My science fiction novel,
Collaborators, is a Finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award! (It's under byline of Deborah Wheeler.) Needless to say, I'm thrilled! It was previously reviewed on
the Lambda Literary site.
ve stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
The
love stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
The
love stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
The
love stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
The
love stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
The
love stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the
most tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at
sexual biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms
like a Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances,
familiar family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole
way of life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from widowers
to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult children to
newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to loves cut
tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens with hearts
as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a
romantic and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a
compelling novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing
place amid the new wave of socially-aware and
unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think genre fiction publishers.
- See more at: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
I've read sections from this book at Gaylaxicon 2004 in San Diego, and more recently at SF in SF. Special thanks to everyone who kept asking when the book was coming out and to Gabrielle Harbowy, my editor at Dragon Moon Press, for believing in it!
From the Lambda Literary review: The love
stories between the alien pairs were the most important, and the most
tender moments of the book, Not only for the fascinating look at sexual
biology and the way Wheeler has shaken and blended gender norms like a
Bond martini, but because they are also beautiful romances, familiar
family issues, and heart-touchingly domestic. The aliens’ whole way of
life is built on the family structure, the treasuring of the
all-too-rare children, and the valuing of honesty and generosity between
clan kin. The relationships span all ranges and makeups – from
widowers to young lovers; from established partnerships with adult
children to newlyweds with a baby on the way; from unrequited loves to
loves cut tragically short. In this way, Wheeler has given us aliens
with hearts as human as the readers, and that’s the point.
A
starkly entertaining allegory of Middle East tensions, and a romantic
and intellectually sexy gender discussion wrapped up in a compelling
novel that solidifies Dragon Moon Press’ swiftly growing place amid the
new wave of socially-aware and unafraid-to-make-its-readers-think
genre fiction publishers.
- See more at:
http://www.lambdaliterary.org/reviews/06/18/collaborators-by-deborah-wheeler/#sthash.lAYqCGiL.dpuf
To read more about gender and gender roles in
Collaborators, check out my previous blogs:
Collaborators - Thinking About Gender and
World-Building in Collaborators – Designing a Gender-Fluid Race
Collaborators is available in print and ebook editions from
Amazon.com and in print from
Powell's and probably from other places, too.
