Jr. James Tiptree – författare

Sixteen humans have come together on Damien, a distant world where once, dreams were stolen and atrocities took place. They have gathered to view the last rising of a manmade nova, the testament to a war none can forget.Soon, time will warp and masks will fall. Soon, violence will erupt anew - along with treachery, horror, murder, release and love.Soon, some will find justice . . . and others, judgement. Soon.Now, sixteen humans have gathered - to await the light of the Murdered Star.

Alice Hastings Bradley Sheldon - better known to the world as science fiction writer James Tiptree, Jr - produced just two novels, in a glittering but tragically short career. Gollancz is delighted to present them together in this omnibus edition:UP THE WALLS OF THE WORLDA secret US navy research project is founded to investigate the existence of paranormal powers, bringing together a variety of men and women who have shown indications of telepathic ability. As a result of the experiment they make mental contact with the Tyrenni, strange alien beings resembling winged squids who dwell in the upper atmosphere of their tempestuous world.The aliens'' world, Tyree, is being threatened by a huge being, the Destroyer, which is moving inexorably towards them, obliterating whole solar systems in its path. When the Tyrenni realise that it threatens to exterminate life on Tyree, they are forced into the decision - contrary to all their moral beliefs - to take over the bodies of their human contacts in order to preserve their race.BRIGHTNESS FALLS FROM THE AIRSixteen humans have come together on Damien, a distant world where once, dreams were stolen and atrocities took place. They have gathered to view the last rising of a manmade nova, the testament to a war none can forget.Soon, time will warp and masks will fall. Soon, violence will erupt anew - along with treachery, horror, murder, release and love.Soon, some will find justice . . . and others, judgement. Soon.Now, sixteen humans have gathered - to await the light of the Murdered Star.

A secret US navy research project is founded to investigate the existence of paranormal powers, bringing together a variety of men and women who have shown indications of telepathic ability. As a result of the experiment they make mental contact with the Tyrenni, strange alien beings resembling winged squids who dwell in the upper atmosphere of their tempestuous world.The aliens'' world, Tyree, is being threatened by a huge being, the Destroyer, which is moving inexorably towards them, obliterating whole solar systems in its path. When the Tyrenni realise that it threatens to exterminate life on Tyree, they are forced into the decision - contrary to all their moral beliefs - to take over the bodies of their human contacts in order to preserve their race.

Warm Worlds and Otherwise contains the following stories:All the Kinds of YesThe Milk of Paradise And I Have Come upon This Place by Lost WaysThe Last Flight of Dr. Ain AmberjackThrough a Lass DarklyThe Girl Who Was Plugged In The Night-Blooming SaurianThe Women Men Don''t See FaultLove Is the Plan the Plan Is DeathOn the Last Afternoon

A marvelous medley of Tiptree''s best, including:"YOUR HAPLOID HEART" - When Ian Suitlov and Pax Patton landed on Esthaa to check for humans, the job wasn''t as easy as it appeared. Though the natives seemed human enough, only cross breeding would be conclusive proof. But how were they to prove anything, when sex was punishable by death? "THE PSYCHOLOGIST WHO WOULDN''T DO AWFUL THINGS TO RATS" - Dr Tilly Lipsitz hated his name, loved his rats... and would be out of a job if he didn''t come up with a real zinger of an experiment soon. He didn''t have much in mind until he took a midnight trip to his lab and learned more than he would have thought possible. "SHE WAITS FOR ALL MEN BORN" - She had eyes that could not see, but without sight she had powers that went far beyond those of all who came upon her.Contents:Your Haploid Heart (1969)And So On, and So On (1971)Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (1974)A Momentary Taste of Being (1975)Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976)The Psychologist Who Wouldn''t Do Awful Things to Rats (1976)She Waits for All Men Born (1976)

Ten tantalizing tales of man, woman and child - and their cosmic connections...Contents:Angel Fix (1974)Beaver Tears (1976)Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light! (1976)The Screwfly Solution (1977)Time-Sharing Angel (1977)We Who Stole the Dream (1978)Slow Music (1980)A Source of Innocent Merriment (1980)Out of the Everywhere (1981)With Delicate Mad Hands (1981)

A race of octopoid aliens visits earth to restore man''s dying beliefs, with spaceships containing the very Gods themselves. In the future the rich are allowed a four week holiday - into their own futures. A soldier wounded at the front finds his memories too terrifying to live with once his government-approved drugs are withdrawn. A young girl is convinced that mother-earth is male and dedicates her life to consummating her love for him. God is dead and the Devil makes an offer for the real estate of heaven...These dark visions of the future by James Tiptree Jr. are a vivid, sometimes frightening foretelling of what may happen.