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.
I’m really looking forward to this one. Liz Hand was reading it during ICFA and regalling us with info.
I read the excerpt in the Tachyon Tiptree anthology, and it was terrific. The book looks even better. CHARLES has read it and speaks very highly of it. Gary is reading it now, and seems pretty much of the same opinion.