The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1: Sex, the Future, & Chocolate Chip Cookies - Softcover

"A superior array of creative and thoughtful writing for both genders." --Booklist "The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 will come as a surprise to those who think the award is given to stories which only celebrate the role of women and advocate its expansion. Instead the stories explore all varieties of gender in thoughtful and provocative ways. Focusing mostly on a single year, The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 leaves plenty of room for additional volumes, which deserve to grace the shelves of all science-fiction and gender-studies fans." --SF Site "Really worth the ducats...important in the speculative fiction field." -Bookslut.com

Simultaneously exploring and expanding gender roles, the stories in The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1 are thought-provoking, imaginative, and highly provocative. Touching on the most fundamental of human desires, Tiptree Award--winning authors continually redefine social identities. This collection gathers short fiction, novel excerpts, and essays that were chosen by the Tiptree Award judges in 2003 and in previous years. In addition, the collection includes essays and commentary exploring the Tiptree legacy. If you like The James Tiptree Award Anthology 1, wait until you see The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 and 3.