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The Starry Rift (Tiptree book)

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Language
  
English

ISBN
  
978-0-3129-3744-7

Originally published
  
1986

Genre
  
Science Fiction

Country
  
United States of America

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Pages
  
250 pp

OCLC
  
13715581

Author
  
James Tiptree Jr.

Cover artist
  
Dave Archer

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Media type
  
Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

Awards
  
1986 Locus Magazine Poll Award for Best Novella 1986 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella

Nominations
  
Locus Award for Best Collection

Similar
  
James Tiptree Jr books, Science Fiction books

The Starry Rift is a linked science fiction short story collection by James Tiptree, Jr first published in 1986 by Tor Books. It takes place in the same universe as several other works by Tiptree, most notably her 1985 novel Brightness Falls from the Air.

Contents

Contents

The Starry Rift contains the following stories:

  • "In the Great Central Library of Deneb University"
  • "The Only Neat Thing to Do" (Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1985)
  • "Good Night, Sweethearts" (Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1986)
  • "Collision" (Originally published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1986)

    • Awards

    Though the collection itself did not garner any awards, the short story "The Only Neat Thing to Do" received several honors and nominations.

  • 1986 Nebula Award for Best Novella — Nominated
  • 1986 SF Chronicle Award for Best Novella — Won
  • 1986 Hugo Award for Best Novella — Nominated
  • 1986 Locus Magazine Poll Award for Best Novella — First Place

    • References

    The Starry Rift (Tiptree book) Wikipedia
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