''Warm Worlds and Otherwise'' is a

short story A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest ...

collection by American writer Alice Sheldon, first published in

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

under her

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James Tiptree Jr. Alice Bradley Sheldon (born Alice Hastings Bradley; August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987) was an American science fiction and fantasy author better known as James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name she used from 1967 to her death. It was not publicly known un ...

In its introduction, "Who is Tiptree, What is He?", fellow science fiction author

Robert Silverberg Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand ...

wrote that he found the theory that Tiptree was female "absurd", and that the author of these stories could only be a man. After Sheldon wrote him that Tiptree was a pseudonym she assumed, Silverberg added a postscript to his introduction in the second edition of the book, published in 1979. __NOTOC__ According to

David Pringle David Pringle (born 1 March 1950) is a Scottish science fiction editor and critic. Pringle served as the editor of ''Foundation'', an academic journal, from 1980 to 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective whic ...

, the collection contains:

* "Who Is Tiptree, What Is He?" (introduction by

) * "All the Kinds of Yes" * "The Milk of Paradise" * "And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways" * "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" * "Amberjack" * "Through a Lass Darkly" * "

The Girl Who Was Plugged In "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" is a science fiction novella by American writer James Tiptree, Jr. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1974. Plot summary The story takes place in a dystopian future where the world is controlled by a capitalis ...

" (winner of the

Hugo Award The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention and chosen by its members. The Hugo is widely considered the premier a ...

for novella in 1974) * "The Night-Blooming Saurian" * "

The Women Men Don't See "The Women Men Don't See" is a science fiction novella#Versus novelette, novelette by American writer Alice Bradley Sheldon, published under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. Originally published in ''Fantasy and Science Fiction'' in 1973, it subse ...

" * "Fault" * " Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" (winner of the

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for short story in 1974) * "On the Last Afternoon"

References

Sources

* Pringle, David. ''The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction''. London: Grafton Books, 1990. .

External links

* * {{isfdb title, id=37425, title=Warm Worlds and Otherwise 1975 short story collections Short story collections by James Tiptree Jr. Ballantine Books books Works by James Tiptree Jr. ja:愛はさだめ、さだめは死

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