Alison Tellure is an American writer of
science fiction who published several pieces of short fiction in the 1970s and 80s.
Life
Tellure was born in
Chicago, Illinois and grew up in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
. She obtained a degree in history and worked in various occupations such as
artist's model
An art model poses, often nude, for visual artists as part of the creative process, providing a reference for the human body in a work of art. As an occupation, modeling requires the often strenuous ' physical work' of holding poses for the requ ...
and
taxi dancer.
She married fellow SF writer
Rob Chilson. The name Alison Tellure is a pseudonym.
Work
Tellure's stories are set on an alien world over which a godlike creature rules, and which is also inhabited by smaller beings similar to humans.
The stories were published in ''
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...
'' from 1977 to 1984. One of them, "Green-Eyed Lady", was republished in the 1983 anthology ''
Aliens from Analog.''
Stanley Schmidt recommended her works as examples of how to effectively write from an alien viewpoint.
Short stories
All published in ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact.''
See also
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Analog Science Fiction and Fact
''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled ''Astounding Stories of Super-Science'', the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William C ...
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John W. Campbell
John Wood Campbell Jr. (June 8, 1910 – July 11, 1971) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of ''Astounding Science Fiction'' (later called ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'') from late 1937 until his death ...
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Rob Chilson
References
External links
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American science fiction writers
American women writers