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Out of the Everywhere by James Tiptree Jr. (and Raccoona Sheldon)

Out of the Everywhere and Other Extraordinary Visions (1981) is a solid short story collection by Alice Sheldon. (The two names in the title are the pseudonyms she wrote these stories under). This is a solid collection of mostly good stories. As she later wrote, the weaker stories are typically written by Raccoona, but they’re all interesting.

One interesting short story is Raccoona’s The Screwfly Solution, which turns men into monsters. The final two stories in the collection are also interesting. Out of the Everywhere is a strange mix of viewpoints, including a cosmic wisp drifting among the stars and several humans who are all linked. The last story was very strong– With Delicate Mad Hands— a strange longing for the stars, a tale of repression and bullying, and a first contact story all rolled up together.