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Name
  
Paul Kincaid


Role
  
Critic

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Books
  
What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction

Awards
  
Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service

Nominations
  
Hugo Award for Best Related Work, Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction

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Paul Kincaid (born 22 September 1952 in Oldham, Lancashire) is a British science fiction critic.

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Career

His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Interzone and Strange Horizons. He is a former editor of Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association. He is the author of:

  • A Very British Genre: A Short History of British Fantasy and Science Fiction (BSFA, 1995)
  • What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 2008)
  • He stepped down as chairman of the Arthur C. Clarke Award in April 2006 after twenty years. He is the co-editor with Andrew M. Butler of:

  • The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology (Daventry, Northants: Serendip Foundation, 2006)
  • He was the 2006 recipient of the Clareson Award for outstanding service in the field of science fiction.

    References

    Paul Kincaid Wikipedia