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 Allan
Marleen Barr
Stephanie Burgis
Joyce Chng
Aliette de Bodard
L. Timmel Duchamp
A.J. Fitzwater
Lisa Goldstein
Theodora Goss
Nicola Griffith - read online at LA Review of Books
Valentin D Ivanov
Gwyneth Jones
Rose Lemberg
Sylvia Kelso
Alex Dally MacFarlane
Brit Mandelo - read online at Tor.com
Sandra McDonald
Seanan McGuire
Karen Miller
Judith Moffett
Cheryl Morgan
Pat Murphy
Sarah Pinsker
Cat Rambo
Tansy Rayner Roberts
Justina Robson
Nisi Shawl
Nike Sulway
Lucy Sussex
Rachel Swirsky
Bogi Takács
Lynne M. Thomas
Elisabeth Vonarburg
Jo Walton
Tehani Wessely
Tess 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