James Tiptree, Jr.
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Alice Bradley Sheldon (August 24, 1915 - May 1987), aka James Tiptree, Jr., was an American science fiction writer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Herbert Bradley, a lawyer, African explorer, and naturalist, and Mary Hastings Bradley, a prolific writer. As a child, she travelled the world with her parents, including an African safari in 1921-22. Initially, she worked as a graphic artist and a painter. In 1934 she married William Davey, and they divorced in 1941. Also in 1941, she became an art critic for the Chicago Sun, but she left that position in 1942 to join the U.S. Army Air Forces photo-intelligence group. In 1945 she married her second husband, Huntington D. Sheldon, and became Alice Sheldon. In 1946 she was discharged from the Army, and she and her husband started a business. Her first published story, "The Lucky Ones," appeared in The New Yorker in November of 1946 In 1952 she joined the C.I.A. as an agent in the Near East. She resigned in 1955 to enrol in American University. She earned her B.A. in 1959, then her doctorate in Experimental Psychology from George Washington University in 1967. She began writing science fiction using the pseudonym "James Tiptree Jr." Although her true identity became known in 1977, she continued using the Tiptree pseudonym name for another decade. In May of 1987, at age 71, she took the life of her 84-year-old husband and then took her own. Over the course of her career she wrote almost one hundred short stories and several novels. She received two Hugo Awards: 1974 Best Novella for "The Girl Who Was Plugged In", and 1977 Best Novella for "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" She received three Nebula Awards: 1973 Short Story for "Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death," 1976 Novella for "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" and 1977 Novelette for "The Screwfly Solution" (published under her other pseudonym, Raccoona Sheldon). She also received the World Fantasy Award in 1987 for the collection Tales of the Quintana Roo.
Books
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder
A rich & varied collection of the best short fantasy fiction of the last two centuries. Escape into the fantastic worlds of Charles Dickens, J.M. Barrie, Graham Greene, Harlan Ellison, and others found in these 38 magical tales.
Great Science Fiction
White Creatures - short story by Gregory Benford The Singing Diamond - short story by Robert L. Forward Publish and Perish - short story by Paul J. Nahin Skystalk - novelette by Charles Sheffield The Universal Library - short story by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Die Universalbibliothek 1904) Long Shot - short story by Vernor Vinge Blackmail - short story by Fred Hoyle Jeannette's Hands - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham] The Warm Space - novelette by David Brin The Wind from the Sun - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke Industrial Accident - novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy] Choice - short story by John R. Pierce The Winnowing - short story by Isaac Asimov Dr. Snow Maiden - short story by Larry Eisenberg On the Fourth Planet - short story by J. F. Bone Learning Theory - short story by James McConnell [as by James V. McConnell] Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death - short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Transfusion - novelette by Chad Oliver In the Beginning - short story by Morton Klass Modulation in All Things - short story by Suzette Haden Elgin The Bones of Charlemagne - novelette by Mario Pei [as by Mario A. Pei]
New Atlantis, The - And Other Novellas of Science Fiction
Three of science fiction's most gifted young writers unleash their imaginations to present startling glimpses of humanity's future on Earth and in space.
Again, Dangerous Visions
A collection of original science fiction stories by such noted authors as Ray Bradbury, Ben Bova, and Kurt Vonnegut.
Up the walls of the world
Human telepaths receive calls for help from an endangered world. However, the interstellar being threatening them, may be trying to help.
The Hugo Winners, Volume Three
Ship of Shadows - novelette by Fritz Leiber Ill Met in Lankhmar - novella by Fritz Leiber Slow Sculpture - short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Queen of Air and Darkness - novella by Poul Anderson Inconstant Moon - novelette by Larry Niven The Word for World Is Forest - novella by Ursula K. Le Guin Goat Song - novelette by Poul Anderson The Meeting - short story by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl Eurema's Dam - short story by R. A. Lafferty The Girl Who Was Plugged In - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. The Deathbird - novelette by Harlan Ellison The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin A Song for Lya - novella by George R. R. Martin Adrift Just Off the Islets of Langerhans: Latitude 38° 54' N, Longitude 77° 00' 13" W - novelette by Harlan Ellison The Hole Man - short story by Larry Niven
The Future is Female 2!
Futurs à gogos
Rider by Andrew Weiner Dinosaurs by Walter Jon Williams The Little Magic Shop by Bruce Sterling The Peacemaker by Gardner Dozois Many Mansions by Alexander Jablokov Vacuum States by Geoffrey A. Landis [as by Geoffrey Landis] Yanqui Doodle by James Tiptree, Jr.
