Paul Kincaid is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 critic. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist

New Scientist

New Scientist is a weekly non-peer-reviewed English-language international science magazine, which since 1996 has also run a website, covering recent developments in science and technology for a general audience. Founded in 1956, it is published by Reed Business Information Ltd, a subsidiary of...

, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review

Literary Review

Literary Review is a British literary magazine founded in 1979 by Anne Smith, then head of the Department of English at Edinburgh University. Its offices are currently on Lexington Street in Soho, London, and it has a circulation of 44,750. Britain's principal literary monthly, the magazine was...

, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation

Foundation - The International Review of Science Fiction

Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction is a critical peer-reviewed literary journal founded in 1972 that publishes articles and reviews about science fiction. It is published triannually by the Science Fiction Foundation and the editor in chief is Graham Sleight.-See...

, Science Fiction Studies

Science Fiction Studies

Science Fiction Studies is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R.D. Mullen. The journal is published three times per year by DePauw University. As the name implies, the journal publishes articles and book reviews on science fiction, but also occasionally on fantasy and horror when the topic...

, Interzone

Interzone

Interzone may refer to:* International zone, such as in Tangiers* Interzone , the title of a short story collection by William Burroughs; it is also a setting in his 1959 novel Naked Lunch...

 and Strange Horizons. He is a former editor of Vector

Vector (journal)

Vector is the critical magazine of the British Science Fiction Association . It is free to members of the BSFA and can be purchased at genre conventions and BSFA events. The first issue was published in 1958 under the founding editorship of E. C...

, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association

British Science Fiction Association

The British Science Fiction Association was founded in 1958 by a group of British science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to encourage science fiction in every form. It is an open membership organisation costing £26 per year for UK residents and £18 for the unwaged. The...

. 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

Arthur C. Clarke Award

The Arthur C. Clarke Award is a British award given for the best science fiction novel first published in the United Kingdom during the previous year. The award was established with a grant from Arthur C. Clarke and the first prize was awarded in 1987...

 in April 2006 after twenty years. He is the co-editor with Andrew M. Butler

Andrew M. Butler

Andrew M. Butler is a British academic who teaches film, media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. He is a former editor of Vector, the Critical Journal of the British Science Fiction Association and was membership secretary of the Science Fiction Foundation. He is a former...

 of:

• The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology (Daventry, Northants: Serendip Foundation, 2006)

He was the 2006 recipient of the Clareson Award

Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service

The Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for outstanding service activities...

for outstanding service in the field of science fiction.

External links

• Paul Kincaid's homepage