Title: Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death Title Record # 57717
Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
Date: 1973-04-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
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Language: English
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Translations

Year Language Title 1975ⓘTranslated by Henry-Luc Planchat. French Le Plan est l'amour, le Plan est la mort 1978ⓘTranslated by Jaime Martijn Dutch Liefde is het plan het plan is de dood [as by James Tiptree] 1981ⓘTranslated by René Mahlow German Liebe ist der Plan, der Plan ist Tod 1982ⓘTranslated by Leni Sobez German Der Plan ist Liebe und Tod 1983ⓘTranslated by John-Henri Holmberg Swedish Planen är kärlek, planen är döden 1984ⓘTranslated by Aleksandar B. Nedeljković and/or Ksenija Jovanović Serbian Ljubav je plan, plan je smrt [as by Džejms Tiptri mlađi?Dzejms Tiptri mladi ] 1996ⓘTranslated by Mihnea Columbeanu Romanian Iubire e planul, Planul e moarte 2000ⓘTranslated by Michał Jakuszewski. Polish Milość to plan, plan to śmierć?Milosc to plan, plan to smierc 2015ⓘTranslated by Eva Bauche-Eppers German Liebe ist der Plan, der Plan ist Tod 2015ⓘ Translated by Milena Benini Croatian Ljubav je plan plan je smrt

