David Pringle (born 1 March 1950) is a Scottish

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editor and critic. Pringle served as the editor of ''

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'', an academic journal, from 1980 to 1986, during which time he became one of the prime movers of the collective which founded '' Interzone'' in 1982. By 1988, he was the sole publisher and editor of ''Interzone'', a position he retained until he sold the magazine to

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in 2004. For years, from 1991 to 1993, he also edited and published a magazine entitled ''Million: The Magazine About Popular Fiction''. ''Interzone'' was nominated several times for the

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for best semiprozine, winning in 1995. In 2005, the

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committee gave Pringle a Special Award for his work on ''Interzone''. Pringle is a scholar of

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. He wrote the first short monograph on Ballard, ''Earth is the Alien Planet: J. G. Ballard's Four-Dimensional Nightmare'' (Borgo Press, 1979) and compiled ''J. G. Ballard: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography'' (G. K. Hall, 1984). He also published a newsletter, first titled ''News From The Sun'' then ''JGB News'', from 1981 until 1996. He worked as a series editor for

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, in 1988–1991, commissioning shared world novels and short stories based on their ''

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'' and ''

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'' games. Pringle has written several guides to

, including '' Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels'', ''The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction'', and '' Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels''. His books are less American-oriented and more British-oriented than many similar works. He has also edited two large reference books, ''St James Guide to Fantasy Writers'' and ''St James Guide to Horror, Ghost and Gothic Writers''; plus a number of anthologies and illustrated coffee-table books about genre writing.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pringle, David 1950 births British speculative fiction editors Living people Speculative fiction editors Science fiction editors Scottish editors Scottish science fiction writers

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