Career
His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Interzone and Strange Horizons. He is a former editor of Vector, the critical journal of the British Science Fiction Association. He is the author of: A Very British Genre: A Short History of British Fantasy and Science Fiction (BSFA, 1995) What lieutenant Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction (Harold Wood, Essex: Beccon Publications, 2008) He is the co-editor with Andrew M. Butler of: The Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology (Daventry, Northamptonshire: Serendip Foundation, 2006) He was the 2006 recipient of the Clareson Award for outstanding service in the field of science fiction.