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Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
''Her Smoke Rose Up Forever'' is a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by author James Tiptree, Jr. It was released in 1990 by Arkham House. It was originally published in an edition of 4,108 copies and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. It was later released to a wider audience in paperback form in 2004 from Tachyon Publications. Contents ''Her Smoke Rose Up Forever'' contains the following stories: # "Introduction" by John Clute # The Green Hills of Earth #* "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" (1969)included in '' Warm Worlds and Otherwise'' (1975) #* "The Screwfly Solution" (1977)included in ''Out of the Everywhere and Other Extraordinary Visions'' (1981) # The Boundaries of Humanity #* "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" (1972)included in ''Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'' (1973) #* "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" (1973) #* "The Man Who Walked Home" (1972) #* "And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways" (1972) # Male and Fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Tiptree, Jr
Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman. From 1974 to 1985 she also used the pen name Raccoona Sheldon. Tiptree was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2012. Tiptree's debut story collection, ''Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'', was published in 1973 and her first novel, '' Up the Walls of the World'', was published in 1978. Her other works include 1973 novelette "The Women Men Don't See", 1974 novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", 1976 novella " Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", 1985 novel ''Brightness Falls from the Air'', and 1990 short story "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever"''.'' Early life, family and education Alice Hastings Bradley came from a family in the intellectual enclave of Hyde Park, a university neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
"The Girl Who Was Plugged In" is a science fiction novella by American writer James Tiptree, Jr. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1974. Plot summary The story takes place in a dystopian future where the world is controlled by a capitalist regime. Despite advertising being illegal ("ad" is, in fact, a dirty word), corporations are still able to persuade and control consumers by the celebrities they create for product placement. The protagonist, seventeen-year-old Philadelphia Burke, or P. Burke, is enlisted to become one of these celebrities after a suicide attempt fueled by society ostracizing her due to her Pituitary Dystrophy, better known as Cushing's Disease. While recovering in the hospital, she is chosen by a scout to become a "Remote Operator" for the beautiful corporate creation, known as Delphi, who was grown without a functioning brain from a modified embryo in an artificial womb. Though Delphi appears to be a normal fifteen-year-old-girl, she is controlled thro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Short Story Collections
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic pract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Story Collections By James Tiptree Jr
Short may refer to: Places * Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon * Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place People * Short (surname) * List of people known as the Short Arts, entertainment, and media * Short film, a cinema format (also called film short or short subject) * Short story, prose generally readable in one sitting * '' The Short-Timers'', a 1979 semi-autobiographical novel by Gustav Hasford, about military short-timers in Vietnam Brands and enterprises * Short Brothers, a British aerospace company * Short Brothers of Sunderland, former English shipbuilder Computing and technology * Short circuit, an accidental connection between two nodes of an electrical circuit * Short integer, a computer datatype Finance * Short (finance), stock-trading position * Short snorter, a banknote signed by fellow travelers, common during World War II Foodstuffs * Short pastry, one which is rich in b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Short Story Collections
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death
"Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" is a short story by James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name used by American writer Alice Sheldon. The novella won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1974. It first appeared in the anthology ''The Alien Condition'', edited by Stephen Goldin, published by Ballantine Books in April 1973. Plot The story is told in the first person by Moggadeet, a self-aware male of a species which appears to be a top predator in its environment. This species seems to be cold-blooded, possibly an arthropod, with various features that come into play in battle, nurturing the young (for females), and sex. Moggadeet's mother and an older male have supplemented his instincts by making him aware of the Plan, i.e., the normal life-cycle of his species. The element of this Plan he most resists is cannibalism of other members of the species. Moggadeet narrates his life from the moment he meets his mate in the spring of his second year, including his memories of his first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Momentary Taste Of Being
