Alien Plots Female Subjectivity and the Divine in the Light of James Tiptree's 'a Momentary Taste of Being' |
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| Author:
| van der Spek, Inez |
| ISBN: | 978-0-85323-824-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | Liverpool University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $33.00 |
Book Description:
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At the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree Jr (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and...
More DescriptionAt the heart of this stimulating and provocative study is a science fiction story by James Tiptree Jr (Alice Sheldon-Bradley, 1916-1987) about a brother and a sister (and 58 other human beings) who encounter an alien while on a starship travelling to discover a habitable planet. The book includes an outline of Tiptree's work and of her remarkable life as the only child of jungle explorers, as a painter, an American agent during and after World War II, an experimental psychologist, and a female science fiction writer in male disguise.