Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alien civilization
- Time of Work: Various times in the future
- Setting: Various locations on Earth and planets throughout the galaxy
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Future, Other worlds, Death or dying, Earth, Diseases, Aliens, space
- Locales: Earth, Fictional planets
The Plot
This collection of eighteen stories, published three years after her death, represents the best of James Tiptree, Jr.’s short fiction. The collection, subtitled The Great Years of James Tiptree, Jr., was edited by James Turner and contains stories originally published between 1969 and 1981. Under the pen name of James Tiptree, Jr.—taken from the label of a marmalade jar—Alice Sheldon began publishing science fiction in 1968. She earned critical acclaim, and interest rose in the mystery of her identity, which was not revealed until 1977.
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