"A Momentary Taste of Being" is a science fiction novella written by Alice Bradley Sheldon, published under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. in the 1975 anthology ''The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fiction'' (also featuring stories by Gene Wolfe and Ursula K. Le Guin). Plot In a world where the excessive human population necessitates an interstellar search for a habitable planet, Aaron Kaye is the resident psychiatrist of ''Centaur,'' the second relativistic starship sent by the United Nations for this endeavor. The ship's crew has discovered a planet potentially capable of supporting human life, and after sending an away team to investigate the planet, only one crew member returns—Lory Kaye, Dr. Kaye's sister. The story primarily concerns what occurred on the planet and why Lory was the only returning member. Lory insists that the planet is a paradise, and that the samples she retrieved are harmless, but she and others who came into contact with the samples ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Songs Of An Old Primate
''Star Songs of an Old Primate'' is the third short story collection by Alice Sheldon (under the pen name James Tiptree, Jr.). It was published by Del Rey Books (a specialized SF and Fantasy imprint of Ballantine Books) in 1978. It was the first of Tiptree's books published after the revelation that Tiptree was a female, rather than male, writer. Contents * Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin * "Your Haploid Heart" (First published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1969.) * "And So On, And So On" * "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" (First published in ''Final Stage'' edited by Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg.) * "A Momentary Taste of Being" (First published in ''The New Atlantis'' edited by Robert Silverberg.) * "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (First published in '' Aurora: Beyond Equality'' edited by Susan Janice Anderson and Vonda N. McIntyre.) * "The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats" (First published in ''New Dimensions 6'' edited by Robert S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
''Houston, Houston, Do You Read?'' is a novella by James Tiptree Jr. (pseudonym of Alice Sheldon). It won a Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1976 and a Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1977. The novella first appeared in the anthology '' Aurora: Beyond Equality'', edited by Vonda N. McIntyre and Susan J. Anderson, published by Fawcett in May 1976. It was subsequently reprinted several times (amongst others in the James Tiptree collections ''Star Songs of an Old Primate'' in 1978 and ''Her Smoke Rose Up Forever'' in 1990) and in 1989 was published in a Tor Doubles mass market paperback (number eleven in that series) with the flipside novella " Souls" by Joanna Russ (). Plot summary The story is narrated in the third person from the point of view of Dr. Orren Lorimer, the science officer of the spaceship ''Sunbird'', which is sent on a circumsolar mission at some time in the last two decades of the twentieth century. It is a three-man mission, the other two men being the commander, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Women Men Don't See
"The Women Men Don't See" is a science fiction novelette by American writer Alice Bradley Sheldon, published under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. Originally published in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' in 1973, it subsequently was republished in the magazine's October 1979 thirtieth anniversary issue, and again in 2009's ''The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology''. Plot The short story is told from the perspective of Don Fenton, an American government agent, and revolves around Ruth Parsons, a woman he meets while on vacation in Mexico. Ruth and her daughter Althea charter a plane with the Maya pilot Esteban and allow Fenton to travel with them. When the plane crashes in a mangrove swamp on the coast of Quintana Roo, Don and Ruth split off from Althea and Esteban in order to search for fresh water. Throughout the ordeal, Don becomes increasingly annoyed when Ruth does not panic or act in a way he expects of a woman. His conversations with Ruth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home
''Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home'' is a short story collection by Alice Sheldon under the pen name of James Tiptree Jr. that was first published in 1973. This was the first book Sheldon published. Contents * Introduction by Harry Harrison * "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" * "The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone" * "The Peacefulness of Vivyan" * "Mamma Come Home" ( "The Mother Ship") * "Help" (a.k.a. "Pupa Knows Best") * "Painwise" * "Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion" (a.k.a. "Parimutuel Planet") * "The Man Doors Said Hello To" * "The Man Who Walked Home" * "Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket" * "I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty" * "I'm Too Big But I Love to Play" * "Birth of a Salesman" * "Mother in the Sky with Diamonds" * "Beam Us Home" External links The book at fantasticfiction.co.uk* Short story collections by James Tiptree Jr. 1973 short story collections Ace Books books {{1970s-sf-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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