James Tiptree Jr

[Mark Thibodeau]

Yes, thanks both to JBlooch and Mike!

As a teenaged Sci-Fi fanboy in good standing, I of course spent a lot of
time in the library perusing their gigantic illustrated "Historical
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", page by page, and am aware of her legend.

As someone whose reading ambitions have always outstripped the amount of
time available to him, I have yet to read ANYTHING she's written.

Seeing as I just stocked up on a bunch of new reading (thanks in part to
you guys), I probably won't have time to give her the attention she
deserves. But I WILL be ready to pick up a collection of her short stories
the next time I spot one at the world's greatest used book store (which
lucky for me is located here in Toronto... BMV on Bloor near Spadina...
four floors of affordable literary goodness!).

Cheers!
yer old pal Jerky

On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 4:22 AM <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks so much Mike. I will order them today and read, as suggested, in
> order of publication. I agree about the importance of doing this in
> understanding (if one can) the writer behind the words, and the whys and
> wherefores of the words themselves.
>
> I’m excited to start now. Thanks again.
>
> Jb
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 15 Nov 2019, at 09:31, Mike Weaver <mike.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > One of my favourite authors.
> >
> > Ideally read the original collections in order of publication - to catch
> the way she revealed herself, but I think there is now a life long
> collection. Read the stories in order of publication. She started
> relatively light and humorous and got darker as time passed - the fourth
> collection is basically feminist horror stories.
> >
> > After her real identity was revealed she lost much of her power (a
> superhero metaphor!) but almost everything she wrote between 1968 and 76 is
> wonderful.
> >
> > And when you have read a good number of stories (the two novels are weak
> in comparison to the bite of the short stories) read her biography
> > It is enthralling. Also worth reading is an essay comparing the lives of
> her and Cordwainer Smith (Paul Linebarger) - young lives lived in public.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >> On 15/11/2019 07:39, jbloocher at gmail.com wrote:
> >> Any thoughts on her? I’ve never read her work but she sounds intriguing.
> >>
> >> I’m imagining this is very much up your street Jerky.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Jb
> >>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
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