James Tiptree, Jr: The double life of Alice B. In a future where product placement by celebrities allows coporations to rule daily life, a teenage girl becomes a media sensation when she takes over the body of a beautiful artificial being.Ī man visiting the Yucatan Peninsula meets another traveler who tells him the story of a strange scuba diving experience he had in a place where the reef seems to wither and die. The classic tale of a spaceship and its three male crew members discover a horrifying new world after their ship is lost during a solar storm.Ī spider like creature on an alien planet tries to resist his natural urges to mate and kill, “the Plan”, that only increase as winter comes.Īn unknown pathogen is causing sexual urges in human males to turn into violent acts in this harrowing story of gender roles, morality and societal decay. If you’ve never read James Tiptree, here are the essential short stories you should run out now and read! Few authors have been able to combine the wonder of science and technology with the raw emotion and bleak social commentary that made Tiptree a favorite among science fiction authors. Her influence can be seen far in wide in authors as diverse as Octavia Butler, Ursula K. James Tiptree, a pseudonym for feminist science fiction writer Alice Sheldon, is one of those authors that feels like a secret treasure just for those genre fans in the know.
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