The Women Men Don't See

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The Women Men Don't See is a classic feminist SF short story / novelette by James Tiptree, Jr..

First paragraph: "I see her first while the Mexicana 727 is barreling down to Cozumel Island. I come out of the can and lurch into her seat, saying "Sorry," at a double female blur. The near blur nods quietly. The younger one in the window seat goes on looking out. I continue down the aisle, registering nothing. Zero. I never would have looked at them or thought of them again."

Notable publications

  • The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov. 1973 (first publication)
  • The Best Science Fiction of the Year #3, (Jul 1974, ed. Terry Carr, publ. Ballantine, 0-345-24063-4, $1.50, 365pp, pb, anth) Cover: Larry Sutton
  • Warm Worlds and Otherwise, (Feb 1975, James Tiptree, Jr., publ. Ballantine Books, 0-345-24380-3, C$1.50, xviii+222pp, pb, coll) Cover: Don R. Smith
  • The New Women of Wonder, (Jan 1978, ed. Pamela Sargent, publ. Vintage, 0-394-72438-0, $1.95, 363pp, pb, anth) Cover: Charles Shields
  • Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, (Jun 1990, James Tiptree, Jr., publ. Arkham House, 0-87054-160-9, $25.95, xv+520pp, hc, coll) Cover: Andrew Smith
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990, (Oct 1993, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Attebery, publ. W. W. Norton & Company, 0-393-03546-8, $27.50, 869pp, hc, anth) Cover: Dale O'Dell.
  • Women of Wonder, the Classic Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1940s to the 1970s, (Aug 1995, ed. Pamela Sargent, publ. Harvest, 0-15-600031-8, $15.00, viii+440pp, tp, anth) Cover: Michael Koelsch
  • The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (Jun 1999, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian Attebery, publ. W. W. Norton & Company, 0-393-97241-0, $36.60, 870pp, tp, anth) Cover: Dale O'Dell
  • Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, (Nov 2004, James Tiptree, Jr., publ. Tachyon Publications, 1-892391-20-1, $15.95, xiv+508pp, tp, coll) Cover: John Picacio
  • Reprinted at Scifi.com

Reviews & further reading


Awards
  • 1974 - The Women Men Don't See Locus Poll Award, Best Short Fiction (Place: 18)
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