Crown of stars
"Rumors of witchcraft have haunted Margaret ever since she was born. A strange, dark-eyed child, she was feared and then shunned by her medieval English village after her mother?s brutal murder. When her father remarries, Margaret--now a young woman--realizes that she must leave the village for good. Hundreds of years later, as fall comes to Manhattan, Katherine Emerson prays her horrific summer is over. She survived a killer?s attack, but her roommate Andrea was not so lucky and now Katherine is raising Andrea?s son, Lucas. However, the rest of her world is in ruins: the man she loves has left her and she?s pregnant with his child. She accepts she?ll be a single mother--until he insists on doing ''the right thing'', which means taking her and Lucas with him to London for his new job. Katherine hopes that maybe she too can start over. But starting over doesn?t mean that the disturbing and dangerous encounters with strangers will end. As Katherine begins to fall apart, Margaret?s fight to survive in a hostile world reveals she has inherited her mother?s extraordinary gifts, but will she use them for good or evil? Can Margaret change the destiny of Katherine and her unborn child? And what will happen if she succeeds?"--Amazon.com.
Galaxy
Horace L. Gold - essay by Frederik Pohl Gold on Galaxy - essay by H. L. Gold Coming Attraction - short story by Fritz Leiber To Serve Man - short story by Damon Knight Memoir (To Serve Man) - essay by Damon Knight Betelgeuse Bridge - short story by William Tenn From a Cave Deep in Stuyvesant Town — A Memoir of Galaxy's Most Creative Years - essay by William Tenn [as by Philip Klass] Cost of Living - short story by Robert Sheckley Memoir of Galaxy Magazine - essay by Robert Sheckley The Model of a Judge - short story by William Morrison Memoir (The Model of a Judge) - essay by William Morrison The Holes Around Mars - short story by Jerome Bixby Memoir (The Holes Around Mars) - essay by Jerome Bixby Horrer Howce - short story by Margaret St. Clair Memoir (Horrer Howce) - essay by Margaret St. Clair People Soup - short story by Alan Arkin Memoir (People Soup) - essay by Alan Arkin Something Bright - short story by Zenna Henderson The Lady Who Sailed the Soul - novelette by Genevieve Linebarger and Cordwainer Smith [as by Cordwainer Smith] The Deep Down Dragon - short story by Judith Merril Memoir (The Deep Down Dragon) - essay by Judith Merril Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night - novelette by Algis Budrys Memoir: Spilled Milk - essay by Algis Budrys The Place Where Chicago Was - novelette by Jim Harmon Memoir (The Place Where Chicago Was) - essay by Jim Harmon The Great Nebraska Sea - short story by Allan Danzig Memoir (The Great Nebraska Sea) - essay by Allan Danzig Oh, to Be a Blobel! - novelette by Philip K. Dick Memoir (Oh, To Be a Blobel!) - essay by Philip K. Dick Founding Father - short story by Isaac Asimov Memoir (Founding Father) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Introduction to Founding Father 1968) Going Down Smooth - short story by Robert Silverberg Memoir (Going Down Smooth) - essay by Robert Silverberg All the Myriad Ways - short story by Larry Niven Memoir (All the Myriad Ways) - essay by Larry Niven The Last Flight of Dr. Ain - short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Memoir (Galaxy Book Shelf) - essay by Algis Budrys Galaxy Book Shelf (Galaxy, September 1969) - essay by Algis Budrys Slow Sculpture - short story by Theodore Sturgeon Memoir (Slow Sculpture) - essay by Theodore Sturgeon About a Secret Crocodile - short story by R. A. Lafferty Memoir (About a Secret Crocodile) - essay by R. A. Lafferty Cold Friend - short story by Harlan Ellison Memoir (Cold Friend) - essay by Harlan Ellison The Day Before the Revolution - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin The Gift of Garigolli - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl Overdrawn at the Memory Bank - novelette by John Varley Note (Overdrawn at the Memory Bank) - essay by John Varley Horace, Galaxyca - essay by Alfred Bester
Yesterdays Tomorrows
Houston, Houston, do you read?
After a solar flare damages their ship, three astronauts are rescued by survivors of an Earth that has undergone dramatic change.
