Outlaw Bodies

by Lori Selke (Editor), Djibril al-Ayad (Editor)

Other authors: Kathryn Allan (Afterword), Emily Capettini (Contributor), Anna Caro (Contributor), Fabio Fernandes (Contributor), Vylar Kaftan (Contributor) — 6 more, Robin E. Kaplan (Cover artist), Lori Selke (Contributor), Stacy Sinclair (Contributor), M Svairini (Contributor), Jo Thomas (Contributor), Tracie Welser (Contributor)

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An anthology of short stories on the theme of outlaw bodies: how will bodies be controlled in the future? What kinds of bodies, modifications, choices will be repressed (or compulsory)? How does transgressing the norms of body-identity make us who we are? Nine authors explore these themes through speculative stories that touch on gender, sexuality, sexual identity, disability, self-image, prosthetics and robotics.… (more)

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An excellent anthology about all sorts of bodies that are different from what society says is the norm. (

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tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |

A good collection, with a good range of authors and a good range of moods and styles, from Frankenstein's monster and mutants to robots and AIs; worlds much like ours and terrible dystopias; coming of age tales and bdsm erotica. And not a one I didn't enjoy. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Selke, Lori	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
al-Ayad, Djibril	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Allan, Kathryn	Afterword	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Capettini, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Caro, Anna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fernandes, Fabio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaftan, Vylar	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kaplan, Robin E.	Cover artist	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Selke, Lori	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sinclair, Stacy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Svairini, M	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Thomas, Jo	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Welser, Tracie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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An anthology of short stories on the theme of outlaw bodies: how will bodies be controlled in the future? What kinds of bodies, modifications, choices will be repressed (or compulsory)? How does transgressing the norms of body-identity make us who we are? Nine authors explore these themes through speculative stories that touch on gender, sexuality, sexual identity, disability, self-image, prosthetics and robotics.

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