Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
by James Tiptree, Jr.
Taste attributes: science fictiondramarobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryglossyemotive & stirringinjustice/tragedy/vengeancehuman spirit/resilience/survivalsocial commentary
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is fresh, unsavoury and serious. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
Is there any hope for us? For how many of us, me in my way, you in yours, are not our pens the weapons with which we can do something-a tiny something-about wrongs? Even if only to name them? And "name them" she did: from behind the facade of a Virginia post office box and under a pseudonym swiped from a jar of marmalade, Alice B.
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- Author
- James Tiptree, Jr.
- Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 508
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- Open Library
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