Bibliography

What it is we do when we read science fiction

Harold Wood, Essex, England: Beccon Publications. 2008. ISBN 9781 - 870824 - 54 - 5

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The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology

(Daventry, Northants, Serendip Foundation, 2006, ISBN 0-9552416-0-X
(After 2007: 978-0-9552416-0-4))

Co-edited with Andrew M. Butler

Recommended Reading: BSFA non-fiction award.

Contents                                       Review

The Timechart of the Civil War

(St Paul, MN, MBI Publishing Company, 2001, ISBN 0-7603-1122-6)

I am the co-author of this book which is by various hands. I wrote the timechart itself, biographies of leading figures and one or two other bits and pieces.

A Very British Genre: A Short History of British Fantasy and Science Fiction

(chapbook, BSFA, 1995, ISBN 1-870824-37-7)

Written for the 1995 Worldcon in Glasgow, this consisted of a 20,000-word essay, bibliography, chronology, checklist of writers and index.

British Science Fiction Writers, Volume Two: Keith Roberts

(chapbook, BSFA, 1983)

I was co-editor, with Geoff Rippington, and also author of the 15,000-word essay that was at the heart of the booklet. The contents were: 'Introduction' by Keith Roberts, 'The Touch of Phantom Hands: The Science Fiction of Keith Roberts' by Paul Kincaid, 'Bibliography' by Mike Ashley.

British Science Fiction Writers, Volume One: Bob Shaw

(chapbook, BSFA, 1981)

I was co-editor, with Geoff Rippington. The contents were: 'Introduction' by Bob Shaw, 'Algebraic Fantasies, The Science Fiction of Bob Shaw' by Brian Stableford, 'Bibliography' by Mike Ashley.

In addition I have contributed to:

Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute
edited by Farah Mendlesohn

(Old Earth Books, Baltimore, 2006)

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Themes, Works, and Wonders
edited by Gary Westfahl

(Greenwood Press, Westport Connecticut, 2005)

Christopher Priest: The Interaction
edited by Andrew M. Butler

(Foundation Studies in Science Fiction, 6; The Science Fiction Foundation, London, 2005)
'Blank Pages: Islands and Identity in the Fiction of Christopher Priest' – Recommended Reading: BSFA Non-fiction Award, 2006.

Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction
edited by James Gunn & Matthew Candelaria

(Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD, 2005)

Anatomy of Wonder: Fifth Edition
edited by Neil Barron

(Libraries Unlimited, Westport, CA, 2004)

Supernatural Fiction Writers
edited by Richard Bleiler

(Thomson Gale, New York, 2003)

Cyclopaedia of Literary Places

(Salem Press, New York, 2003)

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
edited by John Clute & John Grant

(Little Brown, London, 1997)

The St James Guide to Science Fiction Writers
edited by Jay P. Pederson

(St James, Detroit, 1996)

The Magill Guide to Science Fiction

(Salem Press, New York, 1996)

The St James Guide to Fantasy Writers
edited by David Pringle

(St James Press, Detroit, 1996)

Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers, Third Edition
edited by Noelle Watson & Paul E. Schellinger

(St James Press, Chicago, 1991)

On top of all that, my reviews, articles, interviews, etc, have appeared in: New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, Good Book Guide, The Fiction Magazine, British Book News, New York Review of Science Fiction, Extrapolation, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Vector, Matrix, Interzone, Steam Engine Time, Strange Horizons, SF Site and a variety of other journals.