'Just a spot in history'

 

“To me, fantasy has always been thegenre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas.  So if you can escape and have a little idea aswell maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two.” –Sheri S. Tepper

  

Born in Littleton, Colorado on thisdate in 1929, Tepper wrote science fiction, horror and mystery novels, perhaps best known for her science fiction with an eco-feministslant.  Her novel Grass is considered a classic onthis theme.   Tepper started writing under the name SheriStewart Eberhart, first doing children’s books and poetry but then finding herniche in the sci-fi/fantasy world, where she used several other pen namesincluding A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant.

 

Among her top selling books were TheRevenants, the Locus-award winning Beauty, and two best-sellingmultiple-award winning trilogies: The Marianne Series and TheArbai Trilogy.   All told, she wrote 40 novels, 3 books ofpoetry, and many short stories and essays. Shortly before her death in 2016 shewas honored with the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

 

““I have always livedin a world in which I'm just a spot in history,” she said. “My life isnot the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, andthat continuum, to me, is a marvelous thing.”