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Niall Harrison

June 27, 1980 (age 45)

Birth place: London, England, UK

218 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
March 2004 3 Essay BSFA Reviewers Poll: 2003 Vector 234
May 2004 23 Review Phobos Vector 235
May 2004 33 Review The Knight Vector 235
July 2004 20 Review Beyond Infinity Vector 236
September 2004 22 Review Postscripts #1 Vector 237
September 2004 28 Review The Human Abstract Vector 237
September 2004 30 Review The Tunnel at the End of the Light Vector 237
November 2004 27 Review Cloud Atlas Vector 238
November 2004 32 Review The Atrocity Archives Vector 238
November 2004 29 Review The Snow Vector 238
2005 119 Review River of Gods Foundation, #94 Summer 2005
March 2005 10 Essay Books of the Year: 2004 Vector 240
March 2005 18 Essay Nonfiction of 2004 Vector 240
March 2005 29 Review Postscripts #2 Vector 240
March 2005 36 Review The Wizard Vector 240
July 2005 27 Review A Thread of Grace Vector 242
July 2005 58 Review Accelerando Interzone, July-August 2005
July 2005 21 Review InterNova 1: Unexplored Territories Vector 242
September 2005 25 Review Magic for Beginners Vector 243
September 2005 32 Review Starwater Strains Vector 243
September 2005 12 Essay Trujillo Revisited Vector 243
October 2005 Essay Two Views: Serenity (movie review) Strange Horizons, 17 October 2005
November 2005 63 Review Double Vision Interzone, November-December 2005
November 2005 63 Review Gravity Wells Interzone, November-December 2005
November 2005 21 Review Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Vector 244
November 2005 64 Review Soundings Interzone, November-December 2005
December 2005 Review Learning the World Strange Horizons, 12 December 2005
2006 105 Review Black Juice Foundation, #97 Summer 2006
2006 104 Review Living Next Door to the God of Love Foundation, #96 Spring 2006
January 2006 33 Review In the Palace of Repose Vector 245
January 2006 35 Review Nova Scotia Vector 245
January 2006 31 Review The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass Vector 245
January 2006 31 Review The Cosmology of the Wider World Vector 245
January 2006 34 Review The Periodic Table of Science Fiction Vector 245
January 2006 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 245) Vector 245
January 2006 Editor Vector - 2006 Vector 245
February 2006 76 Review Fifty Degrees Below Interzone, February 2006
February 2006 74 Review Living Next-Door to the God of Love Interzone, February 2006
February 2006 Review Yume No Hon: The Book of Dreams Strange Horizons, 13 February 2006
March 2006 29 Review 20th Century Ghosts Vector 246
March 2006 25 Review Fledgling Vector 246
March 2006 Review Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute Strange Horizons, 13 March 2006
March 2006 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 246) Vector 246
April 2006 Review Past Magic Strange Horizons, 24 April 2006
May 2006 26 Review Bear Daughter Vector 247
May 2006 26 Review Fly by Night Vector 247
May 2006 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 247) Vector 247
June 2006 Review Circus of the Grand Design Strange Horizons, 26 June 2006
June 2006 61 Review Darkland Interzone, June 2006
July 2006 7 Essay A Brief Survey Vector 248
July 2006 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 248) Vector 248
August 2006 Review Idolon Strange Horizons, 28 August 2006
September 2006 Review Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology Strange Horizons, 4 September 2006
September 2006 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 249) Vector 249
October 2006 1 Review The Weight of Numbers The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2006
November 2006 16 Review Singing Innocence and Experience The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2006
2007 106 Review Sun of Suns Foundation, #99 Spring 2007
January 2007 Essay 2006 in Review Strange Horizons, 1 January 2007
January 2007 24 Review In the Forest of Forgetting Vector 250
January 2007 Review Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America Strange Horizons, 1 January 2007
