Transcendent : : the Year's Best Transgender Speculative Fiction

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Call Number: Fantasy / Transcendent
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fantasy / Transcendent	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Introduction / K.M. Szpara -- The shape of my name / Nino Cipri -- into the waters I rode down / Jack Hollis Marr -- Everything beneath you / Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam -- Contents of care package to Etsath-tachri, formerly Ryan Andrew Curran (Human English translated to Sedrayin) / Holly Heisey -- The petals abide / Benjamin Sriduangkaew -- Treasure acre / Everett Maroon -- Splitskin / E. Catherine Tobler -- The need for overwhelming sensation / Bogi Takacs -- The Scaper's muse / B.R. Sanders -- The librarian's dilemma / E. Saxey -- Chosen / Margarita Tenser -- Where monsters dance / A. Merc Rustad -- Be not unequally yoked / Alexis A. Hunter -- The thing on the cheerleading squad / Molly Tanzer -- Kim, painted / Penny Stirling.
"There are fantastical stories with actual transgender characters, some for whom that is central and others for whom that isn't. And there are stories without transgender characters, but with metaphors and symbolism in their place, genuine expressions of self through such speculative fiction tropes as shapeshifting and programming. Transgender individuals see themselves in transformative characters, those outsiders, before seeing themselves as human protagonists. Those feelings are still valid. But though the stories involve transformation and outsiders, sometimes the change is one of self-realization. This anthology will be a welcome read for those who are ready to transcend gender through the lens of science fiction, fantasy, and other works of imaginative fiction"--Page 4 of cover.

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Exceptional Speculative Fiction submitted by Meginator on July 4, 2018, 3:46pm The most notable thing about this anthology, aside from the high quality across the board, is the great variety in (sub)genres, tone, and subject matter; each story feels unique, and the authors tackle a wide range of themes. Unsurprisingly, transformation and/or transcendence are common threads throughout most of the stories, though each author tackles them from their unique point of view. These are good stories, period, each one a pleasure to discover in turn.