sfadb : James Tiptree, Jr. Chronology

James Tiptree, Jr.

science fiction awards database

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— also known as Raccoona Sheldon—
— pseudonym for Alice B. Sheldon—

2011

Science Fiction Hall of Fame 2012 — winner

1996

“This Neat Sheet ” • short fiction • Asimov's Oct/Nov 1996

awards:

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1997 — poem — 2nd place (tie)

1990

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever • collection • Arkham House

awards:

• Locus Awards 1991 — collection — 2nd place

citations:

• 2019: SF Masterworks, Gollancz

• 2018: 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List, James Mustich

• 2017: Open Syllabus Explorer, Open Syllabus Project

• 2016: How Great Science Fiction Works, Gary K. Wolfe

• 2006: 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 2000: The Essential SF Library, Claude Lalumi�re

• 1998: Best All-Time Collection, Locus Online

• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak

• 1996: Age of Wonders, David G. Hartwell

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

1988

Crown of Stars • collection • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — collection — 2nd place

citations:

• 1996: Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, T. A. Shippey & A. J. Sobczak

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew ” • short fiction • Asimov's May 1988

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — novelette — 6th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1989 — novelette — 8th place

“The Color of Neanderthal Eyes ” • short fiction • F&SF May 1988

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — novella — 5th place

anthologies:

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

“Come Live with Me ” • short fiction • Crown of Stars

awards:

• Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award 1997 — foreign short story — winner

• Seiun Awards 1998 — foreign short fiction — nomination

“Backward, Turn Backward ” • short fiction • Synergy: New Science Fiction, Number 2

awards:

• Locus Awards 1989 — novella — 11th place

• Seiun Awards 2017 — translated story — winner (tie)

anthologies:

• Synergy #2, ed. George Zebrowski, HBJ Harvest 1988

Interzone Readers Poll 1989 — all-time best sf author — 38th place (tie)

1987

“Yanqui Doodle ” • short fiction • Asimov's Jul 1987

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — novelette — 13th place

• Asimov's Reader Poll 1988 — novelette — 2nd place

“Second Going ” • short fiction • Universe 17

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — novelette — 23rd place

anthologies:

• The 1988 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1988

• Universe 17, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1987

“In Midst of Life ” • short fiction • F&SF Nov 1987

awards:

• Locus Awards 1988 — short story — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology, ed. Edward L. Ferman, St. Martin’s 1989

1986

The Starry Rift • collection • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 12th place

citations:

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

Tales of the Quintana Roo • collection • Arkham House

awards:

• World Fantasy Awards 1987 — collection/anthology — winner

• Locus Awards 1987 — collection — 16th place

“Good Night, Sweethearts ” • short fiction • F&SF Mar 1986

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — novella — 8th place

“Collision ” • short fiction • Asimov's May 1986; The Starry Rift

awards:

• Locus Awards 1987 — novella — 5th place

1985

Byte Beautiful • collection • Doubleday

awards:

• Locus Awards 1986 — collection — 12th place

Brightness Falls from the Air • novel • Tor

awards:

• Locus Awards 1986 — sf novel — 8th place

• Seiun Awards 2008 — translated long form — winner

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

“The Only Neat Thing to Do ” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1985

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1986 — novella — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1986 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1986 — novella — winner

• Science Fiction Chronicle Readers Poll 1986 — novella — winner

• Seiun Awards 1988 — foreign short fiction — winner

anthologies:

• The Locus Awards, ed. Charles N. Brown & Jonathan Strahan, HarperCollins/Eos 2004

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, Third Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1986

• Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction of the Year #15, ed. Terry Carr, Tor 1986

1983

“Beyond the Dead Reef ” • short fiction • F&SF Jan 1983

awards:

• Locus Awards 1984 — short story — winner

anthologies:

• A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, MJF Books 1996

• Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell, SFBC 1989

• The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1994

• The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 10, ed. Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1984

• The Year’s Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Bluejay 1984

1982

“The Boy Who Waterskied to Forever ” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1982

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1983 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1983 — short story — 2nd place

1981

Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions • collection • Del Rey

awards:

• Locus Awards 1982 — single author collection — 6th place

citations:

• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

“With Delicate Mad Hands ” • short fiction • Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions

awards:

• Locus Awards 1982 — novella — 5th place

• Hayakawa's SF Magazine Reader's Award 1993 — foreign short story — winner

“Out of the Everywhere ” • short fiction • Out of the Everywhere, and Other Extraordinary Visions

awards:

• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 5th place

• Seiun Awards 2000 — overseas short fiction — winner

anthologies:

• The 1982 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1982

“Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo ” • short fiction • Asimov's 28 Sep 1981

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1982 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1982 — novelette — 9th place

anthologies:

• Fantasy Annual V, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1982

“Excursion Fare ” • Stellar

anthologies:

• Stellar #7, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1981

1980

“Slow Music ” • short fiction • Interfaces

awards:

