Described by Publishers Weekly as “an evenhanded, scrupulously documented, objective yet sympathetic portrait of a deliberately elusive personality”, Julie Philips forthcoming biography of James Tiptree, James Tiptree, Jr. : The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon, is both one of the books I’ve been most looking forward to this year. It’s only a handful of months away, and it looks terrific. Now, someone was going to send me a galley, but I don’t remember who. Time to pull out the old list of contacts at St Martins and see if anyone has a spare sitting round. This looks good.