![]() I always knew I would include a Tiptree story in this series. In 1977, misplaced candour allowed Tiptree’s fans to uncover what Tiptree had so carefully concealed for a decade: the person behind the pen name was Alice Sheldon, youthful adventurer, artist, intelligence officer, and researcher. To quote Harlan Ellison “ Wilhelm is the woman to beat this year, but Tiptree is the man.” None of Tiptree’s correspondents had ever met Tiptree in the flesh butall the evidence said Tiptree was a man. The singular exception seemed to be James Tiptree, Jr. By the start of the 1970s, many, if not most, of the notable new voices in science fiction were women. Not only were woman authors more common, but they were writing quality stuff. In the mid- 1960s, more and more women were writing science fiction and fantasy. ![]()
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