Crown of Stars is a posthumous collection by American writer James Tiptree, Jr., containing unpublished short stories and those published in the final years of her career.

Interstellar-wandering, telepathic aliens contact Earth after we launch our first crewed mission to Mars, stating that they will meet with the astronauts once they arrive.

Satan has just gotten the news of his rival's death from an angelic messenger and decides the best thing would be for him to fly up to the heavenly kingdom to pay his last respects to his old adversary.

The US is fighting a full-fledged war in Latin-America and the Congressional Armed Services Committee is on a tour of the front and will soon stop at a field hospital to visit the wounded.

[3] "The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew," is a reversal of the earlier Tiptree story, "The Last Flight of Doctor Ain," her first widely acclaimed piece.

This planetoid crashes into the Earth, knocking it off its orbit and killing all life, including P.[1][5] Crown of Stars received a nomination for the 1989 Locus Award for Best Collection.