The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender (The James Tiptree Award Anthology series) (No. 3) [Paperback]

Karen Joy Fowler (Author), Pat Murphy (Editor), Debbie Notkin (Editor), Jeffrey D. Smith (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The James Tiptree Award Anthology series | Publication Date: January 15, 2007

Returning again to the fertile ground of sex and identity, this third entry in a successful and controversial anthology series continues to celebrate thought-provoking and provocative fiction that explores and expands gender. Through their subversive, engaging stories, Tiptree Award–winning authors offer fascinating speculations on the ever-increasing mutability of our public—and private—selves. James Tiptree, Jr. was the pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon, whose lasting contributions to the gender-bending genre are honored with this annual award, now in its 15th year. Previous winners of the Tiptree Award include Karen Joy Fowler, Ursula K. Le Guin, M. John Harrison, Kelly Link, Joe Haldeman, and Joanna Russ.

Editorial Reviews

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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Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Tachyon Publications (January 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892391414
• ISBN-13: 978-1892391414
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent study in science-fiction., January 23, 2008

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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.