Introduction to the BSFA Survey (2009) - Niall Harrison 6
Introduction to the Mexicon Survey (1989) - Paul Kincaid 8
Respondents to the Mexicon & BSFA surveys 9
1: Do you consider yourself a writer of science fiction and/or fantasy? 11
2: What is it about your work that makes it fit into these categories? 26
3: Why have you chosen to write science fiction or fantasy? 43
4: Do you consider there is anything distinctively British about your work, and if so what is it? 58
5: Do British settings play a major part in your work, and if so, why (or why not)? 79
6: What do you consider are the major influences on your work? 94
7: Do you detect a different response to your science fiction/fantasy between publishers in Britain and America (or elsewhere)? 112
8: Do you detect a different response to your science fiction/fantasy between the public in Britain and America (or elsewhere)? 127
9: What effect should good science fiction or fantasy have upon the reader? 137
10: What do you consider the most significant weakness in science fiction and fantasy as a genre? 154
11: What do you think have been the most significant developments in British science fiction and fantasy over the past twenty years? 176
Contributors 190