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1974 Nebula	Short Story
3	1974 Hugo	Best Novelette
3	1974 Locus	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist	Verif
The Alien Condition	1973-04-00	ed. Stephen Goldin	Ballantine Books	0-345-03212-8	$1.25?$: US dollar	xiv+ 206	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Mati Klarwein
The Alien Condition	1973-04-00	ed. Stephen Goldin	Ballantine Books	0-345-03212-8	C$1.25?C$: Canadian dollar	xiv+ 206	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Mati Klarwein
Nebula Award Stories 9	1974-11-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Gollancz	0-575-01899-2	£3.00?£: UK pound	287	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
La frontière avenir	1975-00-00	ed. Henry-Luc Planchat	Seghers (Constellations)			286	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Jackie Paternoster
Nebula Award Stories Nine	1975-01-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Harper & Row	0-06-014652-4	$7.95?$: US dollar	xxvi+ 241	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Al Nagy
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	1975-02-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Ballantine Books	0-345-24380-3	$1.50?$: US dollar	xviii+ 222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don R. Smith
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	1975-03-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Ballantine Books	0-345-24380-3	C$1.50?C$: Canadian dollar	xviii+ 222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don R. Smith
Nebula Award Stories 9	1976-11-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Corgi	0-552-10307-1	£0.75?£: UK pound	253	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
10.000 lichtjaar van huis	1978-00-00	James Tiptree	Meulenhoff (M=SF #139)	90-290-0919-5		322	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	David Hardy
Nebula Award Stories Nine	1978-07-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Bantam Books	0-553-11551-0	$1.95?$: US dollar	xxvi+ 257	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
De meest fantastische sf verhalen van Meulenhoff	1979-00-00	ed. Mark Carpentier Alting	Meulenhoff (M=SF #153)	90-290-1242-0		352	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Chris Foss
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	1979-02-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28022-9	$1.95?$: US dollar	xviii+ 222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Herring
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	1979-02-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Del Rey / Ballantine	0-345-28022-9	C$2.50?C$: Canadian dollar	xviii+ 222	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Herring
The Future I	1981-01-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Harry Greenberg, Joseph D. Olander	Fawcett Crest	0-449-24366-4	$2.50?$: US dollar	381	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Richard Courtney
Warme Welten und andere	1981-08-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3822)	3-453-30724-0	DM 5.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	220	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Karel Thole
Der Plan ist Liebe und Tod	1982-07-00	ed. Kate Wilhelm	Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction #6730)	3-8118-6730-X	DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	239	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Don Maitz
Nova Science Fiction - 6 1983	1983-00-00	ed. John-Henri Holmberg, Per W. Insulander	Laissez faire	467-6	skr 19.75?skr: Swedish krona (crown)	100	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	Carl Lundgren
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga	1984-11-00	ed. Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)			525	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Great Science Fiction: Stories by the World's Great Scientists	1985-07-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Donald I. Fine	0-917657-26-8	$18.95?$: US dollar	400	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Byte Beautiful: Eight Science Fiction Stories	1985-11-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Doubleday	0-385-19653-9	$12.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 177	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Laurie Dolphin
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga	1986-00-00	ed. Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)			525	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic
Great Science Fiction: Stories by the World's Great Scientists	1986-05-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Primus / Donald I. Fine	0-917657-67-5	$4.50?$: US dollar	400	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1986-07-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon	0-380-89710-5	$4.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 434	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tony Roberts (artist)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV	1987-12-00	ed. Terry Carr	Avon / SFBC	11628	$6.98?$: US dollar	xi+ 462	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Best of the Nebulas	1989-04-00	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-312-93184-0	$19.95?$: US dollar	593	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Doug Fornuff
The Best of the Nebulas	1989-04-00	ed. Ben Bova	Tor	0-312-93175-1	$14.95?$: US dollar	593	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Doug Fornuff
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	1990-06-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Arkham House	0-87054-160-9	$25.95?$: US dollar	xv+ 520	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Andrew Smith (artist)
The Best of the Nebulas	1990-11-00	ed. Ben Bova	Robert Hale	0-7090-4258-2	£15.95?£: UK pound	573	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Helen Hale
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	1991-07-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Arkham House / BOMC		$19.95?$: US dollar	xv+ 520	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Andrew Smith (artist)
Anticipația CPSF 531?Anticipatia CPSF 531	1996-02-00	ed. Mihai-Dan Pavelescu	Știință & Tehnică?Shtiintsa & Tehnicah		Lei 1,000?Lei: Romanian leu	48	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	Ilie Bartolomei
Houston, Houston, Czy Mnie Słyszysz: i inne opowiadania?Houston, Houston, Czy Mnie slyszysz: i inne opowiadania	2000-00-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo	83-7150-638-4	zł 35.00?zł: Polish zloty	377	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	S. Crisp
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2004-11-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Tachyon Publications	1-892391-20-1	$15.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 508	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Picacio
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2005-07-00	James Tiptree, Jr.	Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #20)	0-7394-5512-5 / 1180883	$12.99?$: US dollar	xv+ 492	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bruce Jensen
Lightspeed, June 2014	2014-06-00	ed. Christie Yant	Lightspeed Magazine		$3.99?$: US dollar		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag	Galen Dara
Lightspeed Podcast, June 2014	2014-06-00	ed. Christie Yant	Lightspeed Magazine		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Lightspeed: Women Destroy Science Fiction! Special Issue	2014-06-00	ed. Christie Yant	Lightspeed Magazine	978-1-4995-0834-5		489	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	mag	Galen Dara
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2014-07-10	James Tiptree, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-0324-2	£9.99?£: UK pound	xxi+ 508	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Christopher Gibbs
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2014-07-10	James Tiptree, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-0325-9	£4.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	Christopher Gibbs
Liebe ist der Plan	2015-07-31	James Tiptree, Jr.	Septime (James Tiptree, Jr.: Sämtliche Erzählungen #2)	978-3-902711-37-3	€25.60?€: Euro	522	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Jürgen Schütz?Juergen Schuetz
Nebula 2 1970. - 1974.	2015-11-00	ed. Davorin Horak	Hangar 7 (Nébula #2)	978-953-57638-3-3	kn 299.00?kn: Croatian kuna	511	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Philippe Bouchet
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	2015-12-17	James Tiptree, Jr.	Gateway / Orion	978-1-4732-0315-0	£2.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2020-07-14	James Tiptree, Jr.	Audible Studios		$34.94?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll	John Picacio
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	2020-10-06	James Tiptree, Jr.	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-71356-170-5	$29.99?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	coll	John Picacio
The Drabblecast, #445	2021-05-21	ed. Norm Sherman	The Drabblecast		$0.00?$: US dollar		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	2021-06-03	James Tiptree, Jr.	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-241-50975-3	£8.99?£: UK pound	272	pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tom Etherington
Warm Worlds and Otherwise	2021-06-03	James Tiptree, Jr.	Penguin Books (Penguin Classics Science Fiction)	978-0-14-199651-6	£8.99?£: UK pound		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever	date unknown	James Tiptree, Jr.	Tachyon Publications	1-892391-20-1	$15.95?$: US dollar	xiv+ 508	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Picacio
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga	date unknown	ed. Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit (Monolit #2)			525	tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Dobrosav Bob Živković?Dobrosav Bob Zivkovic Dobrosav Bob Zhivkovic

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