The Hugo Winners, Volume Four (1976 - 1979)
Home Is the Hangman - novella by Roger Zelazny The Borderland of Sol - novelette by Larry Niven Catch That Zeppelin! - short story by Fritz Leiber By Any Other Name - novella by Spider Robinson Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - novella by James Tiptree, Jr. The Bicentennial Man - novelette by Isaac Asimov Tricentennial - short story by Joe Haldeman Stardance - novella by Jeanne Robinson and Spider Robinson Eyes of Amber - novelette by Joan D. Vinge Jeffty Is Five - short story by Harlan Ellison The Persistence of Vision - novella by John Varley Hunter's Moon - novelette by Poul Anderson Cassandra - short story by C. J. Cherryh
Great Tales of Madness and the Macabre
Introduction - essay by Lawrence Block Deathbinder - novelette by Alexander Jablokov The Marked Man - short story by David Ely The Ones Who Turn Invisible - short story by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre Ever After - novelette by Susan Palwick The Living Dead - short story by Robert Bloch (variant of Underground) Report on a Broken Bridge - short story by Dennis O'Neil The Beast from One-Quarter Fathom - short story by George Alec Effinger Was It a Dream? - short story by Guy de Maupassant (trans. of La morte 1887) The Madonna of the Wolves - novella by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul] Placebo - short story by Andrew Vachss The Man at the Window - short story by Charles Gordon Yanqui Doodle - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr. An Inhabitant of Carcosa - short story by Ambrose Bierce Real Time - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans Killer in the House - novelette by Jas. R. Petrin Sometimes They Bite - short story by Lawrence Block Three Men in a Tub - short story by Lemuel Cork The Wedding Gig - short story by Stephen King Flicks - novelette by Bill Crenshaw The Leopard Man's Story - short story by Jack London Something Evil in the House - short story by Celia Fremlin How the Wind Spoke at Madaket - novella by Lucius Shepard The Black Cat - short story by Edgar Allan Poe The Dive People - short story by Avram Davidson Graffiti - short story by Stanley Ellin The Dim Rumble - short story by Isaac Asimov The Leather Funnel - short story by Arthur Conan Doyle Trinity - novella by Nancy Kress Island Man - novelette by Robert Anton Wilson [as by R. A. Wilson]
Best Science Fiction for 1972
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Treasury (The Future in Question / Space Mail)
Omnibus of anthologies The Future in Question and Space Mail The Future in Question The Nature of the Title - essay by Isaac Asimov What's It Like Out There? - novelette by Edmond Hamilton Who Can Replace a Man? - short story by Brian W. Aldiss What Have I Done? - short story by Mark Clifton Who's There? - short story by Arthur C. Clarke Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? - short story by Robert Sheckley Why? - short story by Robert Silverberg What's Become of Screwloose? - short story by Ron Goulart Houston, Houston, Do You Read? - novella by James Tiptree, Jr. Where Have You Been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? - short story by Kate Wilhelm If All Men Were Brothers, Would You Let One Marry Your Sister? - novella by Theodore Sturgeon Will You Wait? - short story by Alfred Bester Who Goes There? - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. An Eye for a What? - novelette by Damon Knight I Plinglot, Who You? - novelette by Frederik Pohl (variant of I Plinglot — Who You?) Will You Walk a Little Faster? - short story by William Tenn (variant of "Will You Walk a Little Faster") Who's in Charge Here? - short story by James Blish The Last Question - short story by Isaac Asimov Space Mail Introduction (Space Mail) - essay by Isaac Asimov I Never Ast No Favors - short story by C. M. Kornbluth Letter to Ellen - short story by Chan Davis One Rejection Too Many - short story by Patricia Nurse Space Opera - short story by Ray Russell The Invasion of the Terrible Titans - short story by William Sambrot (variant of Football Majors at Pacific U.) That Only a Mother - short story by Judith Merril Itch on the Bull Run - short story by Sharon Webb Letter to a Phoenix - short story by Fredric Brown Who's Cribbing? - short story by Jack Lewis Computers Don't Argue - short story by Gordon R. Dickson Letters from Laura - short story by Mildred Clingerman Dear Pen Pal - short story by A. E. van Vogt Damn Shame - short story by Dean R. Lambe The Trap - novelette by Howard Fast (variant of The First Men) Flowers for Algernon - novelette by Daniel Keyes The Second Kind of Loneliness - short story by George R. R. Martin The Lonely - short story by Judith Merril Secret Unattainable - novella by A. E. van Vogt After the Great Space War - short story by Barry N. Malzberg The Prisoner - novelette by Christopher Anvil Request for Proposal - short story by Anthony R. Lewis He Walked Around the Horses - novelette by H. Beam Piper The Power - short story by Murray Leinster