Alice Eleanor Jones's Busy Year

Here is Alice Eleanor Jones:

Here are 5 stories she published in 1955:


Life, Incorporated

Created He Them (content warning: domestic abuse)

Miss Quattro

Recruiting Officer

The Happy Clown

Boom

One year, five sci fi stories. And that's it (I think). She has a bunch of other writing that I haven't tracked down yet, but that was her busy year of science fiction and then she was back to journalism and lots of other stuff, but blaow.

Created He Them appears to have been anthologized at least a handful of times. It is not surprising to me. It was a powerful, affecting story, and well written, in my opinion. Having read Life, Incorporated and The Happy Clown, I think Jones also seems to have been interested in themes of anti-conformism and anti-consumerism, which are interesting reactions to a 1950s context. The Happy Clown predates Harrison Bergeron by like 6 years, but has some real presaging of the themes it is known for.

I don't have anything big or summarizing to say here, I just have been really enthused about her as a writer since the book club I am in got to her story (Created He Them), and didn't want forget to record my enthusiasm.