• Locus Awards 1981 — novella — 7th place

anthologies:

• The Furthest Horizon, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

• The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1980s, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Carroll & Graf 1993

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year #10, ed. Terry Carr, Pocket 1981

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Tenth Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1981

“A Source of Innocent Merriment ” • Universe 10

anthologies:

• Universe 10, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday 1980

1978

Up the Walls of the World • novel • Berkley/Putnam

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1979 — novel — nomination

• Locus Awards 1979 — novel — 12th place

citations:

• 2004: Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, 5th edition, Neil Barron

• 1995: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia, John Clute

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1988: A Basic Science Fiction Library, James Gunn

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

Star Songs of an Old Primate • collection • Ballantine, 1978

citations:

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

“We Who Stole the Dream ” • Stellar

anthologies:

• The 1979 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1979

• Stellar #4, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine 1978

1977

“Time-Sharing Angel ” • short fiction • F&SF Oct 1977

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1978 — short story — nomination

“The Screwfly Solution” (as by Raccoona Sheldon) • short fiction • Analog Jun 1977

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1978 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1978 — novelette — winner

• Locus Awards 1978 — short fiction — 2nd place

anthologies:

• This Way to the End Times: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse, ed. Robert Silverberg, Three Rooms Press 2016

• Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, PM Press 2015

• Armageddons, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1999

• Invaders!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1993

• The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, ed. Tom Shippey, Oxford University Press 1992

• The Future At War Vol. 2, ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace 1980

• Nebula Winners 13, ed. Samuel R. Delany, Harper & Row 1980

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Gardner Dozois, E.P. Dutton 1978

• The 1978 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1978

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 7, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1978

1976

“The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats” • short fiction • New Dimensions 6

awards:

• Locus Awards 1977 — novelette — 6th place

anthologies:

• The Weird, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Tor 2012

• The Ascent of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, Tor 1994

• The Best of New Dimensions, ed. Robert Silverberg, Pocket 1979

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 6, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1977

• New Dimensions 6, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row 1976

“Houston, Houston, Do You Read? ” • short fiction • Aurora: Beyond Equality

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1977 — novella — winner (tie)

• Nebula Awards 1977 — novella — winner

• Locus Awards 1977 — novella — 3rd place

• Jupiter Awards 1977 — novella — winner

anthologies:

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

• The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989

• Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row 1988

• Worlds Apart, ed. Camilla Decarnin, Eric Garber & Lyn Paleo, Alyson 1986

• The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: 1976-1979, ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1985

• The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1980

• The Future in Question, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Fawcett 1980

• Nebula Winners 12, ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Harper & Row 1978

• The 1977 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha, DAW 1977

1975

Warm Worlds and Otherwise • collection • Ballantine

awards:

• Locus Awards 1976 — single author collection — 5th place

citations:

• 2006: The History of Science Fiction, Adam Roberts

• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

• 1984: The Science Fiction Sourcebook, David Wingrove

“A Momentary Taste of Being ” • short fiction • The New Atlantis

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1976 — novella — nomination

• Locus Awards 1976 — novella — 7th place

anthologies:

• The New Atlantis, ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne 1975

1974

“Her Smoke Rose Up Forever ” • Final Stage

anthologies:

• Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, ed. Leigh Ronald Grossman, Wildside 2011

• Modern Classics of Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin's 1992

“Angel Fix ” • Worlds of If Jul/Aug 1974

anthologies:

• The Best from If, Volume III, ed. James Baen, Award 1976

1973

Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home • collection • Ace

awards:

• Locus Awards 1974 — reprint anth/collection — 4th place

citations:

• 2003: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn

• 1994: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century, Edward James

• 1994: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition, David Pringle

“The Women Men Don't See” • short fiction • F&SF Dec 1973

awards:

• Locus Awards 1974 — short fiction — 18th place

• Jupiter Awards 1975 — novelette — nomination

anthologies:

• The Very Best of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. Gordon Van Gelder, Tachyon Publications 2009

• Women of Wonder: The Classic Years, ed. Pamela Sargent, Harcourt Brace 1995

• The Norton Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Brian Attebery, Norton 1993

• Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, 30th Anniversary Issue, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Mercury Press 1979

• The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1980

• The New Women of Wonder, ed. Pamela Sargent, Vintage 1978

• The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 22nd Series, ed. Edward L. Ferman, Doubleday 1977

• Best SF: 1974, ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Bobbs-Merrill 1975

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 3, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1974

“The Girl Who Was Plugged In ” • short fiction • New Dimensions 3

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1974 — novella — winner

• Nebula Awards 1974 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1974 — short fiction — 4th place

• Jupiter Awards 1974 — novelette — nomination

anthologies:

• Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts, ed. Heather Masari, St. Martin's/Bedford 2009

• The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3, ed. Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin & Jeffrey D. Smith, Tachyon Publications 2007

