![]() ![]() ![]() With a fraction of the word count, Sheldon consistently put her peers to shame, creating believable characters of every gender and background, characters that oozed complexities, insecurities, prejudices, and all the signs of wonderful fiction. Her Smoke Rose Up Forever wasn’t just a pleasant surprise, but a constant state of shock and awe. I rarely fall for short stories, so I approached this collection with trepidation, digging through lists of classic sci-fi authors associated with the cyberpunk movement. She’s no longer hiding in a genre ruled by masculinity, so we could and should forego the dated sexism, and celebrate her work and her ideas and her mind as they were. I won’t call her “James Tiptree, Jr.,” a name that tolls off the tongue like mud. ![]()
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