley Meier, S.M. Stirling,
Karen Wehrstein
- "Snowbrother" by S.M. Stirling
Last time I
check Barnes & Noble and Borders had them. I'm sure you can
order them. I re-read them just because I love the characters so
much. Hope this helps. - Raven
"I love the smell of warrior sweat in the morning" - Xena ("The
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Posts: 87
(6/30/01 5:10:14
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Also take a look at http://www.openbookltd.com/
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irru2
TX New Member
Posts: 3
(6/30/01 11:16:33 am)
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Lesbian Fiction
RUBYFRUIT JUNGLE-RITA MAE BROWN
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irru2
TX New Member
Posts: 4
(6/30/01 11:32:06 am)
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Lesbian Fiction
Another place to look is QueerReads.com
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CAM
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Posts: 18
(7/3/01 6:42:40
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Raven,
I love those Stirling/Meier series! I read them well
before Xena every came to be. If you like women warriors /
characters and love, then I second this recommendation. In another
of Stirling's later books, Island in the Sea of Time, he makes a
reference to Xena the show. He usually features strong women
characters. Another series I liked was John Varley's "Titan",
"Demon", "Wizard" series. It's sci fi / fantasy too.
There
was a good book list / discussion going on the nutforum. If it ever
comes up again, check it out. Lots of recommendations, books with
lesbian slant.
CAM
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xag4evr
TX New Member
Posts: 65
(7/3/01 8:31:50 am)
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Lesbian Fiction
way cool john varley series, read those in the 80's
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skippi13
TX Member
Posts: 121
(7/3/01 11:20:05 am)
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Lesbian Fiction
Thanks all, these are sooo cool! If it wasnt Rita Mae
Brown-(RubyFruit Jungle was an eye opening experience for me), or
Xena Uber fan-fiction-(hey, there are some really good writers out
there... ), I
had no clue. Between this list and the movie list my gf has some
ideas what to get me for my B-Day. Keep em comin' skip.
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Amazonite
TX Member
Posts: 415
(7/3/01 3:55:38 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
Yes! Thanks again everyone and keep 'em coming. I'm trying to look
up some of these at the library (ya never know.... ).
And now I have titles to bring to the used bookstore,
too!
Reading On! Amazonite
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Amazonite
TX Member
Posts: 421
(7/4/01 8:03:50 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
The Nutforum has a two page thread--OT...Lesbian novels.
There
are lots of books and sites listed. Check it out!
Amazonite
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Hatshepsout
TX Member
Posts: 155
(7/4/01 8:31:41 pm)
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Lesbian Fiction
Here is the link for the thread mentioned by Amazonite:
http://www.studiosusa.com/mb/NonCGI/Forum2/HTML/051208.html
I
wanted to post it here the other day, but wasn't able to log on the
nutfarm. Strange things happen...
ed. to correct my strange
typo! 
Edited by: Hatshepsout
at: 7/4/01 8:32:46 pm
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Amazonite
TX Member
Posts: 430
(7/5/01 1:00:40 pm)
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Thanks Hats! I still haven't learned how to make a link like that
yet!
Reading On!! Amazonite
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Hatshepsout
TX Member
Posts: 158
(7/5/01 2:43:58 pm)
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Amazonite:
Just use the ol'copy and paste trick!
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