Huff, Tanya    Lesbian Author!

Category: Military Science Fiction
Summary: Second “Valor” book by Huff. I liked the character of Staff Sgt Torin Kerr so much that I missed her for a few days after I finished the book. A quote from the book jacket about her: “As a heroine, Kerr shines. She is cut from the same mold as Ellen Ripley of the Aliens films.”

Huff, Tanya    Lesbian Author!

Category: Military Science Fiction
Summary: Very smart, tough heroine. All the characters were well-drawn. I definitely enjoyed the book. Huff is a lesbian. Most of her work is fantasy or Vampire-related, not SF.

Kress, Nancy    

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Eighty teens in the United States go into mysterious comas, and when they awake they all say the same thing: "The pribir are coming."

Greenland, Colin    

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Tabitha Jute is an awesome heroine. She can not only pilot spaceships, she can repair them after crash landings as well. She’s smart and brave and very human. I liked her a lot. I hated the main male character, however, which it made it hard to read the book. Tabitha didn’t care much for him either, and I liked the book much better after she abandoned him on Venus.

Wilson, Robert Charles    

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Giant monuments start appearing from the future, destroying cities, and throwing the world into chaos. One of the major characters is a lesbian.

Perry, Steve    

Category: Space-based
Summary: Dirisha Zuri is a tough fighter, trained in many martial arts, and on a quest for enlightenment. She finds herself at the Matador Villa, where she receives a depth of maritial and spiritual training that she had always hoped to find. In terms of sexuality, she’s equal-opportunity.

Baird, Wilhelmina    

Category: Dystopian future
Summary: A love triangle of 2 men and 1 woman, all of whom are down and out and trying to get off planet to a better life, agree to be in a movie. But they find out that the movie is more dangerous than they expected, and that their co-star is out to kill them all. The villian is a lesbian, or at least prefers women.

Moriarty, Chris    

Category: Tough Women
Summary: I heard about Spin State from the author, who told me the main character was a lesbian, “though in the spirit of truth in advertising, the main character lives in a future with much more fluid attitudes about gender and sexuality and is probably more accurately described as ‘equal opportunity with a strong preference for girls’.

Spencer, Wen    

Category: Near future
Summary: Second book in the series about Ukiah Oregon, a half-alien/half-human young man who was raised by wolves and then by lesbians and now is a private investigator caught in the middle of a war between alien body-snatchers, some of whom are trying to take over the earth and others who are trying to protect it. Writing is so-so, but the plot and characters are engaging, and I find all of these books enjoyable reads, which is why they get 3’s. Wen Spencer is a woman.

Spencer, Wen    

Category: Near future
Summary: First book in the series about Ukiah Oregon, half-alien/half-human young man who was raised by wolves and then by lesbians and now is a private investigator caught in the middle of a war between alien body-snatchers, some of whom are trying to take over the earth and others who are trying to protect it. Writing is so-so, but the plot and characters are engaging, and I find all of these books enjoyable reads, which is why they get 3’s. Wen Spencer is a woman.

Spencer, Wen    

Category: Near future
Summary: Third book in the series about Ukiah Oregon, a half-alien/half-human young man who was raised by wolves and then by lesbians and now is a private investigator caught in the middle of a war between alien body-snatchers, some of whom are trying to take over the earth and others who are trying to protect it. Writing is so-so, but the plot and characters are engaging, and I find all of these books enjoyable reads, which is why they get 3’s. Wen Spencer is a woman. Since this is the third in a series, the lesbian moms' role isn’t that big.

Gotlieb, Phyllis    

Category: Alien society
Summary: Minor lesbian character, plus a race of all female beings.

Gotlieb, Phyllis    

Category: Alien society
Summary: Very dark, weird science fiction. One of the major characters is bi, another is a lesbian.

Morehouse, Lyda    Lesbian Author!

Category: Science fantasy
Summary: Sequel to Fallen Host. One of the main characters is a lesbian.

Elliot, Jeffrey M., ed.    

Category: Short stories
Summary: Collection of gay and lesbian science fiction stories. It’s an older anthology, when there was less queer sci-fi around, and I’d already read most of the lesbian stories elsewhere.

Livia, Anna    Lesbian Author!

Category: Dystopian future
Summary: Portrays a future society where youth is paramount and when you turn 40 you are expected to kill yourself to make room for the young, But there is a cadre of old women, many of them lesbians, who are plotting to change society.

Morehouse, Lyda    Lesbian Author!

Category: Science fantasy
Summary: Sequel to Archangel Protocol, examining a different aspect of the universe she created there.

Scott, Melissa    Lesbian Author!

Category: Far future
Summary: Imagine the Roman Empire didn't collapse and its empire grew to encompass the stars.

Finch, Sheila    Lesbian Author?

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Four incarnations of one woman in four alternate realities struggle to find balance in their lives. One of the major characters calls herself a lesbian, but acts bi.

LeGuin, Ursula    

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Sutty is a lesbian, living on an Earth governed by religious zealots. She decides to join the interstellar Ekumen as an Observer. On the planet Aka, her first posting, she discovers that the government is attempting to wipe out “the Telling,” the culture of the majority of citizens.

Griffith, Nicola    Lesbian Author!

Category: Mystery
Summary: A continuation of the story of Aud (rhymes with proud), as started in the Blue Place. Not science fiction, but included anyway because Griffith does write SF sometimes.

Mixon, Laura J.    

Category: Science Fiction
Summary: Manda is a clone like everyone else in her colony, but her twin clone died in vitro, so she is also, paradoxically, a singleton--and a loner. Her discovery of alien life brings both discord to the colony and a healing to her relationship to it. One of Manda's clones was in love with another woman.

Moroz, Anne    Lesbian Author?

Category: Space opera
Summary: The story is reminiscent of the Alien films. Deep space exploration crew encounters alien life form that takes over. Hero escapes in a lifeboat. Months later, she is rescued. The company she works for sends her back to bring home some of the life forms. The author is listed as a lesbian on the feministsf.org web site.

Eskridge, Kelley    Lesbian Author!

Category: Science fiction
Summary: Excellent novel with a dyke heroine. Ren Segura, Jackal to her friends, is convicted of a terrorist act she did not commit. As punishment, she is sentenced to an experimental, virtual solitary confinement program. Eskridge is Nicola Griffith's partner.

Scott, Melissa    Lesbian Author!

Category: Alternate history
Summary: This is an alternate history about what would have happened to the world if Alexander the Great had not tried to invade India.