Andrew M. Butler

Andrew M. Butler is a British academic who teaches film, media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University.[1] 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 Arthur C. Clarke Award 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 Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Vector and The Lion and the Unicorn. His interests include Philip K. Dick, Terry Pratchett, Jeff Noon, Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod, Christopher Priest and Philip Pullman. An article for Science Fiction Studies, "Thirteen ways of looking at the British Boom" won the SFRA Pioneer Award in 2004.[2]

Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature, co-edited with Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn was nominated for a Hugo Award[3]

  1. ^ "Dr Andrew Butler". Canterbury Christ Church University. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Pioneer award - Science Fiction Research Association". Science Fiction Research Association. Archived from the original on 6 November 2009. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  3. ^ "2001 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2011.