January 2007 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 250) Vector 250
January 2007 Editor Vector - 2007 Vector 250
March 2007 31 Essay Long Live the UK SF Scene Vector 251
March 2007 Review Map of Dreams Strange Horizons, 19 March 2007
March 2007 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 251) Vector 251
March 2007 Essay Torque Control (Vector 252) Vector 252
March 2007 Editor Vector - 2007 Vector 252
July 2007 18 Review Grey Vector 253
July 2007 Review The Opposite House Strange Horizons, 30 July 2007
July 2007 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 253) Vector 253
November 2007 28 Review Brave New Words Vector 254
November 2007 4 Essay Torque Control (Vector 254) Vector 254
2008 121 Review Singularity's Ring Foundation, #103 Summer 2008
2008 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 255) Vector 255 Spring 2008
2008 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 256) Vector 256 Summer 2008
2008 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 257) Vector 257 Autumn 2008
2008 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 258) Vector 258 Winter 2008
2008 Editor Vector - 2008 Vector 255 Spring 2008
2008 Editor Vector - 2008 Vector 257 Autumn 2008
2008 Editor Vector - 2008 Vector 258 Winter 2008
February 2008 18 Review Red Seas Under Red Skies The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2008
July 2008 Review Dreamers of the Day Strange Horizons, 7 July 2008
July 2008 11 Review Inferno The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2008
August 2008 14 Review Girl Meets Boy The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2008
August 2008 14 Review Of Love and Other Monsters The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2008
August 2008 Review Speculative Japan: Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy Strange Horizons, 18 August 2008
October 2008 11 Review Swiftly The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2008
2009 4 Essay 2009 Vector Reviewers' Poll Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 37 Review Rhetorics of Fantasy Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 259) Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 260) Vector 260 Summer 2009
2009 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 261) Vector 261 Autumn 2009
2009 Editor Vector - 2009 Vector 259 Spring 2009
2009 Editor Vector - 2009 Vector 261 Autumn 2009
January 2009 |6 Review Long Walks, Last Flights and Other Strange Journeys Strange Horizons, 26 January 2009
February 2009 20 Review Zoe's Tale The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2009
March 2009 Review The Company Strange Horizons, 2 March 2009
April 2009 15 Review Going Under The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2009
April 2009 Review Marcher Strange Horizons, 6 April 2009
June 2009 Review Steal Across the Sky Strange Horizons, 8 June 2009
August 2009 Review Best Served Cold Strange Horizons, 10 August 2009
November 2009 Review The Windup Girl Strange Horizons, 30 November 2009
2010 7 Essay 2010 Vector Reviewers' Poll Vector 262 Winter 2010
2010 34 Review Moxyland Vector 263 Summer 2010
2010 19 Essay Nicholas Fisk: Ten Short Novels Vector 263 Summer 2010
2010 4 Essay Torque Control (Vector 262) Vector 262 Winter 2010
2010 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 263) Vector 263 Summer 2010
2010 3 Essay Torque Control (Vector 264) Vector 264 Autumn 2010
2010 17 Essay Twenty Years, One Panel: A Discussion of the BSFA and Mexicon Surveys of British SF and Fantasy Writers Vector 264 Autumn 2010
2010 Editor Vector - 2010 Vector 262 Winter 2010
2010 Editor Vector - 2010 Vector 263 Summer 2010
January 2010 Review The Other Lands Strange Horizons, 11 January 2010
February 2010 Review Chasing the Dragon Strange Horizons, 15 February 2010
May 2010 Review The Dream of Perpetual Motion Strange Horizons, 17 May 2010
July 2010 Review Ruby's Spoon Strange Horizons, 19 July 2010
August 2010 Review Above the Snowline Strange Horizons, 23 August 2010
November 2010 Editor Strange Horizons - 2010 Strange Horizons, 1 November 2010
2011 5 Essay 2010: Books in Review Vector 266 Spring 2011
