Alice Sheldon
pen names James Tiptree Jr and Racoona Sheldon |
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Charles Daney's Being and Nakedness site provides information about Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon. Normally writing under the pen-name James Tiptree Jr, Alice Sheldon produced a significant number of highly-regarded science fiction stories. My first encounter with this author was the collection Ten Thousand Light Years From Home, which affected me strongly - the author has a delightful touch with essentially simple stories transformed by the imaginative palette and infinite canvas provided by SF's "what if?". The battered cover above shows how often I have returned to the collection. Sadly, I was less impressed by Crown Of Stars - you can't please all the readers all the time!
- Birth of a Salesman first published in Analog, 1968 March (first publication anywhere by this author). Collected in Ten Thousand Light Years from Home.
- Faithful to Thee, Terra, in our Fashion first published in Galaxy, 1969 January, as Parimutel Planet. Collected in Ten Thousand Light Years from Home
- Your Haploid Heart first published in Analog magazine Vol 84 No 1, 1969 September. Collected in Star Songs of an Old Primate.
- The Snows are Melted, the Snows are Gone first published in Venture, 1969 November. Substantively revised for Best SF 1969. Collected in Ten Thousand Light Years from Home.
- Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket first published in Fantastic Stories of Imagination, 1972 November. Collected in Ten Thousand Light Years from Home.
- On the Last Afternoon first published in Amazing, 1972 November. Collected in Warm Worlds and Otherwise.
- Through a Lass, Darkly first published in Generation (edited by David Gerrold), 1972. Collected in Warm Worlds and Otherwise, 1975.
- Slow Music first published in Interfaces, 1980 October 1. Collected in Out of the Everywhere and other Extraordinary Visions.
- Out of the Everywhere first published in the collection Out of the Everywhere and other Extraordinary Visions, 1981.
- Brightness falls from the Air first published 1985 February 1
- The Starry Rift first published 1986 July 1.
- Our Resident Djinn first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1986 October. Collected in Crown of Stars.
- Backward, Turn Backward first published in Synergy Volume 2, 1988 April. Collected in Crown of Stars.
- The Earth doth like a Snake Renew first published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1988 May. Written in 1973 as by Racoona Sheldon. Collected in Crown of Stars.
Note that all publications after 1986 are posthumous.
Ratings:
| Nudity | Naturist nudity | A good read? |
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