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A review by jdhacker
Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity by Lee Mandelo
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I was excited to receive a free arc of Amplitudes, as I knew Margaret Killjoy had a story included.
As a generally cis and straight presenting person, I know I'm necessarily the target audience for this collection, there's a lot of lived experience incorporated into these characters and stories that I don't necessarily share, or at least not fully share. However, I think for the community its going to be an important set of touchstones and representation within the genre. Besides its focus on fantasy, science fiction, and the future through the lense of the lgbtq+ experience, if there was one overriding theme to the stories here I'd have to say it was, like Superman, 'Hope.' Even the stories set in a bleak future ('trans world takeover') contain hope for something better if we're willing to work for it, sacrifice for it. Some, like the opening 'The Republic of Ecstatic Consent' seem rather dreamlike. Others, like 'Shabbos Bride' are more like vignettes, fragments, or flash fiction. There are stories drawn from folks all over the world, and several translated stories as well.
Besides Killjoy's excellent 'There Used to Be Peace' some of my favorites Sarah Gailey's 'Moonwife', Ramirez Yoakeim's 'Fettle & Sunder', Neon Yang's 'Collective Memory', and Aysha Farah's 'Sugar, Shadow'.
As a generally cis and straight presenting person, I know I'm necessarily the target audience for this collection, there's a lot of lived experience incorporated into these characters and stories that I don't necessarily share, or at least not fully share. However, I think for the community its going to be an important set of touchstones and representation within the genre. Besides its focus on fantasy, science fiction, and the future through the lense of the lgbtq+ experience, if there was one overriding theme to the stories here I'd have to say it was, like Superman, 'Hope.' Even the stories set in a bleak future ('trans world takeover') contain hope for something better if we're willing to work for it, sacrifice for it. Some, like the opening 'The Republic of Ecstatic Consent' seem rather dreamlike. Others, like 'Shabbos Bride' are more like vignettes, fragments, or flash fiction. There are stories drawn from folks all over the world, and several translated stories as well.
Besides Killjoy's excellent 'There Used to Be Peace' some of my favorites Sarah Gailey's 'Moonwife', Ramirez Yoakeim's 'Fettle & Sunder', Neon Yang's 'Collective Memory', and Aysha Farah's 'Sugar, Shadow'.