Online lists of science fiction and fantasy books with disabled characters

[kestrell]

Kes: There's a surprising lack of overlap in these lists, aside from a number of us loving the character of Miles Vorkosigan in the books by Lois McMaster Bujold that was the character who inspired me to write my thesis on images of disability in science fiction)

Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction issue
edited by Elsa Sjunneson, Dominik Parisien, Nicolette Barischoff, S. Qiouyi Lu and Judith Tarr. Uncanny.
https://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-Magazine-Issue-24-September-ebook/dp/B07GV6TBMN/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=disabled+people+destroy&qid=1565232671&s=gateway&sr=8-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=bogireadstheworld-20&linkId=911a07f0f17fd94297d1a93bd2c483b7&language=en_US

Disabled People Destroy Fantasy, edited by Katharine Duckett, Lisa M. Bradley and Nicolette Barischoff. Uncanny.
https://www.amazon.com/Uncanny-Magazine-Issue-30-September-ebook/dp/B07X2CBZ4T/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=disabled+destroy+fantasy&qid=1576735622&s=books&sr=1-1&linkCode=sl1&tag=bogireadstheworld-20&linkId=f4fe86d5fa8c8ae4f51e9e8defa40f55&language=en_US

A Short List of Science Fiction & Fantasy That Celebrates Disability, by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/short-list-science-fiction-fantasy-celebrates-disability/

Disabled Heroes and Where to Find Them, by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/disabled-heroes-find/

DISABILITY AND BODY POSITIVITY FOCUSED SFF ANTHOLOGIES – A COMPREHENSIVE LIST, by Bogi
http://www.bogireadstheworld.com/disability-and-body-positivity-focused-sff-anthologies-a-comprehensive-list/

Devices and Desires: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Disability in Literature for Young People, by Jane Stemp
Disability Journal Quarterly
Winter, 2004 Volume 24, No. 1
https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/850/1025
Thoughtful overview of children's fantasy and science fiction from the 1960s through 1990s, with a notable list for further reading.
Note: searching Disability Journal Quarterly
https://dsq-sds.org/
for "science fiction" produces many more results.

ed. Disability in Science Fiction: Representations of Technology as Cure, by Kathryn Allan New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 217 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN
Tor includes an excerpt
https://www.tor.com/2013/08/15/disability-in-science-fiction-excerpt/

Disability and Neurodivergence in Fantasy and Science fiction, from The Illustrated Page
https://www.theillustratedpage.net/disability-and-neurodivergence-in-fantasy-and-science-fiction/

Some Science Fiction/Fantasy with Disabled Characters, by Liz Henry, author of _Unruly Islands_ (Aqueduct Press)
https://bookmaniac.org/2018/12/08/some-science-fiction-fantasy-with-disabled-characters/

Finally, here is an annotated bibliography connected to my thesis, _Decloaking Disability: Images of Disability and Technology in Science Fiction Media_
Note: When I wrote this in 2006, there weren't many resources on disability in science fiction and fantasy, so I felt I had to begin at the beginning, by focusing on early instances of these intersections, from _More Than Human_ by Theodore Sturgeon through the original "Blade Runner" film.
http://www.panix.com/~kestrell/DecloakingDisabilityBiblio.html

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[jesse_the_k]

....right now I'm watching a great panel from CoNZealand Fringe about Sensitivity Reads. One of the presenters was Corinne Duyvis.

Her Disability in Kid Lit Honor Roll lets you pick genres for middle-grade works she liked
http://disabilityinkidlit.com/honor-roll/

Another writer who's gathering info on this topic is Katie, aka
until 2014: spacecrip
until 2017: spacecrip

found that from the Writing the Other resources page
https://writingtheother.com/writing-characters-with-disabilities/

(If readers are feeling broke, the Uncanny issues are also available for free in their entirety on https://uncannymagazine.com)

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[duskpeterson]

Oo! I'm looking forward to working my way through your lists and kestrell's.

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[kestrell]

*lol* Okay, hee is one more for the pile of books we are giving you:
Ada Palmer, historian and sf writer, who wrote this post about her acceptance speech when she won the John Campbell award a couple of years ago
Campbell Award & Invisible Disability – Ex Urbe
https://www.exurbe.com/campbell-award-invisible-disability/

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[duskpeterson]

Oh, that's a nice one. Thank you!