"Ahead lies only the irreversible long decline. For the first time we know there is nothing beyond ourselves."when do you know that the book you've just read is one of your favorite books? that an author you've been reading is one of your favorite authors? probably a variety of factors come into ...
This is not actually a novel; it's three novellas, connected by setting (sort of -- in the same universe, and same version of humanity's future, but with no characters in common) and by the conceit that the stories are all a sort of well-researched historical fiction that alien students of the fu...
James Tiptree, Jr. was the pseudonym of Alice B. Sheldon (1915-1987), in whose honor the Tiptree Awards are given annually. She wrote some of the best short SF ever, winning two Hugos and three Nebulas. This book brings together stories previously uncollected-including an early one published unde...
MASTERWORKS) AND I HAVE COME UPON THIS PLACE BY LOST WAYSIT WAS SO beautiful.Evan’s too-muscular stomach tightened as he came into the Senior Commons and saw them around the great viewport. Forgetting his mountain, forgetting even his ghastly vest, he stared like a layman at the white-clad Scient...
Smith: Your friends and associates are unaware that you are a science fiction writer, so you don’t want SF people finding out who your friends and associates are. But how about telling us what you are willing to let us know about you? Tiptree: Well, I was born in the Chica...