Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home
- Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home
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name = Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home
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author = Alice Sheldon (as James Tiptree, Jr)
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country = USA
language = English
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genre = Science fiction
publisher = Ace Books
release_date = 1973
media_type = Print (Paperback, Hardcover)
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"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" (AKA "The Mother Ship")
*"Help" (AKA "Pupa Knows Best")
*"Painwise"
*"Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion" (AKA "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
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/t/james-tiptree-jr/ten-thousand-light-years-from-home.htm The book at fantasticfiction.co.uk]
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