Something About Alice (WisCon 30 Panel)
Panel Description
54 There's Something About Alice: The Life, Fiction, and Fictional Life of James Tiptree, Jr. Reading SF&F•Senate A• Friday, 10:15-11:30 p.m. Stories for men, women, and the rest of us. This panel will touch upon the lasting influence of Alice Sheldon/James Tiptree, Jr. on feminist and gender-explorative speculative fiction. We will review Sheldon's life and career (actually careers, including painter, experimental psychologist, CIA agent, and male science fiction author); the Tiptree Award's history and recent winning/shortlisted works in the James Tiptree Award Anthology 2; and some of the history and current developments in feminist and gender-bending SF/F.
Panelists
M: Amanda Bankier, Debbie Notkin, Julie Phillips, Jeff Smith