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 ''

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'', the Critical Journal of the

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and was membership secretary of the

Science Fiction Foundation The Science Fiction Foundation is a Registered Charity established 1970 in England by George Hay and others. Its purpose is to "promote science fiction and bring together those who read, write, study, teach, research or archive science fiction i ...

. He is a former

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. It is named after British author Arthur C. Clarke, who gave a grant to establish the award i ...

judge and is now a member of the Serendip Foundation which administers the award. He has published widely on science fiction and, less often, fantasy, in journals such as

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, Vector and

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. His interests include Philip K. Dick,

Terry Pratchett Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his '' Discworld'' series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first no ...

(''Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature'', co-edited with

Edward James Edward Frank Willis James (16 August 1907 – 2 December 1984) was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement. Early life and marriage James was born on 16 August 1907, the only son of William James (who had inherite ...

and

Farah Mendlesohn Farah Jane Mendlesohn (born 27 July 1968) is a British academic historian, writer on speculative fiction, and active member of science fiction fandom. Mendlesohn is best-known for their 2008 book '' Rhetorics of Fantasy'', which classifies fanta ...

was nominated for a Hugo Award),

Jeff Noon Jeff Noon (born 1957 in Droylsden, Lancashire, England) is a British novelist, short story, short story writer and playwright whose works make use of word play and fantasy. Noon's speculative fiction books have ties to the works of writers such ...

, Iain M. Banks,

Ken MacLeod Kenneth Macrae MacLeod (born 2 August 1954) is a Scottish science fiction writer. His novels ''The Sky Road'' and ''The Night Sessions'' won the BSFA Award. MacLeod's novels have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo, Nebula, Locus, an ...

, Christopher Priest and

Philip Pullman Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer. His books include the fantasy trilogy '' His Dark Materials'' and '' The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ'', a fictionalised biography of Jesus. In 2008, ''T ...

. An article for ''Science Fiction Studies'', "Thirteen ways of looking at the British Boom", on the British science fiction boom won the

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Pioneer Award in 2004.

Publications

*Butler, Andrew M. ''The pocket essential Philip K. Dick'' / Andrew M. Butler. Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2000. 96 p. ; 18 cm. (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. ''The pocket essential cyberpunk'' / Andrew M. Butler. Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2000. 96 p. ; 18 cm. (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. ''The pocket essential Terry Pratchett'' / Andrew M. Butler. Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2001. 96 p. ; 18 cm. (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. ''Film studies'' / Andrew M. Butler. Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2005. 160 p. ; 18 cm. (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. ''Postmodernism'' / by Andrew M. Butler and Bob Ford. Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2003. 96 p. ; 18 cm. (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. ''Ontology and ethics in the writings of Philip K. Dick'' University of Hull, 1995. *Butler, Andrew M., ed. ''Christopher Priest: The Interaction'' / edited by Andrew M. Butler. London: Science Fiction Foundation, 2005. 185 p. ; 21 cm. (pbk) Foundation Studies in Science Fiction ; 6 *Butler, Andrew M., Sawyer, Andy and Mendlesohn, Farah, eds. ''A Celebration of British Science Fiction'' / edited by Andrew M. Butler, Andy Sawyer and Farah Mendlesohn, Guildford: Science Fiction Foundation, 2005. 156 p. ; 21 cm. (pbk.) Foundation Studies in Science Fiction 4 *Butler, Andrew M., James, Edward and Mendlesohn, Farah, eds. ''Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature'' / edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Baltimore, Maryland: Old Earth Books, 2004, second edition. 343 p. ; 24 cm. (hbk.) (pbk.) *Butler, Andrew M. and Mendlesohn, Farah, eds. ''The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod'' / edited by Andrew M. Butler and Farah Mendlesohn. Reading: Science Fiction Foundation, 2003. 136 p. ; 21 cm. (hbk.) Foundation Studies in Science Fiction ; 3 *Butler, Andrew M., James, Edward and Mendlesohn, Farah, eds. ''Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature'' / edited by Andrew M. Butler, Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn. Reading: Science Fiction Foundation, 2000. 183 p. ; 21 cm. (pbk.) Foundation Studies in Science Fiction ; 2

References

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