Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr.
by İnci German
Reading James Tiptree Jr. for the OSF book club was an
ambitious plan. Not only because we didn’t know how our discussion would work
out with a collection of short stories, but also because few of us guessed what
a strikingly challenging, intense and powerful reading experience it would be.
Well, discussing short stories worked out surprisingly well.
As to Tiptree Jr.’s prose, it’s safe to say that few authors
manage to master the art as she does. You should be warned though, it’s not
easy reading and her stories often require re-reading in order to grasp the
full scope of what she does.
She can invent perfectly developed worlds/characters/settings
even in the shortest of her stories and has the talent to use and bend language
as she wishes – and her use of it is powerful, powerful, powerful!
