- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Tachyon Publications; 1 edition (Jan 15 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892391414
- ISBN-13: 978-1892391414
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #973,954 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A dozen writers pay tribute to Alice Sheldon (1915–1987), who as an SF author adopted the pseudonym James Tiptree Jr., in this eclectic mix of fiction and nonfiction, the third in an anthology series to examine gender identity. Ursula K. Le Guin's provocative "Mountain Ways" portrays a world where marriage is a four-partner affair, while in Nalo Hopkinson's harrowing "The Glass Bottle Trick," a light-skinned black woman discovers a disturbing secret about her husband, who resents his own dark skin. "Have Not Have," the opening chapter of Geoff Ryman's novel Air, presents a tantalizing portrait of a humble fashion consultant in a fictional Asian country. Most striking among the nonfiction selections is L. Timmel Duchamp's gently poignant "Letter to Alice Sheldon." (Jan.)
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From Booklist
Julie Phillips' biography James Tiptree, Jr.(2006) renewed interest in the late, iconoclastic author and perhaps will magnify the profile of the annual bearing Alice B. Sheldon's famous pen name. Emulating Tiptree's predilection for gender-bending themes, the collection continues to feature stories, essays, and novel excerpts that "explore and expand gender." A dozen award-winning and short-listed pieces probe the boundaries of sexual identity in today's world and in imaginatively rendered futures. Nalo Hopkinson recounts the macabre fate of a superstitious man's third wife, who mistakenly becomes pregnant. Ursula LeGuin fashions a world in which marriage involves four bisexual partners and predictably complex interrelations. In honor of its namesake, the volume includes Tiptree's brilliant "The Girl Who Was Plugged In," envisioning a future in which advertising is illegal, and remotely manipulated starlets push products using their celebrity alone. While some selections focus more on racial concerns than gender issues, the resulting collection is both entertaining and thought-provoking. Carl Hays
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An excellent study in science-fiction., Jan 23 2008
By B. Jones - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender (Paperback)
I bought this book for a sci-fi class I was taking and was very impressed. The stories selected are each unique in their own way and make a statement not only about science fiction, but about gender and women's issues.
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