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Leslie Fish

Goodreads Author

Born

in New Jersey, The United States

March 11

Website

http://lesliefish.com/

Genre

Music, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Member Since

December 2009

URL

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Leslie Fish is a filk musician, author, and anarchist political activist.

In addition to her work as a filk artist, Fish is also well-known within the Star Trek fan community for her works of fan fiction, which include "Shelter" (1976), one of the first Kirk/Spock stories ever published, and the fan-published Star Trek novel The Weight.

"In Textual Poachers, his landmark study of fan communities, MIT's Henry Jenkins described Fish's anarchist-feminist Star Trek novel The Weight as a 'compelling narrative' that's 'remarkable in the scope and complexity of its conception, the precision of its execution, and the explicitness of its political orientation.'"

She has also written original novels and short stories, both alone and in collaboration wi Leslie Fish is a filk musician, author, and anarchist political activist.

In addition to her work as a filk artist, Fish is also well-known within the Star Trek fan community for her works of fan fiction, which include "Shelter" (1976), one of the first Kirk/Spock stories ever published, and the fan-published Star Trek novel The Weight.

"In Textual Poachers, his landmark study of fan communities, MIT's Henry Jenkins described Fish's anarchist-feminist Star Trek novel The Weight as a 'compelling narrative' that's 'remarkable in the scope and complexity of its conception, the precision of its execution, and the explicitness of its political orientation.'"

She has also written original novels and short stories, both alone and in collaboration with C. J. Cherryh and others. Her song, "Carmen Miranda's Ghost is Haunting Space Station Three," inspired a collection of short stories with the same title, edited by Don Sakers and featuring stories by Anne McCaffrey and C. J. Cherryh.

She is an avid roleplaying gamer, especially in regard to LARPing. She has also been a member in the Society for Creative Anachronism since the 1970s.

In recent years, she has been the driving force behind in the establishment of Fan Haven, a 230-acre (0.93 km2) private park in Arizona meant to serve as a safe space for LARPers, Pagans, naturists, SCAdians, and other marginalized groups associated with fandom. However, the Federal government has disputed the validity of the mining claim that she proposed to use to establish ownership.

While Fish rarely discusses her private life, she had been in a romantic relationship with anarchist political activist Mary Frohman "from the late '60s through the early '80s."

Together they were part of the "Dehorn Crew", the house band for the IWW. Leslie has often asserted that bisexuality is the human norm, and that the pervasive sexual repression she sees in current society causes many of the current social ills.

She briefly worked as a dominatrix in San Francisco during the 1980s, and has since been (at times) a defender of the rights of sex workers.

She was recently married to long-time friend, Robert "Rasty Bob" Ralston. ...more

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Bard As Prophet

I just came across proof that really inspired musicians are prophets. I stumbled across an article on Leonard Cohen, who died seven years ago, and noticed a reference to one of his songs. It was "Everybody Knows", which he wrote back in 1988. A brief reading of the lyrics made me do a double-take as I recognized just how apt they are to a particular ongoing story in the news today. With n

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Leslie Fish’s books

Average rating: 3.93 · 2,724 ratings · 120 reviews · 22 distinct works

	Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXI by Diana L. Paxson (Editor), Lee Martindale (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Esther M. Friesner (Contributor) 4.18 avg rating — 1,040 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fever Season (Merovingen Nights, #2) by C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Chris Morris (Contributor), Janet E. Morris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 355 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Troubled Waters (Merovingen Nights, #3) by Mercedes Lackey (Goodreads Author) (Editor), C.J. Cherryh (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Nancy Asire 3.94 avg rating — 299 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Elven Blood 3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Offensive As Hell: The Joys of Jesus Freak Bagging 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revocare it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody's Victims 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For Love of Glory liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oblivious 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[For Love of Glory] [By: Fish, Leslie] [August, 2013] by Leslie Fish (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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It's time for another cover poll! Now's your chance to help us choose the cover for Leslie Fish's re-release of her fantasy romance, Of Elven Blood! Check out the image to see the options and don't forget to visit us at www.apocalypsewriters.com to find more by Leslie and others!

#1 - Love me some jewelry

4 votes, 57.1%

#2 - Hanging out into the sunset

2 votes, 28.6%

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1 vote, 14.3%

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Leslie’s Quotes

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

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“Theology is ultimately political. The way human communities deify the transcendent and determine the categories of good and evil have more to do with the power dynamics of the social systems which create the theologies than with the spontaneous revelation of truth from another quarter.”
― Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman

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“Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider the religions of today as strange in that they seem to associate shame and even sin with the very process of conceiving new human life. Perhaps centuries from now scholars and historians will be classifying them as 'sterility cults.”
― Merlin Stone, When God Was a Woman

tags: beliefs, goddess, pagan, religion, religions, sexuality

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Sep 06, 2014 12:31AM

Yes, I wrote all of these, and I'm quite happy to be invited to Goodreads!

--Leslie Fish <;)))><

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