James Tiptree, Jr. - by Julie Phillips (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Tiptree burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with hard-edged, provocative short stories. Then the cover was blown: the author was actually a 61-year-old woman named Alice Sheldon--world traveler, debutante, chicken farmer, CIA agent, and experimental psychologist.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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 <i>Houston, Houston, Do You Read?</i> and <i>The Women Men Don't See</i>. 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. <p/>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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"An incredible life, done elegant justice. Tiptree-Sheldon is one of the century's astonishing figures." --<i>Jonathan Lethem, bestselling author of The Fortress of Solitude</i> <p/>"This account of a heroically inventive and highly peculiar quest for personal and creative fulfillment may make you rethink your ideas about what it means to be male or female--or, for that matter, human." --<i>Francine Prose, O, The Oprah Magazine</i> <p/>"Ms. Phillips does a fine, perceptive job of piecing together the patchwork of her subject's personality." --<i>The New York Times Book Review (cover review)</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Julie Phillips</b> is a journalist who has written on film, books, feminism, and cultural politics. <i>James Tiptree, Jr.</i> is her first book. She lives in Amsterdam, Holland.</p>
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