Science Fiction & Fantasy Titles

Note: a catalogue with more information (publisher/date, number of tapes and reader) is available from FAB.

Author, title, synopsis, catalogue number:

Brantenberg, Gerd
Daughters of Egalia
A satire about the land of Egalia where it’s the wim who hold power, control the government and the economy while the menwim stay at home minding the children and curling their beard bows.
029

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.
165

Fletcher, Jane
The World Celaeno Chose
In a world without men, imprinter Lynn has a vital gift—the ability to link strands of DNA to create new life. Owned by the Temple, she leads a life of quiet despair, shut away forever from the world outside. Then into her life comes Kim, part of a squadron assigned to protect her on the journey to Landfall. Kim is drawn to the lonely young imprinter, but as the two women grow closer, they know they are putting themselves in grave danger.
107

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.
216

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.
205

Forbes, Caroline
The Needle on Full
Lesbian feminist stories, including several sci fi stories.
175

Forrest, Katherine V
Daughters of a Coral Dawn
A race of women that develops on Earth leaves to colonise another planet. Eventually their world without men is visited by another ship from Earth.
002

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?
200

Forrest, Katherine V.
Daughters of an Emerald Dusk
Third in the 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.
227

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.
128

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.
160

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.
245

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.
222

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.
148

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.
149