James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon (Julie Phillips) *****

May 19, 2009 01:19

Author crush!  I've read one Tiptree novel and one Tiptree short story, and halfway through the biography I'm totally in love.  I haven't even gotten to the point where Tiptree writes anything. This is the first biography I've read in years, and the most stunning that I've read in ever. Everybody, everybody, everybody agrees.

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lesliesage May 28 2009, 10:49:35 UTC
God, what a life! And what captivating photos! They just don't take 'em like that anymore. We're simply going to have to do some high-contrast b&w candid shots, adventure and inaction alike, for our memoirs.

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livingbyfiction June 1 2009, 10:46:28 UTC
Yes.

But don't elope with a Byronic anti-hero.

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