Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death
| "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" | |
|---|---|
| Author | James Tiptree, Jr. |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction short story |
| Published in | The Alien Condition |
| Publication type | Anthology |
| Publisher | Ballantine Books |
| Media type | |
| Publication date | April 1973 |
"Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death" is a short story by James Tiptree, Jr. which won a Nebula Award for Best Short Story in 1973.[1] The novella first appeared in the anthology The Alien Condition, edited by Stephen Goldin, published by Ballantine Books in April 1973.[2] It was subsequently reprinted several times (amongst others in the James Tiptree collections Warm Worlds and Otherwise (1975) and Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (1990)).
The story is unusual in that it involves no human characters, but is told entirely from the perspective of a giant spider-like creature. The creature is initially attempting to resist its instincts (the 'plan' of the title). Its species' life-cycle is exceptionally violent, and as the seasons pass into winter, members of the species become more and more unthinking, working only upon instinct.
[edit] References
- Notes
- ^ Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 1231.
- ^ Von Ruf, Al. "Publication Listing "The Alien Condition"". Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base. http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?35078. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
- Bibliography
- Clute, John and Peter Nicholls. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. New York City: St. Martin's Griffin, 1993 (2nd edition 1995). ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
[edit] External links
- Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Tiptree, Jr., James (2001). "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death". replay.web.archive.org. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 5 December 2005. http://replay.web.archive.org/20051205182711/http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/classics/classics_archive/tiptree/tiptree1.html. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
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