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Feb 22, 2012 09:45am

From Charming:

Dear members of the Gay Science Fiction group,

Our group has several new activities and we’d like to invite everyone to participate.

(1) Please introduce yourself in the topic Introductions. Start a new thread or comment on an existing thread.

(2) Check out the group discussions. Discuss Books, Authors, and Scifi themes. Coming soon: Spotlight Authors. Anne Tenino and Angel Martinez have already volunteered to discuss their new gay scifi releases with us.

(3) Check out the group Bookshelf and help us make it more useful. Add gay scifi books you have read, and place them on the appropriate sub-shelves (see descriptions below).

We are doing our best to categorize all of the books on our new sub-shelves and there has been some headway, but we could still use your help. If you have read a book on the To-Be-Determined shelf, please take a moment to move it to a more appropriate shelf or shelves. Also, please make sure other books you have read are on the correct sub-shelves in our group bookshelf. Note that sub-shelves are not exclusive; you may choose more than one. To place a books on a sub-shelf:

1. Go to the group Bookshelf (upper right).

2(a). To re-shelve a book already on the bookshelf, click “edit�, to the far right of the book.
2(b). To add a new book, search for the book in the search box on the upper left of the page. If the book is grayed out, it is on the group bookshelf. If not, click “add to group.�

3. Click "choose shelves" and check each sub-shelf that is appropriate for that book. Uncheck “to be determined� if it is checked.

4. There are some other things you can add in the pop-up menu. "Why this book" adds a note to the listing. See First Sharing (Fallon Mates, #5) for example. If we do group reads, we will set that up in the pop-up menu.

5. Click “save group book� at the bottom of the pop-up menu in order to apply your changes.

The information below is there to help clarify what each sub-shelf name means. If you have any questions or suggestions, please post them in the sub categories development thread.

-The Moderators (Sean, Charming, Meghan)


GSF Bookshelf Sub-shelves

aliens � stories which are about contact with an alien culture, for instance through commerce, space exploration or invasion.

cyber-genetic-mods � stories in which important characters (humans or aliens) have undergone cybernetic or genetic modification.

cyberpunk � stories that focus a mainly on computer programming/hacking and "living in the machine"

dystopian � stories in which a dystopian (oppressive/creepy/fatally flawed) society features prominently. Can include near-future Earth or other planets.

gay-lit-scifi � sci-fi that includes gay characters and themes, but is not primarily a romance (though it may have romantic elements). This is similar to the distinction between gay lit and M/M romance.

group-author � for books by authors who are members of this group

military-war-scifi � an armed conflict is taking place in space, on an alien planet, or using other science fiction elements ; principal characters are usually members of a military service or are specifically designated warriors.

mmf � menage that focuses on a gay couple while a woman plays a small sexual role. Please do not post MFM in this group. (In MFM, the men focus on the female; this does not count as gay science fiction.)

non-erotic -mm � sci-fi stories with romance between main characters, but not sexually explicit.

paranormal-scifi � this is intended to cover works that are science fiction, but are slanted towards paranormal themes or include paranormal elements. An example is "Hemovore" by Jordan Castillo Price, which is about a virus that causes mutations that resemble vampirism.

post-apocalyptic � stories that examine a world (usually Earth) after some cataclysmic event. That event has usually destroyed society as we know it. Most (not all) post-apocalyptic stories include dystopian elements.

realistic-hard-scifi � stories with classic sci-fi themes that obey the laws of physics and reality, as we know them. These stories should not only be possible but plausible, and the scientific realism should be important to the work. For example, fantastic creatures (elves, shifters, vampires, ghosts, zombies) would not go in this category, even if they are explained scientifically.

removal-candidate â€� this Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ group is for gay science fiction only. Books that appear not to be science fiction will be placed on this shelf to give group members a chance to discuss the merits of keeping or removing said books. For example, non-science based paranormal or time travel stories would be moved to this shelf.

romance � works which emphasize the romantic relationship between the gay main characters.

space-opera � works that take place primarily in space and include impressive technology and a sweeping dramatic story.

time-travel � works in which the ability to travel to different times is scientifically based rather than magical.

to-be-determined � these are works that need to be shelved as soon as possible. Anyone can shelve a book if they have read it.

young-adult � works with young adult characters, little sex, and no explicit sexual scenes.

