The Starry Rift Author:James Tiptree, Jr. Set in the same universe as the acclaimed "Brightness Falls From thr Air", against the backdrop of a far future university library where alien students are researching a project on the history of the human race, acclaimed multiple Hugo and Nebula winner James Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon) weaves a tapestry of individual courage and passion into a... more » saga of exploration, confrontation and crisis - the Frderation's conquest of a galactic frontier.« less