HER SMOKE ROSE UP FOREVER - PB - James Tiptree, Jr. - Tachyon, 2004 - Very Fine!
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HER SMOKE ROSE UP FOREVER - PB - James Tiptree, Jr. - Tachyon, 2004 - Very Fine!
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2004
- ISBN
- 9781892391209
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Tachyon Publications
ISBN-10
1892391201
ISBN-13
9781892391209
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30788487
Product Key Features
Edition
2
Book Title
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, General
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-295661
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
#145;There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" — New York Times Book Review Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book production, from its attractive John Picacio cover art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. It's a beaut, and you need to read it. Or to reread it." — Strange Horizons Her Smoke Rose Up Forever showcases what are undoubtedly the best of Tiptree's stories." — SF Site The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree, Jr. ( Up the Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. #145;The Screwfly Solution' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In #145;Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,' the title tells the tale—species survival ensured by imprinted drives—but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. #145;The Girl Who Was Plugged In' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. #145;The Women Men Don't See' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In the Hugo and Nebula award--winning #145;Houston, Houston, Do You Read?' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours." — Publishers Weekly One of the first hardbacks I ever bought and still one of my most read." — Locus, "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction still in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, from Tachyon Publications." — The New York Times Book Review, "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction still in print...Her Smoke Rose Up Forever,from Tachyon Publications." -The New York Times Book Review, "'There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" -- New York Times Book Review "Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book production, from its attractive John Picacio cover art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. It's a beaut, and you need to read it. Or to reread it." -- Strange Horizons " Her Smoke Rose Up Forever showcases what are undoubtedly the best of Tiptree's stories." -- SF Site "The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree, Jr. ( Up the Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. 'The Screwfly Solution' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In 'Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,' the title tells the tale--species survival ensured by imprinted drives--but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. 'The Girl Who Was Plugged In' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. 'The Women Men Don't See' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In the Hugo and Nebula award-winning 'Houston, Houston, Do You Read?' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours." -- Publishers Weekly "One of the first hardbacks I ever bought and still one of my most read." -- Locus, "Exquisite, lyrical prose...keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary." — Publishers Weekly, Praise for Her Smoke Rose Up Forever "'There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" -- New York Times Book Review "Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book production, from its attractive John Picacio cover art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. It's a beaut, and you need to read it. Or to reread it." -- Strange Horizons " Her Smoke Rose Up Forever showcases what are undoubtedly the best of Tiptree's stories." -- SF Site "The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree, Jr. ( Up the Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. 'The Screwfly Solution' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In 'Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,' the title tells the tale--species survival ensured by imprinted drives--but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. 'The Girl Who Was Plugged In' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. 'The Women Men Don't See' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In the Hugo and Nebula award-winning 'Houston, Houston, Do You Read?' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours." -- Publishers Weekly "One of the first hardbacks I ever bought and still one of my most read." -- Locus "I can't recommend this book enough, and we are so lucky to have had Tiptree in our genre." -- Ventureadlaxre, "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print . . . Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories." ---- New York Times Book Review Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collects eighteen brilliant short stories from a multiaward-winning luminary of the science-fiction genre, James Tiptree, Jr. This updated edition is the quintessential Tiptree collection and contains revisions from the author's original notes. Tiptree's fiction reflects the darkly complex world its author inhabited: exploring the alien among us; the unreliability of perception; love, sex, and death; and humanity's place in a vast, cold universe., "Exquisite, lyrical prose...keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary." -- Publishers Weekly, "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction still in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, from Tachyon Publications." -- The New York Times Book Review, "She can show you the human in the alien, and the alien in the human, and make both utterly real." -Washington Post, "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print . . . Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories." ?-- New York Times Book Review Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collects eighteen brilliant short stories from a multiaward-winning luminary of the science-fiction genre, James Tiptree, Jr. This updated edition is the quintessential Tiptree collection and contains revisions from the author's original notes. Tiptree's fiction reflects the darkly complex world its author inhabited: exploring the alien among us; the unreliability of perception; love, sex, and death; and humanity's place in a vast, cold universe., "Exquisite, lyrical prose...keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary." -Publishers Weekly, ‘There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" — New York Times Book Review Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book production, from its attractive John Picacio cover art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. It's a beaut, and you need to read it. Or to reread it." — Strange Horizons Her Smoke Rose Up Forever showcases what are undoubtedly the best of Tiptree's stories." — SF Site The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree, Jr. ( Up the Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. ‘The Screwfly Solution' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In ‘Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,' the title tells the tale—species survival ensured by imprinted drives—but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. ‘The Girl Who Was Plugged In' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. ‘The Women Men Don't See' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In the Hugo and Nebula award–winning ‘Houston, Houston, Do You Read?' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours." — Publishers Weekly One of the first hardbacks I ever bought and still one of my most read." — Locus, Praise for Her Smoke Rose Up Forever "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print... Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories." -- New York Times Book Review "You need to read James Tiptree, Jr. If you've never read her, and you've any interest in SF, you need to rectify that anomaly. But even if, like me, you have read her, perhaps a while ago, you need to reread her. Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book production, from its attractive John Picacio cover art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. It's a beaut, and you need to read it. Or to reread it." -- Strange Horizons " Her Smoke Rose Up Forever showcases what are undoubtedly the best of Tiptree's stories." -- SF Site "The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree, Jr. ( Up the Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. 'The Screwfly Solution' describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In 'Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,' the title tells the tale--species survival ensured by imprinted drives--but the story's force is in its exquisite, lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible even within biological imperatives. 'The Girl Who Was Plugged In' is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players. 'The Women Men Don't See' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary. In the Hugo and Nebula award-winning 'Houston, Houston, Do You Read?' astronauts flying by the sun slip forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions gender roles in ours." -- Publishers Weekly "One of the first hardbacks I ever bought and still one of my most read." -- Locus "I can't recommend this book enough, and we are so lucky to have had Tiptree in our genre." --Ventureadlaxre, "Exquisite, lyrical prose...keen insight and ability to depict singularity within the ordinary." -Publishers Weekly
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collects eighteen brilliant short stories from a luminary of the science-fiction genre, James Tiptree, Jr. This updated edition is the quintessential Tiptree collection and contains revisions from the author's original notes. Tiptree's fiction reflects the darkly complex world its author inhabited: exploring the alien among us; the unreliability of perception; love, sex, and death; and humanity's place in a vast, cold universe., There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print . . . Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" -- New York Times Book Review Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collects eighteen brilliant short stories from a luminary of the science-fiction genre, James Tiptree, Jr. This updated edition is the quintessential Tiptree collection and contains revisions from the author's original notes. Tiptree's fiction reflects the darkly complex world its author inhabited: exploring the alien among us; the unreliability of perception; love, sex, and death; and humanity's place in a vast, cold universe., "There is just one great collection of Tiptree's fiction in print . . . Her Smoke Rose Up Forever from Tachyon Publications. It contains all of her major short stories.'" ? New York Times Book Review Her Smoke Rose Up Forever collects eighteen brilliant short stories from a luminary of the science-fiction genre, James Tiptree, Jr. This updated edition is the quintessential Tiptree collection and contains revisions from the author's original notes. Tiptree's fiction reflects the darkly complex world its author inhabited: exploring the alien among us; the unreliability of perception; love, sex, and death; and humanity's place in a vast, cold universe.
LC Classification Number
PS3570.I66A6 2004
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