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The Last Flight of Dr. Ain

James Tiptree, Jr.

First published March 1969
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

  • "The Last Flight of Doctor Ain" copyright © 1974 by Harry Harrison for SF: Author's Choice 4 (heavily revised version of original published in Galaxy for March 1969, © 1969 by Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation) [source: Acknowledgments page of Warm Worlds and Otherwise)].
  • Originally written in 1968.
  • The "Warm Worlds and Otherwise" edition (1979 Del Rey/Ballantine), the "Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction" edition (1980 Playboy Press), the "Yesterday's Tomorrows" edition (1982 Berkley Books), the "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" edition (1990 Arkham House), "The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy" edition (2003 Prentice-Hall), the "From Here to Forever" edition (2003 Scarecrow Press), "The Vintage Book of American Women Writers" edition (2011 Vintage Books), and the "Women of Futures Past" edition (2016 Baen) all use the revised text first published in the 1974 anthology "SF: Author's Choice 4". "The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin" edition (2018 The Library of America) uses the original 1969 version published in Galaxy Magazine.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1970 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (30)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1969 Galaxy Magazine, March 1969 Galaxy Publishing Corporation MAGAZINE 121
January 1974 SF: Authors' Choice 4 Putnam Anthology 199
March 1974 SF: Authors' Choice 4 G. P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC Anthology 223
August 1974 SF: Author's Choice 4 Berkley Medallion Anthology 220
August 1974 SF: Author's Choice 4 Berkley Medallion Anthology 220
February 1975 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Ballantine Books Collection 61
March 1975 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Ballantine Books Collection 61
February 1979 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 61
February 1979 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Del Rey / Ballantine Collection 61
March 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press Anthology 280
July 1980 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Playboy Press / SFBC Anthology 288
April 1981 Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction Wideview Books Anthology 280
November 1981 Galaxy: Volume 2 Playboy Paperbacks Anthology 56
October 1982 Yesterday's Tomorrows Berkley Books Anthology 344
November 1982 From Here to Forever Mentor / New American Library Anthology 259
June 1990 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Arkham House Collection 3
July 1991 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Arkham House / BOMC Collection 3
January 1997 From Here to Forever Borealis / White Wolf Publishing Anthology 307
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 915
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 915
November 2004 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Tachyon Publications Collection 1
July 2005 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Science Fiction Book Club Collection 1
July 2014 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Gollancz / Orion Collection |1
December 2015 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Gateway / Orion Collection |61
October 2018 The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin The Library of America Anthology 448
October 2018 The Future Is Female!: 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, From Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin The Library of America Anthology |448
July 2020 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Audible Studios Collection |1
October 2020 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio Collection |1
June 2021 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Penguin Books Collection 72
June 2021 Warm Worlds and Otherwise Penguin Books Collection |61