The Trans Space Octopus Congregation bookcover

The Trans Space Octopus Congregation

Bogi Takács 

(Author)

Charlie Jane Anders 

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Description

This collection from the Lambda Literary Award-winning author and editor of Transcendent 2 offers plenty of thrills - and bonus tentacles - for readers of LGBTQ-focused speculative literature. The stories range from magical space opera to cheerful body horror and historical fantasy, always with a sense of hope amid adversity. The mystical and magical merge with the scientific and technological: sacred texts gain new interpretations in the light of nuclear physics, and people save a forest with computer science. Cephalopods build alliances and research their past, Jewish shapeshifters speak to extraterrestrial planetminds, and Hungarian horse archers summon ancient terrors.

Product Details

PublisherLethe Press
Publish DateOctober 05, 2019
Pages328
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781590216934
Dimensions9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 1.1 pounds

About the Author

Bogi Takács is a Hungarian Jewish agender trans person (e/em/eir/emself or singular they pronouns) currently living in the US with eir family and a congregation of books. Bogi writes, reviews and edits speculative fiction, and has been a finalist for the Hugo and Locus awards. Eir anthology, Transcendent 2, won a Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction.

Reviews

"From uplifted octopuses on far flung planets to intensely topical explorations of authoritarianism and tightening borders here on Earth, this collection reveals a dazzling (and sometimes shattering) breadth of speculative fiction. It treats openly with a universe dominated by distance and space but made beautiful by the diverse people and connections that exist in the fleeting light of stars and in the shadows left behind when war and time ravage and ruin. Challenging and formally daring, the stories act as a prod and provocation for readers to engage more deeply with the world around them, to challenge their perspectives by putting them into minds both alien and achingly familiar, seeking empathy beyond what can be easily recognized or understood." - Charles Payseur, Quick Sip Reviews

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