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

BookLoons

"Each work in this recommended collection is paradoxically both entertaining and instructive."

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet online journal

"The Tiptree Award anthology series is a great idea, well executed."

Publishers Weekly

The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2, edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin and Jeffrey D. Smith, showcases 13 stories, novel excerpts and essays that explore ideas of gender. Contributors include Joe Haldeman, Jonathan Lethem, Ursula K. Le Guin and Tiptree (aka Alice Sheldon) herself. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

Since 1991, the James Tiptree Awards have honored novels, short fiction, and essays that have, in the opinions of its ever-changing panel of judges, dealt in new and interesting ways with the concept of gender. This second collection of winners and short-list finalists includes seven short stories, excerpts from novels by Ursula K. Le Guin, Joe Haldeman, and Johanna Sinisale, and an essay by Nalo Hopkinson on the search for oneself in sf and fantasy literature. From Raphael Carter's story-disguised-as-scholarly-paper attempting to shed light on gender identification ("Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation by K.N. Sirsi and Sandra Botkin") to Jaye Lawrence's whimsical yet poignant tale of enchanted frogs and magic wishes ("Kissing Frogs"), the contributions demonstrate a rare gift for interpreting an issue in new and surprising ways. Recommended for most libraries. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.