Alison Tellure
Alison Tellure is an American writer of science fiction who published several pieces of short fiction in the 1970s and 80s.[1]
Alison Tellure | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Years active | 1977-1984 |
| Spouse | Rob Chilson |
Life
Tellure was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. She obtained a degree in history and worked in various occupations such as artist's model and taxi dancer.[2]
She married fellow SF writer Rob Chilson. The name Alison Tellure is a pseudonym.[3]
Work
Tellure's stories are set on an alien world over which a godlike creature rules, and which is also inhabited by smaller beings similar to humans.[1] The stories were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact from 1977 to 1984. One of them, "Green-Eyed Lady", was republished in the 1983 anthology Aliens from Analog.
Stanley Schmidt recommended her works as examples of how to effectively write from an alien viewpoint.[4]
Short stories
All published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| "Yes, Virginia" | 1977 | |
| "Lord of All It Surveys" | 1977 | |
| "Skysinger" | 1977 | |
| "Green-Eyed Lady, Laughing Lady" | 1982 | also published as "Green-Eyed Lady", nominated for the Analog Readers Poll Award[5] |
| "Low Midnight" | 1984 | nominated for the Analog Readers Poll Award[5] |
References
- Nicoll, James Davis (2018-08-02). "Fighting Erasure: Women SF Writers of the 1970s, Part X". Tor.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- Biographical note, Analog, May 1984
- Chilson, Rob; Wu, William F. (2020). 10 Analogs of the Future. Boruma Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 9780463980514.
- Schmidt, Stanley. (1995). Aliens and alien societies. Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest Books. p. 204. ISBN 1-59963-494-5. OCLC 988579828. Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- "sfadb : Alison Tellure Awards". www.sfadb.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2020-10-01.