SFRA Pioneer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1994) Winner
Larry McCaffery
ラリー・マキャフリ
Rarī Makaffurī
Aliases:
Lawrence F. McCaffery Jr.
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-05-13 （Dallas, Texas）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Dallas, Texas → San Diego, California → Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, editor, professor of English and comparative literature
- Active Years
- 1976-2010
- Affiliations
- San Diego State University, American Book Review, Fiction International
- Influenced By
- Robert Coover, William Gibson
- Influenced
- William T. Vollmann, David Foster Wallace
- Nominations
- Pushcart Prize Nominee for Non-Fiction
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | — | English and Comparative Literature | PhD | 不明 | United States |
Unknown
English and Comparative Literature
Degree:
PhD
Period:
不明
Year of Graduation:
1975
Country:
United States
Dissertation on the works of Robert Coover
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Pioneer Award | Towards the Theoretical Frontiers of 'Fiction:' From Metafiction and Cyberpunk through Avant-Pop | — | Science Fiction Research Association | 受賞 |
| 1992 | National Endowment for the Humanities Research Award | Japanese and American Postmodernist Interactions | — | National Endowment for the Humanities | 受賞 |
Pioneer Award
1994
Work:
Towards the Theoretical Frontiers of 'Fiction:' From Metafiction and Cyberpunk through Avant-Pop
Organization:
Science Fiction Research Association
Result:
受賞
National Endowment for the Humanities Research Award
1992
Work:
Japanese and American Postmodernist Interactions
Organization:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Storming the Reality Studio
1991 Science Fiction/Cyberpunk AnthologyA groundbreaking anthology linking cyberpunk and postmodern literature, featuring works by William Gibson and others.
cyberpunkpostmodernism
Avant-Pop: Fiction for a Daydream Nation
1993 Fiction AnthologyAnthology defining the Avant-Pop movement.
avant-popcontemporary fiction
The Metafictional Muse
1982 Critical StudyAnalysis of works by Coover, Gass, and Barthelme.
metafiction
Bibliography
- Some Other Frequency: Interviews with Innovative American Authors (1995)
- Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Authors (1990)
- The Metafictional Muse: The Work of Robert Coover, Donald Barthelme and William H. Gass (1982)
- Avant-Pop: Fiction for a Daydream Nation (1993)
- Storming the Reality Studio (1991)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- interview-based criticismpostmodern analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- cyberpunkavant-popmetafiction
Legacy
Literary critic who contributed to establishing postmodern literature and cyberpunk, elevating science fiction as a major genre.
In Popular Culture
- Mentioned in William T. Vollmann's Imperial
- Appears in Raymond Federman's The Twofold Vibration
Trivia
- Also studies Bruce Springsteen
- Called the 'Guru of the Interview'