James Tiptree Jr. Quote
He was wise in the ways of pain. He had to be, for he felt none.When the Xenons put electrodes to his testicles, he was vastly entertained by the pretty lights.When the Ylls fed firewasps into his nostrils and other body orifices the resultant rainbows pleased him. And when later they regressed to simple disjointments and eviscerations, he noted with interest the deepening orchid hues that stood for irreversible harm.This time? he asked the boditech when his scouter had torn him from the Ylls.No, said the boditech.When?There was no answer.You're a girl in there, aren't you? A human girl?Well, yes and no, said the boditech. Sleep now.
James Tiptree Jr.
He was wise in the ways of pain. He had to be, for he felt none.When the Xenons put electrodes to his testicles, he was vastly entertained by the pretty lights.When the Ylls fed firewasps into his nostrils and other body orifices the resultant rainbows pleased him. And when later they regressed to simple disjointments and eviscerations, he noted with interest the deepening orchid hues that stood for irreversible harm.This time? he asked the boditech when his scouter had torn him from the Ylls.No, said the boditech.When?There was no answer.You're a girl in there, aren't you? A human girl?Well, yes and no, said the boditech. Sleep now.
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About James Tiptree Jr.
Tiptree's debut story collection, Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home, was published in 1973 and her first novel, Up the Walls of the World, was published in 1978. Her other works include the 1973 novelette "The Women Men Don't See", the 1974 novella "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", the 1976 novella "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?", the 1985 novel Brightness Falls from the Air, and the 1974 short story "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever".