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

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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

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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: a critical and historical guide to literature, illustration, film, TV, radio, and the Internet''. 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 covering fantasy fiction, edited by John Clute and John Grant (author), John Grant. As of November 2012, the full text of ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' is available online, as a compani ...

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

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) * 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 Award, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus and BSFA Award, British SF Awards. Two print editions appea ...

''. New York:

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, 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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