
Amongst other things I learnt that the Tiptree I'd been carrying around in my head was a much less varied writer than the real Tiptree. Re-reading Tiptree was, for me, a fascinating experience. Tachyon's handsomely produced catch-all collection Her Smoke Rose Up Forever is the perfect place to begin: a lovely piece of book-production, from its attractive John Picacio cover-art through each of its eighteen indispensable stories printed across well-laid-out pages. But even if, like me, you have read her, perhaps a while ago, you need to re-read her. If you've never read her, and you've any interest in SF, you need to rectify that anomaly.
