fiction.wikisort.org - WriterElizabeth A. Lynn (born 1946) is a US writer most known for fantasy and to a lesser extent science fiction. She is particularly known for being one of the first writers in science fiction or fantasy to introduce gay and lesbian characters; in honor of Lynn, the widely known California and New York-based chain of LGBT bookstores A Different Light took its name from her novel.[1] She is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award—Novel.
American novelist
Body of work
Elizabeth Lynn is an openly lesbian science fiction and fantasy writer who has written numerous works featuring positive gay protagonists.[2] Her Chronicles of Tornor novels (1979–80), the first book of which, Watchtower, won the World Fantasy Award, were among the first fantasy novels to have gay relationships as an unremarkable part of the cultural background, and included explicit and sympathetic depictions of same-sex love.[3] The other books in this series are The Dancers of Arun (1979); and Northern Girl (1980) – the last of which is of particular lesbian interest.[1]
Lynn's early science fiction novels were similarly ground-breaking in their treatment of sexual themes. In The Sardonyx Net (1981), one of the primary characters is a sexual sadist. Her SF novel A Different Light (1978) featured a same-sex relationship between two men.[4][5][6] The magical lesbian tale "The Woman Who Loved the Moon" also won a World Fantasy Award and is the title story in Lynn's The Woman Who Loved the Moon collection along with other gay speculative fiction stories.[1][7][8][9] Both these novels featured the science fiction concept hyperspace.
Lynn later returned to fiction with a fantasy series, again featuring gay relationships: Dragon's Winter (1998) and Dragon's Treasure (2004).
Bibliography
Series
- The Chronicles of Tornor
- Watchtower (1979), ISBN 0-425-05008-4
- The Dancers of Arun (1979), ISBN 0-425-05189-7
- The Northern Girl (1980), ISBN 0-425-04725-3
- Karadur Atani
- Dragon's Winter (1998), ISBN 0-441-00502-0
- Dragon's Treasure (2003), ISBN 0-441-01196-9
Novels
- A Different Light (1978), ISBN 0-425-04824-1
- The Sardonyx Net (1981), ISBN 0-425-05326-1
Short story collections
- The Woman Who Loved the Moon and Other Stories (1981), ISBN 0-425-05161-7
- Tales from a Vanished Country (1990)
Novellas
Children's books
- The Silver Horse (1986) novel, ISBN 0-312-94404-7
Non-fiction
- Babe Didrikson Zaharias: Champion Athlete (1989) (biography) ISBN 1-55546-684-2
Selected short stories
- "We All Have to Go" (in Tricks and Treats, 1976)
- "Jubilee's Story" (in Millennial Women, 1978)
- "Wizard's Domain" (in Basilisk, ed. Ellen Kushner, 1980)
- "The Silver Dragon" (in Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, 2004)
See also
- Feminist science fiction
- Homosexuality in speculative fiction
References
- "Locus: Elizabeth A. Lynn interview". Locusmag.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- Garber & Paleo, "Elizabeth A. Lynn: Biographical note" p. 84
- Garber & Paleo, "A different light" p. 83
- Garber & Paleo, "The Dancers of Arun" p. 83
- "Elizabeth A Lynn". Fantasticfiction.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- "Locus: Elizabeth A. Lynn interview". Locusmag.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- Garber & Paleo, "The Woman Who Loved the Moon", "The Man Who Was Pregnant", "Jubilees's Story" "The White King's Dream" p. 83
- "Elizabeth A Lynn". fantasticfiction.co.uk.
- "Locus: Elizabeth A. Lynn interview". locusmag.com.
External links
World Fantasy Award—Short Fiction |
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1975–2000 |
- Pages from a Young Girl's Journal by Robert Aickman (1975)
- Belsen Express by Fritz Leiber (1976)
- There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding by Russell Kirk (1977)
- The Chimney by Ramsey Campbell (1978)
- Naples by Avram Davidson (1979)
- Mackintosh Willy by Ramsey Campbell (1980, tie)
- The Woman Who Loved the Moon by Elizabeth A. Lynn (1980, tie)
- The Ugly Chickens by Howard Waldrop (1981)
- The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison (1982, tie)
- Do the Dead Sing? by Stephen King (1982, tie)
- The Gorgon by Tanith Lee (1983)
- Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) by Tanith Lee (1984)
- The Bones Wizard by Alan Ryan (1985, tie)
- Still Life with Scorpion by Scott Baker (1985, tie)
- Paper Dragons by James Blaylock (1986)
- Red Light by David J. Schow (1987)
- Friend's Best Man by Jonathan Carroll (1988)
- Winter Solstice, Camelot Station by John M. Ford (1989)
- The Illusionist by Steven Millhauser (1990)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess (1991)
- The Somewhere Doors by Fred Chappell (1992)
- Graves by Joe Haldeman (1993, tie)
- This Year's Class Picture by Dan Simmons (1993, tie)
- The Lodger by Fred Chappell (1994)
- The Man in the Black Suit by Stephen King (1995)
- The Grass Princess by Gwyneth (1996)
- Thirteen Phantasms by James Blaylock (1997)
- Dust Motes by P. D. Cacek (1998)
- The Specialist's Hat by Kelly Link (1999)
- The Chop Girl by Ian R. MacLeod (2000)
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