false <![CDATA[James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1225779717m/27058.jpg 27058 2 James Tiptree, Jr. burst onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with a series of hard-edged, provocative short stories. Hailed as a brilliant masculine writer with a deep sympathy for his female characters, he penned such classics as Houston, Houston, Do You Read? and The Women Men Dont See. Then the cover was blown on his alter ego: James Tiptree, Jr. was really a sixty-one-year old woman named Alice Sheldon. As a child, she explored Africa with her mother. Later, made into a debutante, she eloped with one of the guests at the party. She was an artist, a chicken farmer, a World War II intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an experimental psychologist. Devoted to her second husband, she struggled with her feelings for women. In 1987, her suicide shocked friends and fans. This fascinating biography, ten years in the making, is based on extensive research, exclusive interviews, and full access to Alice Sheldons papers. 27712 book 2006 James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon total:209|5:94|4:79|3:29|2:4|1:3| 209 884 439 68 5 5 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Oct 03 12:20:18 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 12:23:51 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 16:48:40 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 16:44:23 -0700 2009 Her Smoke Rose Up Forever.) When writing in the persona of the 60-som...more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 14:47:26 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 10:48:27 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:48:33 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:48:33 -0800 2009 Julie Phillips, a journalist, took a decade to complete James Tiptree, Jr., her first book. Drawing on Alice Sheldon's voluminous papers and more than 40 existing interviews with the author, Phillips ably handles the contradictions of Sheldon's personae, negotiating with uncommon grace and confidenc...

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Alice B. Sheldon spent her childhood on scientific expe...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 20:18:37 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 10:15:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sun Jan 14 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Feb 09 18:00:22 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 18:11:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 10:44:47 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 15:58:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 19 08:20:55 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 21 18:22:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 19:03:11 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 23:29:58 -0700 2008 finis, documenting not only Alli's life but the environments in which she developed. Those environments include: growing up among the wealthy elite (weathering the stock market crash of '29 and the Great Depression well enough); going on thr...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 09:22:35 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 09:37:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 21:46:21 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 20:38:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 12:00:27 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 12:05:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 19:10:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 16:44:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 12 17:51:47 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 17:54:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Oct 31 08:24:22 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 27 16:21:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 22:46:09 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 11:52:29 -0700 2008
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I love this Alice Sheldon quote (from Tommy's review):


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