Upright Women Wanted

Name: Apocalyptic Western Lesbian Adventure
Item: Upright Women Wanted
Rating: 5
Author: hollyberries

by Sarah Gailey

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A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist
A 2021 Locus Award Finalist
A 2020 ALA Booklist Top 10 SF/F Pick
A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick
Book Riot's Best Books of 2020 So Far

Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR NYPL Booklist Bustle Den of Geek
In Upright Women Wanted, award-winning author Sarah Gailey reinvents the pulp Western with an explicitly antifascist, near-future story of queer identity.

"That girl's got more wrong notions than a barn owl's got mean looks."

Esther is a stowaway. She's hidden herself away in the Librarian's book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her--a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with. Her best friend who was just executed for possession of resistance propaganda.

The future American Southwest is full of bandits, fascists, and queer librarian spies on horseback trying to do the right thing.

Praise for Upright Women Wanted

"A good old-fashioned horse opera for the 22nd century. Gunslinger librarians of the apocalypse are on a mission to spread public health, decency, and the revolution."--Charles Stross

"A dazzling neo-western adventure. . . . Gailey's gorgeous writing and authentic characters make this slim volume a pure delight."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1250213584

ISBN13:9781250213587

Release Date:February 2020

Publisher:Tordotcom

Length:176 Pages

Weight:0.61 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.4"

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Apocalyptic Western Lesbian Adventure

Published by hollyberries , 3 months ago

I have been searching for so long for lesbian media that is semi-apocalyptic, western, while also being fast paced and an easy read. This book is it. All of the characters are so likable and I can see myself in all of them.

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