Contents

1. "Introduction" by John Clute
   John Clute
   John Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...
   
   
2. The Green Hills of Earth
   • "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" (1969)
   • "The Screwfly Solution
     The Screwfly Solution
     "The Screwfly Solution" is a 1977 science fiction short story by Raccoona Sheldon, a pen name for psychologist Alice Sheldon, who was better known by her other nom de plume, James Tiptree, Jr...
     
     " (1977)
3. The Boundaries of Humanity
   • "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side" (1972)
   • "The Girl Who Was Plugged In
     The Girl Who Was Plugged In
     "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" is a science fiction novella by James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name used by writer Alice Sheldon. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1974.-Plot summary:...
     
     " (1973)
   • "The Man Who Walked Home" (1972)
   • "And I Have Come Upon This Place By Lost Ways" (1972)
4. Male and Female
   • "The Women Men Don't See" (1973)
   • "Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light!" (1976)
   • "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
     Houston, Houston, Do You Read?
     "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" is a novella by James Tiptree, Jr. . It won a Nebula Award for Best Novella in 1976 and a Hugo Award for Best Novella in 1977....
     
     " (1976)
5. Star Songs
   • "With Delicate Mad Hands" (1981)
   • "A Momentary Taste of Being" (1975)
   • "We Who Stole the Dream" (1978)
6. Life and Death
   • "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" (1974)
   • "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death
     Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death
     "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" is a short story by James Tiptree, Jr. which won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1973. The novella first appeared in the anthology The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin, published by Ballantine Books in April 1973...
     
     " (1973)
   • "On the Last Afternoon" (1972)
   • "She Waits for All Men Born" (1976)
   • "Slow Music" (1980)
7. Epilogue: And Man Abides...
   • "And So On, and So On" (1971)

Reprints

• New York: Book-of-the-Month-Club, 1991.
• San Francisco: Tachyon, 2004 (ISBN 1-892391-20-1 with an introduction by Michael Swanwick
  Michael Swanwick
  Michael Swanwick is an American science fiction author. Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he began publishing in the early 1980s.-Biography:...
  
  ).
• New York: Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC), 2005 (ISBN 0-7394-5512-5 with an introduction by Michael Swanwick).