James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. SheldonJames Tiptree, Jr., burst onto the science fiction scene in the late 1960s with a series of hard edged, provocative stories. He redefined the genre with such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Don't See. For nearly ten years he wrote and carried on intimate correspondences with other writers Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, and Ursula K. Le Guin, though none of them knew his true identity. Then the cover was blown on his alter

James Tiptree, Jr., burst onto the science fiction scene in the late 1960s with a series of hard-edged, provocative stories. He redefined the genre with such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Don't See. For nearly ten years he wrote and carried on intimate correspondences with other writers--Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, and Ursula K. Le Guin, though none of them knew his true identity. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: "he" was actually a sixty-one-year-old woman named Alice Bradley Sheldon. A feminist, she took a male name as a joke--and found the voice to write her stories.

Based on extensive research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice Sheldon's papers, Julie Phillips has penned a biography of a profoundly original writer and a woman far ahead of her time.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 06/12/2007
ISBN: 9780312426941
Pages: 545
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.57w x 1.44d
Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Award: Washington State Book Award - Winner

Review Citations: New York Times 07/29/2007 pg. 20
Books & Culture 01/01/2012 pg. 30