(urth) OT Tiptree

David Duffy David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au
Thu Oct 19 17:14:57 PDT 2006


On Thu, 19 Oct 2006, Fred Kiesche wrote:

> The next target of this kind of analysis is upon us:
> The new biography about Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree,
> Jr.
>
> Enough pop psychology and pseudo-feminism to make you
> sick. (One of my degrees is in women's studies, or
> feminist studies if you prefer...I found the book very
> tiresome).
>
> Save your time. Re-read the Charles Platt interview in
> his "Dreammakers" anthology (volume 2).
>

This was just reviewed in the Australian
(www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20557436-5003900,00.html)

"And unlike many good literary biographies, this one is unlikely to send you
off in search of the original writing. There's a posthumous collection,
published in 2000, called Meet Me At Infinity, but the work is a curiosity,
not a classic." !?!

David Duffy.



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