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The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Karen Joy Fowler ,
Pat Murphy , Debbie Notkin , Jeffrey D. Smith , Suzy McKee Charnas , Richard Calder , Ruth Nestvold (Goodreads Author) , Joanna Russ
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This debut anthology features short fiction, novel excerpts, and essays that have won the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. Created in 1991 to honor the innovative fiction of Alice Bradley Sheldon (who wrote under the pen name James Tiptree), the Tiptree Award is presented to speculative fiction that explores and expands gender roles—and in the process touches on the most fundamen...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
November 1st 2004
by Tachyon Publications
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From the cover blurb: "The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 features stories and essays chosen by judges for the Tiptree Award. Thought-provoking, imaginative, and infuriating — fiction that may change your view of the world."
Right on.
Reading this amplified my growing readerly infatuation with works by Geoff Ryman (Air, "K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo’s Career)" and, in this anthology, "Birth Days") and Carol Emshwiller (The Mount, "Abomination," and, in this collection, "Boys"). Swoon!
And it moved...more
Right on.
Reading this amplified my growing readerly infatuation with works by Geoff Ryman (Air, "K is for Kosovo (or, Massimo’s Career)" and, in this anthology, "Birth Days") and Carol Emshwiller (The Mount, "Abomination," and, in this collection, "Boys"). Swoon!
And it moved...more
A somewhat random collection of past Tiptree Award winners, most of these stories were at least somewhat interesting. One bored me to tears; one, Ruth Nestvold's "Looking Through Lace," absolutely blew me away; and one contained assbabies. Like, seriously, hardcore assbabies, gestated IN THE ASS. Geoff Ryman looks at fandom and goes, "Beat that, punks!"
Anyway, this was mostly a really interesting and worthwhile collection. I hope I can get my hands on the next two volumes.
Anyway, this was mostly a really interesting and worthwhile collection. I hope I can get my hands on the next two volumes.
This one is by far the best of the first three.
The stories that I really liked were Dearth, a parable about finding and choosing family and throwing "oddness" out the window, (I had read it before somewehere), Liking What You See, a mix of Kurt Vonnegut and a journalism student, dove deeply into ability, dis/Ability and assumptions made about both, capitalism, lookism and science (and I am still unpacking it)and The Glass Bottle Trick, a great mix of deep culture where the introduction to the cu...more
The stories that I really liked were Dearth, a parable about finding and choosing family and throwing "oddness" out the window, (I had read it before somewehere), Liking What You See, a mix of Kurt Vonnegut and a journalism student, dove deeply into ability, dis/Ability and assumptions made about both, capitalism, lookism and science (and I am still unpacking it)and The Glass Bottle Trick, a great mix of deep culture where the introduction to the cu...more
This is an odd assortment of stories, some better than others. I liked the one about the lace and the linguist. I skipped the book excerpt (I'd already read the book, and hate book excerpts - if I want to read the book, I want the whole book) There is a Snow Queen trilogy of stories 2 out of 3 that I liked. I might read the other anthologies in the series in hopes that some of the stories are good.
This is an odd assortment of stories, some better than others. I liked the one about the lace and the linguist. I skipped the book excerpt (I'd already read the book, and hate book excerpts - if I want to read the book, I want the whole book) There is a Snow Queen trilogy of stories 2 out of 3 that I liked. I might read the other anthologies in the series in hopes that some of the stories are good.
I wrote my senior thesis for the KU Women's Studies department on James Tiptree, and I had been wanting the anthologies ever since. I mean, the titles alone would have sold me. :)
In this anthology, you'll find short stories, critical essays, even letters from Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree) herself. If you don't know who James Tiptree is, go now and Wiki it. I'll wait.
Fascinating stuff. So much in the Tiptree stories turns gender on its head. They're exciting, bright, well-crafted stories, and wel...more
In this anthology, you'll find short stories, critical essays, even letters from Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree) herself. If you don't know who James Tiptree is, go now and Wiki it. I'll wait.
Fascinating stuff. So much in the Tiptree stories turns gender on its head. They're exciting, bright, well-crafted stories, and wel...more
The stories in this book varied wildly in quality, from "that was an hour of my life I'll never get back" ("Birth Days" by Geoff Ryman - they had to put it first and scare off a lot of potential readers with this all-agenda, minimal-plot, unrealistic/unlikable characters and graphic unrealistic plot devices) to the amazing Snow Queen trio (the original by Hans Christian Andersen and two beautiful and creative versions by Kara Dalkey and Kelly Link). Most of the stories were pretty good, but they...more
I picked this up to read "The Snow Queen" and related stories in order to get a background for the Joan Vinge's Hugo winner. There were a number of other interesting authors, essays, and stories here, so I ended up reading the whole thing. Like many collections, it's a mixed bag, but generally a very strong collection of sci-fi stories about gender and sexuality.
I'm skipping around in this. Reading the short stories. The "Set this house in order" excerpt was cool - especially since I like "United States of Tara" so much.
"Looking thru Lace" resonated a lot. Still thinking about it several weeks later.
"Looking thru Lace" resonated a lot. Still thinking about it several weeks later.
Fine anthology of fiction and critical essays exploring gender issues in speculative fiction. S.F. anthologies can be pretty hit-or-miss, but this one is well thought out and showcases some strong writers.
As always, the Tiptree Anthology delivers thought-provoking and beautifully written fare.
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I was born in Bloomington, Indiana. I was due on Valentine's Day but arrived a week early; my mother blamed this on a really exciting IU basketball game. My father was a psychologist at the University, but not that kind of psychologist. He studied animal behavior, and especially learning. He ran rats through mazes. My mother was a polio survivor, a schoolteacher, and a pioneer in the co-operative...more
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