Ten Thousand Light-Years From Home

''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

* 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" ( "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

The book at fantasticfiction.co.uk
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Short story collections by James Tiptree Jr.
1973 short story collections
Ace Books books

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