Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home
Appearance
Author | James Tiptree, Jr. |
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Cover artist | Chris Foss |
Language | English |
Genre | Science fiction |
Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | July 1973 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback, Hardcover) |
Pages | 319 pp |
OCLC | 50687237 |
Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home is a short story collection by Alice Sheldon under the pen name of James Tiptree Jr. that was first published in 1973. This was the first book Sheldon published.
Contents
[edit]- Introduction by Harry Harrison
- "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side"
- "The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone"
- "The Peacefulness of Vivyan"
- "Mamma Come Home" (a.k.a. "The Mother Ship")
- "Help" (a.k.a. "Pupa Knows Best")
- "Painwise"
- "Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion" (a.k.a. "Parimutuel Planet")
- "The Man Doors Said Hello To"
- "The Man Who Walked Home"
- "Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket"
- "I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty"
- "I'm Too Big But I Love to Play"
- "Birth of a Salesman"
- "Mother in the Sky with Diamonds"
- "Beam Us Home"
External links
[edit]- The book at fantasticfiction.co.uk
- Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database