A list of more than 90 science fiction and fantasy books with queer (LGBTQIA+) representation releasing in 2022.

A Most Anticipated Science Fiction and Fantasy of 2023 for Polygon, Goodreads, Nerd Daily, WeAreBookish, and The Mary Sue Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, S. L. Huang's The Water Outlaws are bandits of devastating ruthlessness, unseemly femininity, dangerous philosophies, and ungovernable gender who are ready to make history--or tear it apart. In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Lin Chong is an expert arms instructor, training the Emperor's soldiers in sword and truncheon, battle axe and spear, lance and crossbow. Unlike bolder friends who flirt with challenging the unequal hierarchies and values of Imperial society, she believes in keeping her head down and doing her job. Until a powerful man with a vendetta rips that carefully-built life away. Disgraced, tattooed as a criminal, and on the run from an Imperial Marshall who will stop at nothing to see her dead, Lin Chong is recruited by the Bandits of Liangshan. Mountain outlaws on the margins of society, the Liangshan Bandits proclaim a belief in justice--for women, for the downtrodden, for progressive thinkers a corrupt Empire would imprison or destroy. They're also murderers, thieves, smugglers, and cutthroats. Apart, they love like demons and fight like tigers. Together, they could bring down an empire. | Author: S. L. Huang | Publisher: Tordotcom | Publication Date: Aug 22, 2023 | Number of Pages: 496 pages | Language: English | Binding: Hardcover | ISBN-10: 1250180422 | ISBN-13: 9781250180421

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The Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series of the 1960's & 1970's

(Dean Ellis’ cover for the 1970 edition of Eight Against Utopia (1967), Douglas R. Mason) Part II of my sci-fi art series on domed cities of the future (perhaps doomed as well) — part I…

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Inspired by Fletcher Vredenburgh's recent critiques of modern fantasy cover design, I here offer some of my favorite wrap-around cover art from the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. All images are scanned from my personal collection. To my knowledge, four artists are represented: Gervasio Gallardo, Robert LoGrippo, David Johnston, and Bob Pepper. (The two Eddison volumes give no credit to the cover artist; one website claims the great Keith Henderson, who did do the interior ornaments.) In Gallardo, I see a lot of influence from weird/surreal art old and new: Hieronymus Bosch, Odilon Redon, Henri Rousseau, Rene Magritte. As a matter of fact, the Internet informs me that Gallardo (b. 1934) is himself a Spanish surrealist. You can see some of his work here and here. I wonder what became of his Ballantine paintings? I haven't been able to find much about the other artists, but I love Johnston's covers for their spontaneous appearance and glowing, flowing colors. Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy: Volume II, 1973. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. Inspired by Henri Rousseau? Poseidonis, Clark Ashton Smith, 1973. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. Evenor, George MacDonald, 1972. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. The Night Land (Vol. II), William Hope Hodgson, 1972. Cover art by Robert LoGrippo. This one calls to mind Bosch's depiction of hell in The Garden of Earthly Delights. The Song of Rhiannon, Evangeline Walton, 1972. Cover art by David Johnston. The Water of the Wondrous Isles, William Morris, 1971. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. The Children of Llyr, Evangeline Walton, 1971. Cover art by David Johnston. Xiccarph, Clark Ashton Smith, 1972. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. Another one that reminds me of Bosch. The Wood Beyond the World, William Morris, 1969. Cover art by (?) Gervasio Gallardo. The Boats of the "Glen Carrig", William Hope Hodgson, 1971. Cover art by Robert LoGrippo. The Island of the Mighty, Evangeline Walton, 1970. Cover art by Bob Pepper. New Worlds for Old, 1971. Cover art by David Johnston. The cover of my novel Dragonfly is an unabashed homage to this lovely piece of work, as well as other images in our festival. The King of Elfland's Daughter, Lord Dunsany, 1969. Cover art by Bob Pepper. Prince of Annwn, Evangeline Walton, 1974. Cover art by David Johnston. Red Moon and Black Mountain, Joy Chant, 1971. Cover art by Bob Pepper. The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis, C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne, 1972. Cover art by Dean Ellis. Some of the Ballantine covers have only a single panel, generally repeated on front and back. As I said before, I've read that the Eddison volumes feature cover paintings by Keith Henderson, but he's credited only for the interior "decorations." Mistress of Mistresses, E. R. Eddison, 1967. A Fish Dinner in Memison, E. R. Eddison, 1968. Imaginary Worlds, Lin Carter, 1973. Cover art by Gervasio Gallardo. I find this one slightly unsettling, like a Rene Magritte painting. Last but not least, the cover art for the Gormenghast books is by Bob Pepper, e.g., Titus Groan, Mervyn Peake, 1968. Cover art by Bob Pepper. The images don't wrap around, but seem to be clipped from a single large image.

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So as you may be aware, NPR crowd-sourced a list of the 100 greatest sci-fi and fantasy novels. As you might also be aware, 100 novels is a lot of novels. Chances are you've read or at least heard of some of them before, but let's say you want to pick a new one, something you aren't familiar with, something that will be an exciting surprise, but more importantly, something you'll actually enjoy. Well you don't have to choose arbitrarily based on title or cover art any more; SF Signal has created an exhaustive, infinitely useful flowchart that'll help you find the pick that's right for you. Also, it's funny, which is always a plus. Whether you're interested in diving into the annals of post-apocalyptic Catholicism thousands of years in the future or an epic fantasy series with at least ten books under its belt, this flowchart is sure to lead you to the right choice. Take a look after the jump.