Star Songs of an Old Primate is the third short story collection by Alice Sheldon (under the pen name James Tiptree, Jr.). It was published by Del Rey Books (a specialized SF and Fantasy imprint of Ballantine Books) in 1978.Star Songs of an Old Primate on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013. It was the first of Tiptree's books published after the revelation that Tiptree was female, rather than male, writer.
Contents Introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin "Your Haploid Heart" (First published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1969.) "Your Haploid Heart" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013 "And So On, And So On" "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" (First published in Final Stage edited by Edward L. Ferman and Barry N. Malzberg.) "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013 "A Momentary Taste of Being" (First published in The New Atlantis edited by Robert Silverberg.) "A Momentary Taste of Being" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013 "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" (First published in Aurora: Beyond Equality edited by Susan Janice Anderson and Vonda N. McIntyre.) "Houston, Houston Do You Read?" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013 "The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats" (First published in New Dimensions 6 edited by Robert Silverberg.) "The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013 "She Waits for All Men Born" (First published in Future Power edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois.) "She Waits for All Men Born" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013
Reception A Publishers Weekly review comments on the fact that Tiptree has only just now been revealed to be a woman, as well as stating "Much of the best of Tiptree's work has appeared in previous collections, and these seven stories, though never less than intelligent and perceptive, don't have many blockbusters among them."
"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" was the recipient of several awards: the Hugo Award, Nebula Award and Jupiter Award for Best Novella in 1977, as well as third place in the 1977 Locus Poll Award for Best Novella."Houston, Houston Do You Read?" on ISFDB, accessed 17 June 2013
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