The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3: Subversive Stories about Sex and Gender » (New Edition)

An author who traverses genres from sci-fi/fantasy to women's fiction, Karen Joy Fowler explores the mysteries of history, feminism, love, and friendship with her novels, like the reading group favorite The Jane Austen Book Club.

Returning again to the fertile ground of sex and identity, this third entry in a successful and controversial anthology series continues to celebrate thought-provoking and provocative fiction that explores and expands gender. Through their subversive, engaging stories, Tiptree Award–winning authors offer fascinating speculations on the ever-increasing mutability of our public—and private—selves. James Tiptree, Jr. was the pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon, whose lasting contributions to the gender-bending genre are honored with this annual award, now in its 15th year. Previous winners of the Tiptree Award include Karen Joy Fowler, Ursula K. Le Guin, M. John Harrison, Kelly Link, Joe Haldeman, and Joanna Russ.

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Absolutely recommended for everyone who is interested in a wide range of fantastic fiction with a taste for the experimental.

Introduction   Jeffrey D. Smith     vii
Have Not Have   Geoff Ryman     3
The Glass Bottle Trick   Nalo Hopkinson     25
Wooden Bride   Margo Lanagan     39
Dearth   Aimee Bender     51
Mountain Ways   Ursulu K. Le Guin     63
Shame   Pam Noles     91
The Future of Female: Octavia Butler's Mother Lode   Dorothy Allison     105
Liking What You See: A Documentary   Ted Chiang     113
The Girl Who Was Plugged In   James Tiptree, Jr.     151
Dear Alice Sheldon   L. Timmel Duchamp     191
Little Faces   Vonda N. McIntyre     199
Knapsack Poems   Eleanor Arnason     239
Winners and short lists     259
About the authors     269
About the editors     273