![]() Not that I'd previously had a low opinion of her writing (on the contrary!) but I suspect I'd been unduly influenced by the residue of l'affaire Tiptree-Sheldon, that whole "He's a man! She's a woman golly gosh!" brouhaha from 1976-77. ![]() Amongst other things I learnt that the Tiptree I'd been carrying around in my head was a much less varied writer than the real Tiptree. Re-reading Tiptree was, for me, a fascinating experience. Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book-production, from its attractive John Picacio cover-art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. ![]() But even if, like me, you have read her, perhaps a while ago, you need to re-read her. ![]() If you've never read her, and you've any interest in SF, you need to rectify that anomaly. ![]()
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