Before the revelation of Sheldon's identity, Tiptree was often referred to as an unusually macho male ( see, e. g., Robert Silverberg's commentaries ) as well as an unusually feminist science fiction writer ( for a male ) — particularly for " The Women Men Don't See ", a story of two women who go looking for aliens to escape from male-dominated society on Earth.

* The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith ( 2005 )

* The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith ( 2006 )

* The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith ( 2007 )

* The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 edited by Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith.

James Tiptree Jr, in a letter to her, wrote, " Do you imagine that anyone with half a functional neuron can read your work and not have his fingers smoked by the bitter, multi-layered anger in it?

" Silverberg's article in particular, by taking one side, makes it clear that the gender of Tiptree was a topic of some debate.

Sheldon influenced this award through her use of a masculine pseudonym, James Tiptree, Jr., demonstrating that there is no distinction in works of science fiction when written by either gender.

Novels such as " Half Life " by Shelley Jackson and " Light " by M. John Harrison have received the James Tiptree, Jr. award for incorporating themes of fantasy and sexuality.

The James Tiptree, Jr. Award is given in her honor each year for a work of science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender ; funds for the award are raised in part by bake sales

The funds are administrated by the " Tiptree Motherboard " ( currently consisting of Fowler, Gomoll, Murphy, Ellen Klages, Debbie Notkin, and Jeffrey D. Smith ).

* 2006 The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente and Half Life by Shelley Jackson ; with special recognition for Julie Phillips ' biography of James Tiptree, Jr., James Tiptree, Jr .: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon

* " On James Tiptree, Alice Sheldon and bake sales ", by Karen Joy Fowler

" It was also a period marked by the emergence of a greater variety of voices in science fiction, most notably the rise in the number of female writers, including but not limited to Joanna Russ, Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, Jr.

He was succeeded by James Turner, who expanded the company's range of authors to include such prominent science fiction and fantasy writers as Michael Bishop, Lucius Shepard, Bruce Sterling, James Tiptree, Jr., Michael Shea and J. G. Ballard, often publishing hardcover collections of shorter works.

* Alice Sheldon, science fiction author better known by her pen name, James Tiptree, Jr.

Anonymity is directly related to the concept of obscurantism or pseudonymity, where an artist or group attempts to remain anonymous, for various reasons, not limited to: adding an element of mystique to themselves and / or their work, attempting to avoid what is known as the " cult of personality " or hero worship, where the charisma, good looks, wealth and / or other unrelated or mildly related aspects of the person ( s ) is the main reason for interest in their work, rather than the work itself ; also the ability to break into a field or area of interest normally dominated by males, such as James Tiptree, Jr, the famous science fiction author who was actually a woman named Alice Bradley Sheldon, as seems to also be the case with JT LeRoy.

This was also an allusion to the way the James Tiptree, Jr. Award group ( also founded after a discussion at a WisCon ) named itself after the fictitious male persona used by the writer long known as " James Tiptree, Jr .".

Most of the district is the Dengie peninsula but a significant area is also the area above the Blackwater Estuary, bounded by the River Blackwater to the west until near Kelvedon, the boundary then continues south of Tiptree to the Salcott inlet on the Blackwater Estuary.

" The Girl Who Was Plugged In " is a science fiction novella by James Tiptree, Jr., a pen name used by writer Alice Sheldon.

The James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender, originated in a discussion at a prior WisCon, and the Tiptree Ceremony is often held at WisCon.

Helen Merrick's 2009 The Secret Feminist Cabal ISBN 978-1-933500-33-1, a 2010 Hugo nominee, while a broader history of the topic, contains a number of mentions and descriptions of WisCon itself and of various WisCon-spawned projects such as the Tiptree Awards, Broad Universe and the Carl Brandon Society, beginning with the author's preface and continuing throughout the book.

* Award Winner: The Tiptree Award Motherboard ( Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy )

* 2011-The Tiptree Motherboard ( Karen Joy Fowler, Debbie Notkin, Ellen Klages, Jeanne Gomoll, Jeff Smith, and Pat Murphy )

James Tiptree, Jr. ( August 24, 1915 – May 19, 1987 ) was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death.

Tiptree / Sheldon was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently " male " or " female " — it was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman.

The name " Tiptree " came from a branded jar of marmalade, and the " Jr ." was her husband's idea.

The pseudonym was successfully maintained until the late 1970s, partly because, although " Tiptree " was widely known to be a pseudonym, it was generally understood that its use was intended to protect the professional reputation of an intelligence community official.

" There was speculation, based partially on the themes in her stories, that Tiptree might be female.

When asked for biographical details, Tiptree / Sheldon was forthcoming in everything but gender.

After the death of Mary Hastings Bradley in 1976, " Tiptree " mentioned in a letter that his mother, also a writer, had died in Chicago — details that led inquiring fans to find the obituary, with its reference to Alice Sheldon ; soon all was revealed.

Tiptree / Sheldon was an eclectic writer who worked in a variety of styles and subgenres, often combining the technological focus and hard-edged style of " hard " science fiction with the sociological and psychological concerns of " soft " SF, and some of the stylistic experimentation of the New Wave movement.

The award is named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. By choosing a masculine nom de plume, having her stories accepted under that name and winning awards with them, Sheldon helped demonstrate that the division between male and female science fiction writing was illusory.

The Clareson Award was presented to the Tiptree Motherboard for “ outstanding service activities – promotion of SF teaching and study, editing, reviewing, editorial writing, publishing, organizing meetings, mentoring, and leadership in SF / fantasy organizations .”

Alice Bradley Sheldon had a multiplicity of reasons to write under the pen name of James Tiptree, Jr .: she was a woman writing in the heavily male-dominated genre of science fiction ; she was a bisexual woman who may have wanted to avoid the inherent biases of her readers ; and she was a career intelligence officer, first in the Army Air Corps and then in the early years of the CIA, for whom concealment was a way of life.

It was nominated for the 1976 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was shortlisted for a retrospective James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1995.

After having been nominated for the 1975 Nebula Award for Best Novel, The Female Man won one of three Retrospective Tiptree Awards in 1996.

Bender has received two Pushcart Prizes, and was nominated for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 2005.

A collection of her short stories, Stable Strategies and Others ( 2004 ), was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award and short-listed for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and the World Fantasy Award.

The novel was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel while also winning the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award for best first novel, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award.

Who Fears Death won the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, was a 2011 Tiptree Honor Book and was nominated for the 2010 Nebula Award.