Reviews of James Tiptree, Jr. Award Winners

This is a list of those James Tiptree, Jr. award winners that are novels, including the retrospective winners in 1996. The James Tiptree, Jr. award is a judged award for "science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores our understanding of gender." The award is named for Alice B. Sheldon, who wrote for years under the pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr.

2007 Sarah Hall Daughters of the North
2006 Shelley Jackson Half Life
2006 Catherynne M. Valente The Orphan's Tales: In the Night Garden
2005 Geoff Ryman Air 10 out of 10
2004 Joe Haldeman Camouflage 7 out of 10
2004 Johanna Sinisalo Troll
2003 Matt Ruff Set This House in Order
2002 M. John Harrison Light 7 out of 10
2001 Hiromi Goto The Kappa Child
2000 Molly Gloss Wild Life
1999 Suzy McKee Charnas The Conquerer's Child
1997 Candas Jane Dorsey Black Wine
1996 Mary Doria Russell The Sparrow 8 out of 10
1995 Elizabeth Hand Waking the Moon
1995 Theodore Roszak The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein
1994 Nancy Springer Larque on the Wing
1993 Nicola Griffith Ammonite 8 out of 10
1992 Maureen F. McHugh China Mountain Zhang
1991 Eleanor Arnason A Woman of the Iron People
1991 Gwyneth Jones White Queen
 
1996 Suzy McKee Charnas Walk to the End of the World 3 out of 10
1996 Suzy McKee Charnas Motherlines
1996 Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness 8 out of 10
1996 Joanna Russ The Female Man

The second section are the retrospective awards.

Ratings for books that don't have a review are based on my memory of the book. The rating may well change if I get a chance to read the book again.

Last modified and spun 2008-05-09