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Andrew Sawyer

あんどりゅー・そいやー

Andoryū Soiyā

Aliases: Andy Sawyer

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1952
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
Liverpool, UK

Career

Occupations
librarian, critic, editor
Active Years
1970-2024
Affiliations
Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool, Science Fiction Foundation

Education

Duke of York's Royal Military School
Country: United Kingdom
University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service
2008
Organization: Science Fiction Research Association
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Speaking Science Fiction: Dialogues and Interpretations

2000 Criticism

Co-edited with David Seed

The Mechanical Art

1990 Short story

In the anthology Digital Dreams

Bibliography

  • The Mechanical Art (Digital Dreams, 1990)
  • M.R. James in China
  • 'Backward, Turn Backward': Narratives of Reversed Time in Science Fiction
  • The Shadows out of Time: H. P. Lovecraftian Echoes in Babylon 5
  • Back with Bunter
  • Re-assessing one of the earliest books about popular fiction: Q. D. Leavis’s famous tirade against bestsellers
  • Fairy-Tale Horror (about V. C. Andrews)
  • Far Seeing? (about Joan Grant)
  • John Wyndham and the Fantastic
  • Magnolia Blossom and Whiplash (about Kyle Onstott and Lance Horner)

Legacy

Notable as a librarian, critic, and editor in science fiction, recipient of the Thomas D. Clareson Award. Served as Course Director for MA in Science Fiction Studies.