Read By: Mary Kane

The stories of Alice Sheldon, who wrote as James Tiptree Jr. ( Up the
Walls of the World ) until her death in 1987, have been heretofore available
mostly in out-of-print collections. Thus the 18 accomplished stories
here will be welcomed by new readers and old fans. ''The Screwfly Solution''
describes a chilling, elegant answer to the population problem. In ''Love
Is the Plan the Plan Is Death,'' the title tells the tale--species survival
insured by imprinted drives--but the story's force is in its exquisite,
lyrical prose and its suggestion that personal uniqueness is possible
even within biological imperatives. ''The Girl Who Was Plugged In''
is a future boy-meets-girl story with a twist unexpected by the players.
''The Women Men Don't See '' displays Tiptree's keen insight and ability
to depict singularity within the ordinary. In Hugo and Nebula award-winning
''Houston, Houston, Do You Read?'' astronauts flying by the sun slip
forward 500 years and encounter a culture that successfully questions
gender roles in ours.

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