The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2

Following the successful debut of the series, this second serving of innovative storytelling continues to celebrate thought-provoking and provocative speculative fiction. Touching on the most fundamental of human desiressex, love, and the need for acceptanceTiptree Awardwinning authors continually challenge and redefine social identities, simultaneously exploring and expanding gender. James Tiptree, Jr. was the pseudonym of Alice Bradley Sheldon, whose lasting contributions to the genre are honored every year with the award. This collection gathers short fiction and essays that were chosen by the Tiptree Award judges in 2004, as well as additional selections from previous years. Contributors include Raphael Carter, L. Timmel Duchamp, Carol Emshwiller, Eileen Gunn, Joe Haldeman, Nalo Hopkinson, Gwyneth Jones, Jaye Lawrence, Ursula K. Le Guin, Jonathan Lethem, Debbie Notkin, Julie Phillips, Johanna Sinsalo, and Leslie What.

Karen Joy Fowler is the author of the New York Times bestselling novel The Jane Austen Book Club and Sister Noon, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award. Her short story collection, Black Glass, won the World Fantasy Award in 1999. She lives in Davis, California. Pat Murphy has won numerous awards for her science fiction and fantasy writing. She has won the Nebula for both her second novel, The Falling Woman, and her novelette "Rachel in Love." Her short story collection, Points of Departure, won the Philip K. Dick Award in 1990. Her most recent novel is Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell. She lives in San Francisco, California. Debbie Notkin is an editor and nonfiction writer. She edited Flying Cups & Saucers, the first collection of Tiptree-recognized short fiction. Her essays on body image and on science fiction have been widely published and she has spoken on these topics all over the United States and in Japan. She lives in Oakland, California. Jeffrey D. Smith is the literary trustee of James Tiptree, Jr.''s estate. He is the editor of Women in Science Fiction and Meet Me at Infinity. He recently edited Her Smoke Rose Up Forever, a collection of Tiptree short stories. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.