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Ten Thousand Light Years From Home
Contents:
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (1972)
The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone (1969)
The Peacefulness of Vivyan (1971)
Mamma Come Home (1968)
Help (1968)
Painwise (1972)
Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion (1969)
The Man Doors Said Hello To (1970)
The Man Who Walked Home (1972)
Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket (1972)
I'll Be Waiting for You When t...more
And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side (1972)
The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone (1969)
The Peacefulness of Vivyan (1971)
Mamma Come Home (1968)
Help (1968)
Painwise (1972)
Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion (1969)
The Man Doors Said Hello To (1970)
The Man Who Walked Home (1972)
Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket (1972)
I'll Be Waiting for You When t...more
Mass Market Paperback, 319 pages
Published
by Ace Books
(first published 1973)
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This one really did blow me away. Just a couple of weeks ago I read the Analog 6 anthology from 1968, a rather staid collection of stories in the classic sf mode. Most (though not quite all) of this 1973 collection are tremendous, many of them somewhat subversive - particularly on gender issues, this at a time when the author was still believed to be a man (and is referred to in the masculine in Harry Harrison's introduction. The one that particularly li...more
This one really did blow me away. Just a couple of weeks ago I read the Analog 6 anthology from 1968, a rather staid collection of stories in the classic sf mode. Most (though not quite all) of this 1973 collection are tremendous, many of them somewhat subversive - particularly on gender issues, this at a time when the author was still believed to be a man (and is referred to in the masculine in Harry Harrison's introduction. The one that particularly li...more
I loved "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" and "Tales of the Quintana Roo" but many of the stories in this collection came up short, at least for me. I didn't check the chronology, but the common view is that "Tiptree" was much less inspired and productive after his/her exposure, and I'm betting that some or all of these stories came from that period. There were a few good ones, but if you like HSRUF, I recommend you quit there. But if you like the stories, don't fail to read her biography.
Apr 26, 2013
Paul
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She had the best titles for her stories - check these :
The Women Men Don't See
Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death
I'll be Waiting for you when the Swimming Pool is Empty
The Psychologist who wouldn't do awful things to Rats
The Snows are Melted, the Snows are Gone
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Painwide
The Man Doors said Hello To
I'm too big but I love to play
One of the most extraordinary people to get involved with SF. I hope fans still read her stuff.
The Women Men Don't See
Love is the Plan, the Plan is Death
I'll be Waiting for you when the Swimming Pool is Empty
The Psychologist who wouldn't do awful things to Rats
The Snows are Melted, the Snows are Gone
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Painwide
The Man Doors said Hello To
I'm too big but I love to play
One of the most extraordinary people to get involved with SF. I hope fans still read her stuff.
I almost gave up on this a few times - it is bogged-down by several mostly goofy, mostly overlong stories about aliens (they're ridiculous enough that I'm not even sure if they're supposed to send-up the genre or not). I'm glad I followed through however, because Tiptree definitely delivers with some good weird tales here. Some of the standouts include:
The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone
The Man Doors Said Hello To
The Man Who Walked Home
Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket
I'm Too Big but I Love t...more
The Snows Are Melted, the Snows Are Gone
The Man Doors Said Hello To
The Man Who Walked Home
Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket
I'm Too Big but I Love t...more
One third of this anthology is really good, one third is okay, and the remaining third is crap. I think I was more enamored with the mystery that was James Tiptree (Alice Sheldon) than I was her stories. The writing reminded me of Ian Banks, but at some point Banks explains what he's writing, and I felt Tiptree just left you with a feeling of what the fuck.
All I can say is WOW!
Once I got used to the authors style I became more and more impressed as I read through this astoundingly good collection.
These fifteen short stories are so engaging, well written, and entertaining that I will definitely read more of this authors work.
Just a really, really good read.
Once I got used to the authors style I became more and more impressed as I read through this astoundingly good collection.
These fifteen short stories are so engaging, well written, and entertaining that I will definitely read more of this authors work.
Just a really, really good read.
Apr 02, 2012
Tamara
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I seem to have managed to find the Tiptree collection that features none of her really famous stories, so i'll have to go check those out too. This one isn't bad, though - perhaps becuase I was looking for it - theres not much concern with gender. (The introduction refers to the author as a man.) Theres is sex though, and quite a bit of farce. A lot of the stories tend to an almost cartoonish sensibility, only to hide a nasty sting somewhere. I largerly preffered these shorter, sharper stories t...more
Stories that manage to be even more compelling and brain-twistingly awesome than the author's biography. Fantastic stuff.
If one likes fantasy/science fiction then one should read James Tiptree, Jr. (the pen name of Alice Sheldon)
Mar 19, 2013
Ash
marked it as to-read
Gotta read this for the story "The Man Who Walked Home".
In this 1976 Gregg Press reprint edition, Tiptree's 1973 novel is introduced by Harry Harrison. The edition has an additional introduction an essay by editor Gardner Dosois on "The Great Tiptree Hunt" analyzing the bits of information known at the time that indicate just who "he" might be.
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What a brilliant author! Some of the stories in this collection are amongst the best science fiction stories I've ever read. They vary from incredible flights of fantasy through pathos, humour and inventiveness.
Ten Thousand Light Years from Home (Pan science fiction) by James Tiptree (1977)
The original gender-bender par excellence. A sublime collection of early 70's SF.
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"James Tiptree, Jr." was born Alice Bradley in Chicago in 1915. Her mother was the writer Mary Hastings Bradley; her father, Herbert, was a lawyer and explorer. Throughout her childhood she travelled with her parents, mostly to Africa, but also to India and Southeast Asia. Her early work was as an artist and art critic. During World War II she enlisted in the Army and became the first American fem...more
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