But Sheldon used "Tiptree" as more than just a convenient name there was an entire male persona there that she enacted in correspondence. PRONOUN ASIDE! I'm a little uncertain about this. Tiptree's work sits (intriguingly uneasily, imho) amidst the best feminist SF of the 1970s, and his short work is particularly impressive for how incisive it is-often dark, violent, or cynical, not without a kind of humor, excelling at using science-fictional gambits to reveal uncomfortable truths about the human condition. Spoilers below!įirst spoiler, BTW, though it's been out of the bag for three decades or so: "James Tiptree" is the pen-name of Alice Sheldon. Much talk of sex, gender, and death surrounding these stories. While published in 1990, it collects work originally printed between 1969 & 1980 something we commented on for many of the stories was how ahead of their time they feel.
And a truly classic selection: "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever", collecting many of the best short works of James Tiptree, Jr. collection by James Tiptree, Jr.We had a first for the April's Classic Sci-Fi Meetup, discussing a short story collection instead of a novel.The description in the "Warm Worlds and Otherwise" acknowledgements characterized this version as "heavily revised".Ĭollection Title: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Ain" uses the revised text first published in the 1974 anthology "SF: Author's Choice 4" (Harry Harrison, ed). Jim Turner (Arkham House publisher at the time) is the editor as stated by John Clute in the Introduction."The front cover presents Zug der Toten (1903 destroyed in 1945) by Gustav Klimt, in a reconstruction by Andrew Smith" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication, the ISBN, and the LCCN: 90-32815."Illustrations by Andrew Smith" stated on the title page."First Edition" stated on the copyright page without a number line.
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