Checklist A Complete, Cumulative Checklist Of Lesbian, Variant And Homosexual Fiction

table of contents


Editorial; History and purpose of the Checklist 2

List of symbols and abbreviations 6

The complete cumulative Checklist, indexed by author 7

The poetry of Lesbiana; chronological reference
list (compiled by Gene Damon) 58

Variant Films 61

Related Publications; the homosexual Press 63

For Collectors Only; a list of book services 64

Paperback Publishers; addresses 65

Hardcover Publishers; addresses 66

Behind the scenes; meet the editors 68


Edited and Published by: MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY
Associate Editor: GENE DAMON
Cover design and layouts by Kerry Dame


Entire contents copyright, May 1960, by Marion Zimmer Bradley,
Box 158, Rochester, Texas. All rights reserved.




editorial

THE PURPOSE AND HISTORY OF THE CHECKLIST


Here, in a single volume, it has been our intention to list, document
and review every novel dealing, however slightly, with female variance,
lesbianism or intense emotional relationships between women. We have
also included a majority of the better known novels which, dealing
primarily with male homosexuality, are of interest to the collector of
variant fiction in general.

In related supplements we have compiled lists of variant poetry, variant
films, of the major book services and publishing houses where these
books can be obtained, and of the homosexual press.

The titles in the major portion of the Checklist are listed in a single
comprehensive index by author. Information includes date published,
number of reprints and publisher’s name. Brief reviews are included of
most titles. An effort has been made in each case to distinguish whether
the work under discussion is a novel about lesbianism, whether the
variant content has been included mostly for shock effect, or whether
(as in some excellent modern novels) homosexual characters appear
incidentally to the other main themes of action in the book.

In such a comprehensive listing, reviews must of necessity be brief. For
further discussion of many of the titles listed here, with excellent and
complete critical analysis of their variant content, the serious student
or collector is earnestly urged to invest in the definitive and major
work on the subject:

FOSTER, Jeannette Howard; _Sex Variant Women in
Literature._ N. Y. Vantage Press, 1956.