White Queen

By Gwyneth Jones Gwyneth Jones

Subjects: LGBTQ science fiction & fantasy, Twenty-first century, LGBTQ gender identity, collection:otherwise_tiptree_award=winner, Journalists, fiction, Life on other planets, Fiction, English literature, Fiction, science fiction, general, Journalists

Description: It's 2038 and the earth has been devastated by tectonic shifts accompanied by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The U.S. has undergone a socialist revolution, retro-viruses are rampant and most technology relies on a powerful organic "clay" instead of microprocessors. When aliens land near American-exile Johnny Guglio's adopted African home, Braemar Wilson, a cutthroat reporter, befriends him to get a jump on the story. Though no one knows the alien's intent, White Queen, an anti-alien group, begins working to undermine human trust. Even as ambassadors from both worlds talk, Braemar and Johnny must work together find themselves in a unique position to uncover the truth. The book won the 1991 James Tiptree Jr. Award.