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Edward Frederick James

エドワード・フレデリック・ジェームズ

Edowādo Furederikku Jēmuzu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-05-14 （Solihull, Warwickshire）
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
Solihull → Oxford → Dublin → York → Reading

Career

Occupations
Medieval Historian, Science Fiction and Fantasy Scholar, University Professor
Active Years
1965-2012
Affiliations
University College, Dublin, University of York, University of Reading
Memberships
Science Fiction Foundation (Editor of Foundation journal)
Nominations
Locus Award (1994, Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century), Hugo Award (2000, Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature), BSFA Award (2009, A Short History of Fantasy), Hugo, BSFA, Locus, British Fantasy Award (2012, The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature)

Education

Solihull School
Country: United Kingdom
St John's College, Oxford
Modern History
Degree: BA
Period: 1965-1968
Year of Graduation: 1968
Country: United Kingdom
Institute of Archaeology, Oxford
Archaeology
Degree: D.Phil
Period: 1968-1970
Year of Graduation: 1975
Country: United Kingdom
Thesis: ‘South-West Gaul from the fifth to the eighth century: the contribution of archaeology’

Awards

Eaton Award
1994
Work: Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century
Category: SF批評
Organization: University of California
Result: Won
Pilgrim Award
2004
Work: Lifetime contribution to SF and fantasy scholarship
Result: Won
Hugo Award
2005
Work: The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction
Category: Best Related Work
Organization: World Science Fiction Society
Result: Won
BSFA Award
2015
Work: Science Fiction Writers in the Great War
Category: Best Non-Fiction
Organization: British Science Fiction Association
Result: Won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century

1994 Science Fiction Criticism 250 pages

Overview of science fiction in the twentieth century.

SF HistoryCriticism
Translations
  • Italian translation etc.

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction

2003 SF Studies 295 pages

Comprehensive essays on science fiction, co-edited with Farah Mendlesohn.

SF TheoryHistory

The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature

2012 Fantasy Studies 268 pages

Essays on fantasy literature.

Fantasy

Europe’s Barbarians

2009 Medieval History 344 pages

History of Europe's barbarians AD 200-600.

BarbariansMedieval
Translations
  • Italian: I Barbari

Bibliography

  • The Merovingian Archaeology of South-West Gaul
  • Visigothic Spain: New Approaches
  • The Origins of France
  • The Franks
  • Gregory of Tours: Life of the Fathers
  • Britain in the First Millennium
  • Lois McMaster Bujold
  • A Short History of Fantasy

Translations by Author

  • Lucien Musset, The Germanic Invasions (translation with Columba James)

Translations of Works

  • The Franks (Dutch, Czech, Italian translations)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ScholarlyAnalyticalHistorical
Recurring Motifs
Intersection of SF and HistoryBarbarians and Civilization

Legacy

Leading scholar in medieval history and SF/fantasy studies. Multiple awards including Hugo. Emeritus Professor since 2012 retirement.

Academic Societies

  • International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts

Trivia

  • Active in British SF fandom since mid-teens.
  • Editor of Foundation journal 1986-2001.
  • Married Farah Mendlesohn in 2001.