"Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature." (James Tiptree, Junior) (wildcat)

"Anyone who shoots a real gun at you when drunk and angry is simply not husband material, regardless of his taste in literature." (James Tiptree, Junior)

I took a book out from work today.

Meet Me at Infinity, by James Tiptree Junior. This is a collection of Tiptree's science fiction and nonfiction pieces.

There is a set of awards named after Tiptree. Ironically, Tiptree was apparently named after a jar of marmalade; "James Tiptree Junior" was a pseudonym for Alice Bradley Sheldon, and the Tiptree Awards is focused on works and authors which use science fiction to expand and explore gender. She worked as a psychologist and had a career with the CIA for a while. She started writing under the male pseudonym in 1967 and it wasn't until 1977 that anyone found out the truth.

Her wikipedia entry.

"Our fellow passenger was Major Grogan, who thirty years before had been the first white man to go from the Cape to Cairo. It took him three years, one whole year in the marshes of the Sudd; his two companions died. It is said he ate them; I think so. He looked like a sensible man."

The collection includes a story called "The Colour of Neanderthal Eyes" that I'm looking forward to reading, and an essay called "A Woman Writing Science Fiction." There's actually quite a lot in here, and I plan to spelunk through it over the next week or so to help get my brain started up again.

Posted on October 23, 2006 10:19 PM | Permalink

Comments (4)

Steph:

I hate to do this, I really don't want to, but I have to postpone pho tonight. I only have two days left to pack & clean, and my place is a disaster!

Next week? Sorry.

Posted by Steph | October 24, 2006 8:29 AM

Posted on October 24, 2006 08:29

ben:

All right. I suppose. :) I have to give you a postcard from Joy next week, though.

I'm going to go home and eat salad, then write madly for a few hours instead.

Posted by ben | October 24, 2006 11:20 AM

Posted on October 24, 2006 11:20

joy:

why are you packing and cleaning??

Posted by joy | October 24, 2006 10:40 PM

Posted on October 24, 2006 22:40

ben:

Run in with the mob, has to skip town. She's heading to Mexico with this delightful orangutan who grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Together, they fight crime.

Posted by ben | October 24, 2006 10:57 PM

Posted on October 24, 2006 22:57

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