Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. Revisions from the author’s notes are included, allowing a deeper view into her world and a better understanding of her work. The Nebula Award–winning short story Love Is the Plan, the Plan Is Death, the Hugo Award–winning novella The Girl Who Was Plugged In, and the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning novella Houston, Houston, Do You Read? are included.

Contents

ix • Introduction (Her Smoke Rose Up Forever) • (2004) • essay by Michael Swanwick
1 • The Last Flight of Dr. Ain • (1969) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
9 • The Screwfly Solution • (1977) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
31 • And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
41 • The Girl Who Was Plugged In • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
75 • The Man Who Walked Home • (1972) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
91 • And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways • (1972) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
111 • The Women Men Don’t See • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
139 • Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light! • (1976) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
157 • Houston, Houston, Do You Read? • (1976) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
209 • With Delicate Mad Hands • (1981) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
265 • A Momentary Taste of Being • (1975) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
347 • We Who Stole the Dream • (1978) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
371 • Her Smoke Rose Up Forever • (1974) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
389 • Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death • (1973) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
407 • On the Last Afternoon • (1972) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
431 • She Waits for All Men Born • (1976) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
445 • Slow Music • (1980) • novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
489 • And So On, and So On • (1971) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.