The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Author:   Karen Joy Fowler ,  Pat Murphy ,  Debbie Notkin ,  Jeffrey D. Smith
Publisher:   Tachyon Publications
ISBN:  

9781892391193


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 November 2004
Format:   Paperback
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Simultaneously exploring and expanding gender roles, the stories in The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 are thought-provoking, imaginative, and highly provocative. Touching on the most fundamental of human desires, Tiptree Award–winning authors continually redefine social identities. This collection gathers short fiction, novel excerpts, and essays that were chosen by the Tiptree Award judges in 2003 and in previous years. In addition, the collection includes essays and commentary exploring the Tiptree legacy. If you like The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1, wait until you see The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 and 3.

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Author:   Karen Joy Fowler ,  Pat Murphy ,  Debbie Notkin ,  Jeffrey D. Smith
Publisher:   Tachyon Publications
Imprint:   Tachyon Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.412kg
ISBN:  

9781892391193


ISBN 10:   1892391198
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 November 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A superior array of creative and thoughtful writing for both genders. --Booklist The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 will come as a surprise to those who think the award is given to stories which only celebrate the role of women and advocate its expansion. Instead the stories explore all varieties of gender in thoughtful and provocative ways. Focusing mostly on a single year, The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 leaves plenty of room for additional volumes, which deserve to grace the shelves of all science-fiction and gender-studies fans. --SF Site Really worth the ducats...important in the speculative fiction field. -Bookslut.com


...immense, surprising and utterly delightful. -- SciFi.com. ...involving, gender-breaking stories... -- Midwest Book Review. A superior array of creative and thoughtful writing for both genders. -- Booklist. The stories explore all varieties of gender in thoughtful and provocative ways. -- SF Site.


...immense, surprising and utterly delightful. -- SciFi.com. ...involving, gender-breaking stories... -- Midwest Book Review. A superior array of creative and thoughtful writing for both genders. -- Booklist. The stories explore all varieties of gender in thoughtful and provocative ways. -- SF Site.


Author Information

Karen Joy Fowler won the World Fantasy Award in 1999. She lives in Davis, California. Pat Murphy is the winner of two Nebula Awards. She lives in San Francisco, California.

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