Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.

Her Smoke Rose Up Forever

James Tiptree Jr. with Dina Pearlman (Narrator), Adam Grupper (Narrator)

23 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1990 (view editions)

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This collection is ideal for readers who relish intellectually rigorous, emotionally unsettling science fiction that interrogates power, identity, and the price of survival through a feminist lens.

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These 18 darkly complex short stories and novellas touch upon human nature and perception, metaphysics and epistemology, and gender and sexuality, foreshadowing a world in which biological tendencies bring about the downfall of humankind. Revision...

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Community Reviews

4.21
based on 766 reviews

Moods

dark: 84%

reflective: 60%

challenging: 58%

adventurous: 54%

mysterious: 39%

emotional: 34%

sad: 30%

tense: 21%

inspiring: 8%

funny: 6%

informative: 4%

Pace

9% of readers chose fast
53% of readers chose medium
36% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

27% of readers chose Plot
65% of readers chose A mix
3% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
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Strong character development?

27% of readers chose Yes
48% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
13% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
No
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Loveable characters?

3% of readers chose Yes
64% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

73% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

39% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
10% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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