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

James Tiptree, Jr., burst onto the science fiction scene in the late 1960s with a series of...
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Author: Julie Phillips
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James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Phillips, Julie

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

$63.43

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

$63.43
Author: Julie Phillips
Format: Paperback
Language: English

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.

Author: Julie Phillips
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 06/12/2007
Pages: 560
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 8.41h x 5.57w x 1.44d
ISBN: 9780312426941


Award: Locus Awards - Winner
Award: Washington State Book Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
New York Times 07/29/2007 pg. 20
Books & Culture 01/01/2012 pg. 30

About the Author

Julie Phillips is a journalist who has written on film, books, feminism, and cultural politics. James Tiptree, Jr. is her first book. She lives in Amsterdam, Holland.




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