• The Ultimate Cyberpunk, ed. Pat Cadigan, Pocket/ibooks 2002

• Visions of Wonder, ed. David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf, Tor 1996

• Tor Doubles, ed. Anonymous, Tor 1991

• The Hugo Winners (Volume 3), ed. Isaac Asimov, Doubleday 1977

• New Dimensions 3, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday 1973

“Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death ” • short fiction • The Alien Condition

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1974 — novelette — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1974 — short story — winner

• Locus Awards 1974 — short fiction — 3rd place

anthologies:

• The Best of the Nebulas, ed. Ben Bova, Tor 1989

• The Future I, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Fawcett 1981

• Nebula Award Stories 9, ed. Kate Wilhelm, Harper & Row 1974

1972

“The Milk of Paradise ” • short fiction • Again, Dangerous Visions

awards:

• Locus Awards 1973 — short fiction — 18th place (tie)

anthologies:

• Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women, ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones, Viking UK 1995

• Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1972

“The Man Who Walked Home ” • Amazing May 1972

anthologies:

• The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson 2010

• Galileo’s Children: Tales of Science vs. Superstition, ed. Gardner Dozois, Prometheus/Pyr 2005

• Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s Griffin 2000

• Timegates, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1997

• Looking Ahead, ed. Dick Allen & Lori Allen, HBJ 1975

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, ed. Lester del Rey, E.P. Dutton 1973

• The 1973 Annual World’s Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, DAW 1973

“Painwise ” • short fiction • F&SF Feb 1972

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1973 — novelette — nomination

• Locus Awards 1973 — short fiction — 8th place

anthologies:

• What If? Volume 3, ed. Richard A. Lupoff, Ramble House 2013

• The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House 1983

• Alpha 6, ed. Robert Silverberg, Berkley Medallion 1976

• The Best Science Fiction of the Year # 2, ed. Terry Carr, Ballantine 1973

“On the Last Afternoon ” • Amazing Nov 1972

anthologies:

• The Infinite Web, ed. Robert Silverberg, Dial 1977

“Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket ” • Fantastic Aug 1972

anthologies:

• The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time, ed. Barry N. Malzberg, Pocket/ibooks 2003

“And I Have Come Upon This Place by Lost Ways ” • Nova 2

anthologies:

• The New Awareness, ed. Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg, Delacorte 1975

• Nova 2, ed. Harry Harrison, Walker 1972

“And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side” • short fiction • F&SF Mar 1972

awards:

• Hugo Awards 1973 — short story — nomination

• Nebula Awards 1973 — short story — nomination

• Locus Awards 1973 — short fiction — 4th place

anthologies:

• The Big Book of Science Fiction, ed. Ann VanderMeer & Jeff VanderMeer, Random House/Vintage 2016

• Nebula Awards Showcase 2012, ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel, Pyr 2012

• The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction, Arthur B. Evans et al, Wesleyan 2010

• A Science Fiction Omnibus, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Penguin 2007

• Invaders!, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 1993

• Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton 1990

• Aliens!, ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Jack M. Dann, Pocket 1980

• Space Odysseys, ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura 1974

“All the Kinds of Yes” • New Dimensions II

anthologies:

• New Dimensions II, ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday 1972

1971

“Mother in the Sky with Diamonds ” • Galaxy Mar 1971

anthologies:

• The Good Old Stuff, ed. Gardner Dozois, St. Martin’s/Griffin 1998

“I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty” • Protostars

anthologies:

• Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, ed. Lester del Rey, E.P. Dutton 1972

1970

“The Nightblooming Saurian ” • If May 1970

anthologies:

• Dinosaurs!, ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois, Ace 1990

• Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Bluejay 1986

• The Best from If, Volume I, ed. Editors of If, Award 1973

“I'm Too Big But I Love to Play” • Amazing Mar 1970

anthologies:

• Aliens Among Us, ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace 2000

1969

“Your Haploid Heart ” • Analog Sep 1969

anthologies:

• World’s Best Science Fiction: 1970, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, DAW 1970

“The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone ” • Venture Nov 1969

anthologies:

• Best SF: 1969, ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, G.P. Putnam’s 1970

“The Last Flight of Dr. Ain ” • short fiction • Galaxy Mar 1969

awards:

• Nebula Awards 1970 — short story — nomination

anthologies:

• The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin, ed. Lisa Yaszek, Library Of America 2018

• Women of Futures Past: Classic Stories, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Baen 2016

• The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Garyn G. Roberts, Prentice-Hall 2001

• The Road to Science Fiction #4, ed. James E. Gunn, Mentor 1982

• Yesterday’s Tomorrows, ed. Frederik Pohl, Berkley 1982

• Galaxy, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Playboy 1980

• SF: Authors’ Choice 4, ed. Harry Harrison, G.P. Putnam’s 1974

“Beam Us Home ” • Galaxy Apr 1969

anthologies:

• Science Fiction Century, ed. David Hartwell, 1997 1997

• Another World, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, Follett 1977

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