Ebook {Epub PDF} James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips

Journalist Phillips has achieved a wonder: an evenhanded, scrupulously documented, objective yet sympathetic portrait of a deliberately elusive personality: Alice Sheldon (–), who adopted the persona of science fiction writer James Tiptree Jr. Working from Sheldon's (and Tiptree's) few interviews; Sheldon's professional papers, many unpublished; and the papers of Sheldon's writer /5(32). James Tiptree, Jr.: the double life of Alice B. Sheldon Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Jr.: the double life of Alice B. Sheldon by Phillips, Julie. Publication date Topics Tiptree, James, James Tiptree, Jr., burst onto the science fiction scene in the late s with a string of hard-edged, provocative User Interaction Count:  · James Tiptree, Jr., appeared on the science fiction scene in the late s, writing fast-paced, action-filled stories about rocket ships, alien sex, and intergalactic bureaucratic anxiety. He was a brilliant and original talent, with a voice like no one else's: knowing, intense, utterly convinced of its authority and the urgency of its bltadwin.ru: St. Martin's Publishing Group.

In February , Alice got her doctorate in experimental psychology. That spring, she typed up and submitted a few science fiction stories. To protect her academic reputation, she submitted the stories under a pseudonym she and Ting took from a jam jar: James Tiptree Jr. When the stories sold, Tiptree wrote more. The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Julie Phillips Limited preview - James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Julie Phillips No preview available - Common terms and phrases. Aug. Died. . Genre. Science Fiction. edit data. "James Tiptree Jr." was born Alice Bradley in Chicago in Her mother was the writer Mary Hastings Bradley; her father, Herbert, was a lawyer and explorer. Throughout her childhood she traveled with her parents, mostly to Africa, but also to India and Southeast Asia.

Journalist Phillips has achieved a wonder: an evenhanded, scrupulously documented, objective yet sympathetic portrait of a deliberately elusive personality: Alice Sheldon (–), who adopted the persona of science fiction writer James Tiptree Jr. Working from Sheldon's (and Tiptree's) few interviews; Sheldon's professional papers, many unpublished; and the papers of Sheldon's writer-explorer-socialite mother, Phillips has crafted an absorbing mélange of several disparate lives. As a child, she crossed Africa with her explorer parents. As an adult, she became a painter, a military intelligence officer, a CIA agent, an experimental psychologist. At age 51, Alice Bradley Sheldon made yet another change of career. James Tiptree Jr. began writing science fiction in His stories were fast-paced and hard-boiled, his letters funny, frank, and sensitive. James Tiptree Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips. Alice Bradley Sheldon was born in and grew up in Chicago. She was the only child of exceptional parents: Herbert Bradley, a lawyer and amateur naturalist, and Mary Hastings Bradley, a popular novelist and travel writer. The Bradleys were wealthy and charming, knew everyone in Chicago society, and held legendary parties in the trophy room of their Hyde Park home.