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?Planen aer kaerlek, planen aer doeden Planen ar karlek, planen ar doden 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
21 ⓘ17 votes.	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Short Story

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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: CAD	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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: CAD	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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: CAD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	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). ISO code: SEK	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			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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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			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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO codes: ROK in 1947-1952, ROL in 1952-2005, RON since 2005	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. ISO codes: PLZ in 1950-1994, PLN since 1995	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. ISO code: USD	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. ISO code: USD	xv+ 492	hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Bruce Jensen
Lightspeed Podcast, June 2014	2014-06-00	ed. Christie Yant	Lightspeed Magazine		$0.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	mag
Lightspeed, June 2014	2014-06-00	ed. Christie Yant	Lightspeed Magazine		$3.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	mag	Galen Dara
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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: GBP		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. ISO code: EUR	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 (Nebula (Hangar 7) #2)	978-953-57638-3-3	kn 299.00?kn: Croatian kuna. ISO code: HRK in 1994-2023	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. ISO code: GBP		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. ISO code: USD		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	978-1-7135-6170-5	$29.99?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		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. ISO code: USD		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. ISO code: GBP	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. ISO code: GBP		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. ISO code: USD	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	date unknown	James Tiptree, Jr.	Gollancz / Orion (Gollancz SF Masterworks (II))	978-1-4732-0324-2		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
Science Fiction Monolit: knjiga druga	date unknown	ed. Boban Knežević?Boban Knezevic	Izdanje prevodilaca, Monolit			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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Reviews

• Review [German] by Denis Scheck (2019) in Schecks Kanon: Die 100 wichtigsten Werke der Weltliteratur von "Krieg und Frieden" bis "Tim und Struppi"