May I ask a question here?

I added Wraethtu to the shelves. This is an omnibus of the 1st 3 books in the 1st trilogy. Would you rather have the individual books listed?

Also this series is difficult to categorize as it is based on genetic modifications of males which creates a new humanoid species on Earth (or earth-like planet). However it also has a lot of fantasy elements and many people shelve it as fantasy. In my own database I categorize it as Sci-Fan, ie SF and Fantasy. Would such a shelf be useful here. I'm not sure as I have very few books I put into Sci-Fan. Just a thought.

Kernos wrote: "May I ask a question here?

I added Wraethtu to the shelves..."

Hi Kernos, I copied and answered your post at to-be-determined bookshelf thread, msg #7.

Hi all GSF members:

I am happy to announce that we now have 400 members. Welcome to all our new authors and readers! Please introduce yourself at any time by starting a new thread here or adding to an existing thread. Add your gay scifi books to our shelves as described here, and join us in discussing scifi books and concepts.

Authors, please keep us updated with your news and releases here, and make sure your gay scifi books are on our bookshelves and properly labeled.

Our Author of the Month for June is Anne Tenino, and to celebrate she is giving away a copy of her first gay scifi release, 18% Gray, to a random commenter here
or here by midnight Friday CST. We will also be reading her new release, , coming out May 30th.

Upcoming Authors of the Month include Ravon Silvius and Blaine D. Arden.

Thanks for being a member of GSF!

Regards,
Charming Euphemism
GSF Moderator

25 July 2012

Dear Members of the Gay Science Fiction group,

Our little group has grown a lot in the last year, and we now are approaching 500 members! We’d like to celebrate. If you have ideas for activities, contests, etc., please jump into the celebration threads here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Members who willing to run a contest or activity are especially welcome. Authors, if you would like to donate a story or a copy of a book, we would love to include them.

In other news, our Author of the Month for July is Ravon Silvius. Blaine D. Arden will be joining us in August to discuss Aliens, Smith and Jones, and Aldous Mercer will be joining us in September to discuss The Prince and the Program. Join us in the Author of the Month folder here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/group_...

Our group has a group bookshelf. Please add your favorite gay scifi books, and add them to the appropriate subshelves. Instructions are here:

http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/8...

We have also started a listopia list of the best romantic gay scifi books. Please vote and add great books we have missed here:

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/20...



(edited to change link to celebration discussions)

Gay Science Fiction Group Newsletter - October 2013



Hello all GSF group members. I wanted to let you know what is going on with our little group.

1) Discussions

The topics have been rearranged to a (hopefully) more logical format. There is now an Authors' Corner folder, where authors are encouraged to announce new releases, find beta readers, ask questions of other authors, and generally make themselves at home. An author's FAQ will help authors with everything from setting up their author page on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ to adding their books to our group bookshelves.

Our discussion folders:

Welcome to GSF

Introductions - introduce yourself in your own thread or in the group "Tell us about yourself" thread.

Authors' Corner - mentioned above. Readers who are interested in beta reading can look for opportunities here (it's a lot of fun).

Discuss Books - just what it sounds like. Start your own thread or post in "Gay Science Fiction I just Read".

Discuss Authors - who are our group authors? What authors have problems with gay people?

SciFi themes - discuss dystopias, time travel, cybernetics and more.

Group Related Banter - includes free books and giveaways and gay scifi news.

Off-topic Banter - everything else. We have a current discussion of the new Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ policy of deleting reviews and shelves centered on author behavior.

The rest of the folders are a bit out of date, but still well worth visiting. For example, the 500 member celebration stories are stories written to prompts by group members. We haven't had author of the month discussions lately but they are still great discussions to visit.


2) Bookshelves

We have many great new books on our bookshelves, including a bunch of free reads. Browse the shelves for books to read, and add books we don't have yet (instructions here).

3) Volunteer Opportunities

As always, we welcome any and all offers to welcome new members, start group activities, organize the bookshelves, etc. Please PM me to discuss.

Regards,
Charming