Jean Marie Stine
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Jean Marie Stine, born in 1945, in Sikeston, Missouri) is an American
editor, writer, anthologist, and publisher. Stine was born Henry Eugene Stine, becoming Jean Marie as the result of a sex change
. She is the parent of three children, Eden Ariel Rain, Mark Damien Stine, and with American journalist and author, Janrae Frank
, of Sovay Jennifer Fox.
Stine worked as a book acquisitions and development editor for Newcastle Publishing and Leisure Books. For a number of years, she was a senior editor specializing in self-help titles for publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher. Stine's own non-fiction books include Double Your Brain Power (Prentice-Hall 1997), a selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club, which was translated onto five languages.
Stine has served as publisher for O'Hara Publications, The Donning Co. Inc., and The International Foundation for Gender Education. She is currently editor and associate publisher of Renaissance E Books, Inc., a publisher of ebooks in the U.S..
Stine published a number of science fiction novels and stories in the late 1960 and early 1970s, beginning with Season of the Witch in 1968, which was later filmed as Synapse. After the departure of John J. Pierce
, Stine was the editor
of Galaxy
for two issues in 1979. She was editor-in-chief of the science fiction and fantasy Starblaze line for Donning from 1979 to 1983, publishing controversial titles such as Marion Zimmer Bradley
's Ruins of Isis.
As an author she has written fiction and non-fiction on a variety of subjects for more than one hundred publications including Premier, The Los Angeles News, Amazing Stories
, Eros, Connundrum, and Brain Candy. Among her best known stories are "In the Kingdom of the Sons" and "No Exit" (with Larry Niven
). Known pseudonyms include Sibly Whyte, Hank Stine, and Allen Jorgenson.
Recently Stine has returned to writing short stories. Two recent ebook collections of Stine's work are Herstory & Other Science Fictions and Trans-Sexual: Tales for Gender Queers.
Issues concerning gender, such as change, role reversal and misalignment thereof, are recurrent themes in Stine's work. Her novel Season of the Witch describes the ordeal of a man, a hardened seducer who lives off women, whose consciousness is transferred into the body of a woman as a legal punishment. Her short story "Jinni's So Long at the Fair" concerns a future in which a plague has wiped out all humans but those with a genetic abnormality, with male genes (karyotype XY) but female physiology (breasts, vagina). Another short story, "Herstory", describes deliberate manipulation of the timeline to change history so that every human religion in history has stressed the supremacy of woman over man.
Anthologies she has edited include The Great Women Detectives: Seven Classic Novelettes, Hearts of the West, Reel Futures: Classic Stories that Became Great SF Movies (with Forrest J Ackerman
), and Those Doggone Dogs.
During the late 1960s she worked as a personal assistant to Star Trek
creator
Gene Roddenberry
on special projects.
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editor, writer, anthologist, and publisher. Stine was born Henry Eugene Stine, becoming Jean Marie as the result of a sex change
Sex change
Sex change is a term often used for gender reassignment therapy, that is, all medical procedures transgendered people can have, or specifically to sexual reassignment surgery, which usually refers to genitalia surgery only...
. She is the parent of three children, Eden Ariel Rain, Mark Damien Stine, and with American journalist and author, Janrae Frank
Janrae Frank
Janrae Frank is an American journalist, writer and editor known primarily for her work in science fiction and fantasy. She writes extensively on the subject of women and feminism in speculative fiction....
, of Sovay Jennifer Fox.
Stine worked as a book acquisitions and development editor for Newcastle Publishing and Leisure Books. For a number of years, she was a senior editor specializing in self-help titles for publisher Jeremy P. Tarcher. Stine's own non-fiction books include Double Your Brain Power (Prentice-Hall 1997), a selection of the Quality Paperback Book Club, which was translated onto five languages.
Stine has served as publisher for O'Hara Publications, The Donning Co. Inc., and The International Foundation for Gender Education. She is currently editor and associate publisher of Renaissance E Books, Inc., a publisher of ebooks in the U.S..
Stine published a number of science fiction novels and stories in the late 1960 and early 1970s, beginning with Season of the Witch in 1968, which was later filmed as Synapse. After the departure of John J. Pierce
John J. Pierce
John Jeremy Pierce is an American science fiction editor.Pierce began editing the science fiction fanzine Renaissance in the 1960s, and was an outspoken critic of the New Wave...
