Bending the Landscape: Original Gay and Lesbian Writing: Science Fiction by Nicola Griffith (1999)

Tiptree longlist 1998
A few good stories among the mass of mediocre. disappointing

Sex, Guns, and Baptists by Keith Hartman - OK
Half in Love With Easeful Rock and Roll by Rebecca Ore - poor
Powertool by Mark McLaughlin - ok
Time Gypsy • by Ellen Klages - good. Tiptree longlist 1998
Lonely Land by Denise Lopes Heald - ok
The Rendez-Vous by Nancy Johnston - ok
Silent Passion by Kathleen O'Malley - good
Sun-Drenched by Stephen Baxter - very good
The Flying Triangle by Allen Steel - poor
Brooks Too Broad For Leaping by Charles Sheffield - ok
Dance at the Edge by L. Timmel Duchamp - poor
Love's Last Farewell by Richard A. Bamberg
On Vacation by Ralph A. Sperry
The City in Morning by Carrie Richerson
State of Nature by Nancy Kress
The Beautiful People by Wendy Rathbone
A Real Girl by Shariann Lewitt
Who Plays With Sin by Don Bassingthwaite
Surfaces •Mark W. Tiedemann
Stay Thy Flight by Élisabeth Vonarburg
Free in Asveroth by Jim Grimsley ( )

This satisfying anthology of science fiction with GLTBQ characters has some great stories.
“On Vacation” by Ralph A. Sperry is about a couple who’ve been together for hundreds of years going on vacation in Nantucket. They share a house with a Dad and his young son, all are delighted with the arrangement.
“A Real Girl” by Shariann Lewitt is about a robot who trades in her immortality to become human.
“State of Nature,” by Nancy Kress is about an enclave where rich people live to be safe while the rest of the country has descended into lawlessness.
“The Flying Triangle” by Allen Steele is about three gay spacers who band together to start a company salvaging space junk, only to come across what they think is a dead weather satellite, but is actually an illegal thermonuclear device-- operated by the US.
“Silent Passion” by Kathleen O’Malley is about two human lovers, one deaf, one hearing who are studying angelic / bird- like aliens and come to admire their social structure.
Very special. ( )