Richard Neil Barron (23 March 1934 - 5 September 2010) was a

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

bibliographer and scholar. His training was as a

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. He is perhaps best known for his book '' Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction''. He won the

Pilgrim Award The Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book '' Pilgrims Through Space ...

for Lifetime Achievement in the field of

scholarship in 1982. He died on September 5, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Bibliography

* '' Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction'' (5th ed.). Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2004. . * ''Fantasy and Horror''. The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1999. . * ''Fantasy Literature''. Garland, 1990. . * ''Horror Literature''. Garland, 1990. . * ''Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, 1979-1980''. Borgo Press, 2009. . (with Robert Reginald) * ''What Do I Read Next?: A Reader's Guide to Current Genre Fiction''. Detroit; Washington, DC; London: Gale Research Inc., 2006. .

Notes

References

* Clute, John and Grant, John. ''

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' is a 1997 reference work concerning fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant. Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J. Lundwall, Michael S ...

'' (2nd US edition). New York: St Martin's Griffin, 1999. . (

Paperback A paperback (softcover, softback) book is one with a thick paper or paperboard cover, and often held together with glue rather than stitches or staples. In contrast, hardcover (hardback) books are bound with cardboard covered with cloth, ...

) * Clute, John ''Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia''. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1995. . * Clute, John and Peter Nicholls, eds. ''

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (SFE) is an English language reference work on science fiction, first published in 1979. It has won the Hugo, Locus and British SF Awards. Two print editions appeared in 1979 and 1993. A third, continu ...

''. New York: St Martin's Press, 1995. . * Disch, Thomas M. ''The Dreams Our Stuff Is Made Of''. Touchstone, 1998. * Peter Nicholls, ed., ''

''. St Albans, Herts, UK: Granada Publishing, 1979. . * Reginald, Robert. ''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991''. Detroit, MI/Washington, DC/London: Gale Research, 1992. . * Westfahl, Gary, ed. ''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders'' (three volumes). Greenwood Press, 2005. * Wolfe, Gary K. ''Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Glossary and Guide to Scholarship''. Greenwood Press, 1986. .

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