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A review by hank
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
5.0
I did not give many of the indivual stories 5 stars but the collection as a whole is almost a must read.
Sheldon/Tiptree's commentary on the human condition, specifically the male human condition is brutal. It hits too close to home to be satire and far to personal to be tongue in cheek.
Initially I was cringing at all the abhorrent things the men were doing to their worlds and the women in them, towards the end I got the impression that Sheldon was equally caustic towards the motivations and passiveness of the women.
I am glad I read this but sort of want to forget I did. The pain/suffering/experiences that Sheldon put her women characters through, just to set up the crappy parts of male human nature, were hard to read at times and surprising at how casually it happened.
There are some wonderful worlds in there but mostly filled with brutality. Don't read these if rape and violence are any of your triggers
The best stories were
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
The Man Who Walked Home
Houston, Houston, Do you Read?
Sheldon/Tiptree's commentary on the human condition, specifically the male human condition is brutal. It hits too close to home to be satire and far to personal to be tongue in cheek.
Initially I was cringing at all the abhorrent things the men were doing to their worlds and the women in them, towards the end I got the impression that Sheldon was equally caustic towards the motivations and passiveness of the women.
I am glad I read this but sort of want to forget I did. The pain/suffering/experiences that Sheldon put her women characters through, just to set up the crappy parts of male human nature, were hard to read at times and surprising at how casually it happened.
There are some wonderful worlds in there but mostly filled with brutality. Don't read these if rape and violence are any of your triggers
The best stories were
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
The Man Who Walked Home
Houston, Houston, Do you Read?