Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home

Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home

First edition
Author	Alice Sheldon (as James Tiptree, Jr.)
Cover artist	Chris Foss
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	July 1973
Media type	Print (Paperback, Hardcover)
Pages	319 pp
OCLC	50687237

Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home is a short story collection by Alice Sheldon under the pen name of James Tiptree, Jr. that was first published in 1973. This was the first book Sheldon published.

Contents

• Introduction by Harry Harrison
• "And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side"
• "The Snows Are Melted, The Snows Are Gone"
• "The Peacefulness of Vivyan"
• "Mamma Come Home" (AKA "The Mother Ship")
• "Help" (AKA "Pupa Knows Best")
• "Painwise"
• "Faithful to Thee, Terra, in Our Fashion" (AKA "Parimutuel Planet")
• "The Man Doors Said Hello To"
• "The Man Who Walked Home"
• "Forever to a Hudson Bay Blanket"
• "I'll Be Waiting for You When the Swimming Pool Is Empty"
• "I'm Too Big But I Love to Play"
• "Birth of a Salesman"
• "Mother in the Sky with Diamonds"
• "Beam Us Home"

External links

• The book at fantasticfiction.co.uk
• Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database