James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. SheldonJames Tiptree, Jr. burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short stories. Hailed as a brilliant masculine writer with a deep sympathy for his female characters, he penned such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Don't See. For years he corresponded with Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Ursula Le Guin. No one knew his true identity. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: A sixty-one-year-old woman named Alice Sheldon. As a child, she explored Africa with her mother. Later, made into a debutante, she eloped with one of the guests at the party. She was an artist, a chicken farmer, a World War II intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an experimental psychologist. Devoted to her second husband, she struggled with her feelings for women. In 1987, her suicide shocked friends and fans. The James Tiptree, Jr. Award was created to honor science fiction or fantasy that explores our understanding of gender. This fascinating biography by Julie Phillips, ten years in the making, is based on extensive research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice Sheldon's papers. |
Contents
CANNIBALS AT HOME 192425 | |
CELEBRITY 192528 | |
GIRLS SCHOOL 192930 | |
LIKE A DU MAURIER HEROINE 1931 | |
CHEZWOMEN 1950S 22 PREDOCTORAL RESEARCH GRANTNO 10907 196062 | |
RAT SCIENCE 196367 | |
THE BIRTH OF A WRITER 1967 | |
DR JEKYLL AND MR SPOCK 1968 | |
FIRST CONTACT 1969 | |
ADECADENT INTELLECTUAL FAKED UP INA WOODMANS SHIRT 1971 | |
HOUSTON HOUSTON DO YOUREAD? 197374 | |
A TIN ROCKET 1974 | |
AMBITION 193133 | |
WE HAVE FOUND IT QUITE IMPOSSIBLE TO PERSUADE HER TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE 193334 | |
LOVE TROUBLE 193536 | |
SEXAND ARGUING 193640 | |
IN A PENTAGON BASEMENT 1944 | |
GOING UNDERGROUND 194647 | |
RUNNING A CHICKEN HATCHERY INNEW JERSEY 194852 | |
A DISAPPEARANCE ANDA RETURN 1955 | |
A SENSITIVE MAN 197475 | |
DEPRESSION 197576 | |
MARYS DEATH 1976 | |
I LIVE IN MY BODYAS INANALIEN ARTIFACT 1977 | |
WRITING AGAIN 197981 40 LOVE IS THEPLAN THEPLAN ISDEATH 198287 | |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTEONSOURCES | |
WORKS BY ALICE B SHELDON | |
NOTES | |
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