, Stine was the editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
of Galaxy
Galaxy Science Fiction
Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by an Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break in to the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L...
for two issues in 1979. She was editor-in-chief of the science fiction and fantasy Starblaze line for Donning from 1979 to 1983, publishing controversial titles such as Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...
's Ruins of Isis.
As an author she has written fiction and non-fiction on a variety of subjects for more than one hundred publications including Premier, The Los Angeles News, Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction...
, Eros, Connundrum, and Brain Candy. Among her best known stories are "In the Kingdom of the Sons" and "No Exit" (with Larry Niven
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven / ˈlæri ˈnɪvən/ is an American science fiction author. His best-known work is Ringworld , which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics...
). Known pseudonyms include Sibly Whyte, Hank Stine, and Allen Jorgenson.
Recently Stine has returned to writing short stories. Two recent ebook collections of Stine's work are Herstory & Other Science Fictions and Trans-Sexual: Tales for Gender Queers.
Issues concerning gender, such as change, role reversal and misalignment thereof, are recurrent themes in Stine's work. Her novel Season of the Witch describes the ordeal of a man, a hardened seducer who lives off women, whose consciousness is transferred into the body of a woman as a legal punishment. Her short story "Jinni's So Long at the Fair" concerns a future in which a plague has wiped out all humans but those with a genetic abnormality, with male genes (karyotype XY) but female physiology (breasts, vagina). Another short story, "Herstory", describes deliberate manipulation of the timeline to change history so that every human religion in history has stressed the supremacy of woman over man.
Anthologies she has edited include The Great Women Detectives: Seven Classic Novelettes, Hearts of the West, Reel Futures: Classic Stories that Became Great SF Movies (with Forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J Ackerman
Forrest J Ackerman was an American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan...
), and Those Doggone Dogs.
During the late 1960s she worked as a personal assistant to Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
creator
Gene Roddenberry
Gene Roddenberry
Eugene Wesley "Gene" Roddenberry was an American television screenwriter, producer and futurist, best known for creating the American science fiction series Star Trek. Born in El Paso, Texas, Roddenberry grew up in Los Angeles, California where his father worked as a police officer...
on special projects.
Fiction
- Season of the Witch. Essex House (# 0112), North Hollywood 1968 Postscript by Harlan EllisonHarlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
; Masquerade Books/Rhinoceros Publications, 1994; Renaissance E Books, 2008.- Made into the action film Memory RunMemory RunMemory Run is a 1996 action film set in the year 2015, starring Karen Duffy. It is based on the novel Season of the Witch , by Hank Stine, who is now Jean Marie Stine....
, 1996.
- Made into the action film Memory Run
- Thrill City, or The Dugpa. Essex House, North Hollywood 1969; Masquerde Books/Rhinoceros Publictions, 1996.
- The Prisoner # 3. Ace Books, New York 1970; Dennis Dobson, London 1979; also called: The Prisoner: A Day in the Life. New English Library, 1982. (the third paperback following the British TV series The PrisonerThe PrisonerThe Prisoner is a 17-episode British television series first broadcast in the UK from 29 September 1967 to 1 February 1968. Starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan, it combined spy fiction with elements of science fiction, allegory and psychological drama.The series follows a British former...
cf. The Prisoner in other mediaThe Prisoner in other mediaThe Prisoner has been represented in several other media.-Novels:-Ace:Ace Books in the United States published three original novels based upon the television series.* The Prisoner by Thomas M...
). - Forrest J. Ackerman, Jean Stine (eds.): I, Vampire: Intervies with the Undead. Longmeadowpress, Ann Arbor (1995).
- Trans-Sexual: Transgressive Erotica for Gender Queers (2008)
- Herstory & Other Science Fictions. Renaissance E Books, 2010.
Non-fiction
- It's All In Your Head: Remarkable Facts About the Human Mind (1994)
- Writing Successful Self-Help and How-To Books (1997)
- Double Your Brain Power (1998)
- Ed Wood: The Early Years. Renaissance E Books, 2001.
- Super Brain Power (2002)
- Empowering Your Life with Runes (2004)