#Non-fiction biography James Tiptree jr.

• Author: Julie Phillips
• Title: James Tiptree Jr.
• Trivia: aka Alice Sheldon 1915-1987
• Published: 2006
• Genre: biography
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Conclusion:

1. Literary tastes were changing in the 1960s.
   
2. Women were searching for new books
3. …they were tired of romances, doctors and stories about horses.
4. Fantasy and SF introduced some very talented writers.
5. James Tiptree Jr. was born…nom de plume Alice Sheldon.
6. Tiptree  burst onto the science fiction scene
7. ….in the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short stories.
8. Tiptree was hailed as a brilliant masculine writer.
9. Ms Sheldon kept her JT persona very secret:
10. no photo’s, no public appearances and
11. most confusing was “his” strong
12. feminist slant in his tales.
13. For example The Women Men Don’t See.
14. Women characters felt so alienated and powerless in society they
15. choose to board a space ship with aliens rather than remain on earth!
16. Strong point: This fascinating biography by Julie Phillips
17. was ten years in the making.
18. Julie Phillips takes us behind the scenes to learn the
19. of the privileged yet troubled life of Alice Sheldon.
20. With this information Sheldon’s short stories take on a new cachet.
21. This book is considered one of the best biographies about a SF writer.