Neat Sheets

As James Tiptree, Jr., Alice Sheldon wrote many of the best science fiction stories to appear in the 1970s and 1980s, winning all the major awards the field had to offer. The poetry in this volume dates from an earlier period, written in the late 1940s and early 1950s (around the same time as her first article, "The Lucky Ones," appeared in the New Yorker). Emotional and full of vigor, Neat Sheets: The Poetry of James Tiptree, Jr., is a must for Tiptree lovers, shedding new light on one of science fiction's most enigmatic personalities and one of it's greatest writers.

"James Tiptree was one of the best short story writers of the last half of the twentieth century." - Gardner Dozois

"The Poetry has a heightened sense of emotionalism, a clear message of isolationism and loneliness, a disappointed romanticism, and the occasional lash of a sharp wit." - Karen Joy Fowler