Letters to Tiptree

For nearly a decade, a middle-aged woman in Virginia (her own words) had much of the science fiction community in thrall. Her short stories were awarded, lauded and extremely well-reviewed. They were also regarded as “ineluctably masculine,” because Alice Sheldon was writing as James Tiptree Jr. In celebration of Alice Sheldon's centenary, Letters to Tiptree presents a selection of thoughtful letters from thirty-nine science fiction and fantasy writers, editors, critics, and fans address questions of gender, of sexuality, of the impossibility and joy of knowing someone only through their fiction and biography. Letters From:Kathryn AllanMarleen BarrStephanie BurgisJoyce ChngAliette de BodardL. Timmel DuchampA.J. FitzwaterLisa GoldsteinTheodora GossNicola Griffith - read online at LA Review of BooksValentin D IvanovGwyneth JonesRose LembergSylvia KelsoAlex Dally MacFarlaneBrit Mandelo - read online at Tor.comSandra McDonaldSeanan McGuireKaren MillerJudith MoffettCheryl MorganPat MurphySarah PinskerCat RamboTansy Rayner RobertsJustina RobsonNisi ShawlNike SulwayLucy SussexRachel SwirskyBogi TakácsLynne M. ThomasElisabeth VonarburgJo WaltonTehani WesselyTess Williams And bonus reprint material including:- archived letters from Ursula K. Le Guin, Joanna Russ and James Tiptree Jr./Alice Sheldon- excerpts from The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms by Helen Merrick- excerpt from Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction by Justine Larbalestier- essay by Michael Swanwick