Science Fiction and Fantasy Catalogue as of November 2014
Books are listed in alphabetical order of author’s last name. Details are in the following order:
Catalogue number
Author
Title
Description
Date published
Number of tapes
Reader’s name
165
Brojim, B.C.
Cognate
‘Minority Fleet’ Captain Dani Forrest encounters the beautiful and mysterious Captain Ki whilst dealing with illness and systems failures on-board her own ship, the ‘Boadicea’. Meanwhile landing party crew from both ships are missing on the planetoid below. Interstellar war threatens if Dani makes the wrong move.
Published 2000
6 tapes
Read by Elaine
107
Fletcher, Jane
The World Celaeno Chose
Celeano’s World book 1. In a world without men, imprinter Lynn has a vital gift—the ability to create new life. Owned by the Temple, she leads a life of quiet despair. Then into her life comes Kim, part of a squadron assigned to protect her on a journey. Kim is drawn to Lynn, but as the two women grow closer, they know they are putting themselves in danger.
Published 1999
7 tapes
Read by Christine
205
Fletcher, Jane
Lorimal’s Chalice
Tevi, disgraced and exiled heir to a matriarchal throne and Jemeryl, Coven sorcerer of the Protectorate, join forces to trace a dangerous and powerful relic stolen from Tevi’s people. Part fantasy novel, who-done-it, love story.
Published 2002
17 tapes
Read by Elaine
216
Fletcher, Jane
The Wrong Trail Knife
Prequel to The World Celeano Chose (Cat. 107). Private Katryn Nagata is transferred to the 23rd Squadron under Sergeant Chip Coppelli, but a dark cloud of rumour hangs over her, and Chip’s initial attraction to Katryn is a further complication. Also has a short story giving background to Celeano’s World.
Published 2003
8 tapes
Read by Elaine
277
Fletcher, Jane
Dynasty Of Rogues
Celeano’s World book 2. Ranger Riki Sadiq is known as a troublemaker, and in the close knit heretic community, a bad name is hard to lose. Standing sentry duty on a winter’s day, all she can see lying ahead is an afternoon of being cold, miserable, and bored. Her mood isn’t helped by deliberate goading from people who are supposed to be working with her. Even so, retaliating in kind isn’t one of Riki’s better ideas. When Riki is dispatched to Westernfort for one last chance in the Rangers, the hostile reception means her list of enemies has become still longer, and prime candidate to head the list is her new patrol corporal, Tanya Coppelli. With their lives at stake, Riki and Tanya will have to overcome the mutual antagonism and learn to work together. Note: contains scenes of torture.
Published 2007
8 tapes
Read by Elaine
175
Forbes, Caroline
The Needle on Full
Lesbian feminist stories, including several sci fi stories.
Published 1985
6 tapes
Read by Edie
002
Forrest, Katherine V
Daughters of a Coral Dawn
Late in the 22nd century, 4,000 women escape the tyranny of a male-dominated Earth and colonise the planet of Maternas. The story of how these pioneers created a society and culture in accord with their nature makes up the heart of this novel.
Published 1984
4 tapes
Read by Lee Lanning
200
Forrest, Katherine V.
Daughters of an Amber Noon
sequel to Daughters of a Coral Dawn (Cat. 002). Continuing the story of pioneering women who left earth and colonised the planet Maternas – what happened to the sisters they left behind? A lesbian community hides from the world dictator Zed as he hunts for them. His former colleague, Africa, co-ordinates the creation and camouflage of the women’s refuge. Will they meet again?
Published 2002
5 tapes
Read by Elaine
227
Forrest, Katherine V.
Daughters of an Emerald Dusk
Third in a series (Daughters of a Coral Dawn, cat002, & Daughters of an Amber Noon, Cat 200. The children born to the women of the Unity have bonded and communicate with each other in a way the older generation cannot fathom, and most disturbingly of all, they question the Unity’s cherished precepts, laying claim to a rival standard of conduct.
Published 2005
5 tapes
Read by Elaine
128
Galford, Ellen
Queendom Come
During the “reign” of a rather dominating female Prime Minister, the ancient Britain and magnificent virago, Albanna, has returned to her Queendom, demanding an excess of regal attention and Chinese take aways. With the help of her lesbian high priestess Gwhyldis, she is fulfilling a promise made to deliver her people in times of trouble.
Published 1991
4 tapes
Read by Betty
160
Gearheart, Sally Miller
The Wanderground
Feminist science fiction. The Wanderground is populated by self-sufficient women, who have developed their mental powers to be in tune with the natural and animal world. Their contacts with the nearby male-dominated city are dangerous but increasingly necessary.
Published 1985
6 tapesread by Elaine
245
Griffith, Nicola
Ammonite
Marg, an anthropologist, volunteers to go to Geep, a colony where all men and some women have died. She encounters the various communities on Geep, learns about the planet and the virus that the Company thinks threatens exploitation of the planet, and in doing so comes close to death, finds love, a new career and more.
Published 2002
10 tapes
Read by Elaine
222
McKay, Claudia
Forever Pearl
Intergalactic agent Sonja Shankar is sent to a supposedly uninhabited mining planet to investigate the disappearance of the intoxicant being mined.
Published 2004
7 tapesread by Elaine
148
Russ, Joanna
The Female Man
Joanna is from a present time very like our own, where she struggles to survive and gain acceptance in a man’s world; Jeannine is a romantic dreamer from an altered past in which World War II never happened and the Great Depression continues; Janet comes from the planet Whileaway where no men have existed for hundreds of years; Jail has a purpose, one she hopes will unite them… A witty and subversive analysis of the power men hold over women in our society.
Published 1985
5 tapes
Read by Elaine
149
Stewart, Jean
Return to Isis
The year is 2093 and two women make a daring escape to freedom. Whit, a bold warrior from an Amazon nation, rescues Amelia from a dismal world where females are either breeders or drones. Together they journey over gruelling terrain to the shining world of Artemis and in their struggle to survive find themselves unexpectedly drawn to each other.
Published 1992
4 tapes
Read by Betty
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