2011 37 Essay Baxter's People Vector 265 Winter 2011
2011 58 Review The Bookman Vector 267 Summer 2011
2011 43 Review The Loving Dead Vector 266 Spring 2011
2011 Editor Vector - 2011 Vector 265 Winter 2011
January 2011 Essay 2010 in Review Strange Horizons, 3 January 2011
January 2011 43 Essay Creature of the Internet Locus, #600 January 2011
January 2011 Editor Strange Horizons - 2011 Strange Horizons, 24 January 2011
January 2011 Essay Strange Horizons in 2011 Strange Horizons, 3 January 2011
March 2011 Essay Results of the 2010 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 14 March 2011
March 2011 Review The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson Strange Horizons, 28 March 2011
June 2011 Review The Colony Strange Horizons, 13 June 2011
August 2011 Essay The 2011 Strange Horizons Fund Drive Strange Horizons, 29 August 2011
August 2011 Review Warm Bodies Strange Horizons, 15 August 2011
September 2011 Essay Game of Thrones, Season 1 (tv series review) Strange Horizons, 5 September 2011
October 2011 Essay In Search of a New Look Strange Horizons, 24 October 2011
October 2011 Review The Testament of Jessie Lamb Strange Horizons, 10 October 2011
2012 4 Essay BSFA Reviewers' Poll: The Best of 2011 Vector 270 Late Spring 2012
2012 54 Review David Mitchell: Critical Essays Vector 270 Late Spring 2012
2012 10 Essay Telling the World: The Exodus Trilogy by Julie Bertagna Vector 269 Spring 2012
2012 47 Review The Habitation of the Blessed Vector 269 Spring 2012
January 2012 Editor Strange Horizons - 2012 Strange Horizons, 2 January 2012
February 2012 Essay Results of the 2011 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 27 February 2012
February 2012 Review The Company Man Strange Horizons, 13 February 2012
March 2012 Essay Changing the Guard Strange Horizons, 19 March 2012
April 2012 Essay Welcome to Julia Rios Strange Horizons, 30 April 2012
May 2012 Review Blue Remembered Earth Strange Horizons, 28 May 2012
July 2012 Essay Renewal Strange Horizons, 9 July 2012
July 2012 Review The Courier's New Bicycle Strange Horizons, 30 July 2012
October 2012 Essay Looking Back, Looking Forward, Strange Horizons, 1 October 2012
October 2012 Essay Strange Horizons Needs You! Strange Horizons, 29 October 2012
November 2012 Essay Podcasts and Pay Rises Strange Horizons, 5 November 2012
November 2012 Review The Long Earth Strange Horizons, 19 November 2012
December 2012 Essay 2012 in Review Strange Horizons, 31 December 2012
2013 32 Review Bronze Summer Vector 273 Autumn
2013 32 Review Iron Winter Vector 273 Autumn
2013 32 Review Stone Spring Vector 273 Autumn
January 2013 Editor Strange Horizons - 2013 Strange Horizons, 7 January 2013
March 2013 Essay The 2012 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 18 March 2013
March 2013 Review Zero and Other Fictions Strange Horizons, 4 March 2013
April 2013 Essay Nomination Strange Horizons, 1 April 2013
April 2013 Essay The 2012 SF Count Strange Horizons, 22 April 2013
May 2013 Essay Non-fiction News Strange Horizons, 27 May 2013
June 2013 Review In Metal, in Bone Strange Horizons, 24 June 2013
June 2013 Review The Disestablishment of Paradise Strange Horizons, 3 June 2013
July 2013 Review Nights at the Circus Strange Horizons, 29 July 2013
2014 49 Review A History of the Future in 100 Objects Vector 275 Spring 2014
2014 16 Essay Loncon Reminiscences Vector 277 Autumn
2014 37 Review Shaman Vector 276 Summer
January 2014 Editor Strange Horizons - 2014 Strange Horizons, 6 January 2014
January 2014 Essay The 2013 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 27 January 2014
March 2014 Review Beacons: Stories for Our Not So Distant Future Strange Horizons, 17 March 2014
April 2014 Essay Hugos 2014 Strange Horizons, 21 April 2014
April 2014 Essay The 2013 SF Count Strange Horizons, 28 April 2014
May 2014 Interview Things You Can Do with Humans: An Interview with Benjanun Sriduangkaew Strange Horizons, 26 May 2014
June 2014 Essay Breaking Rules and Broken Rulers: The Novels of Frances Hardinge Strange Horizons, 23 June 2014
September 2014 Essay Changes in the Reviews Department Strange Horizons, 15 September 2014
October 2014 Essay A Strange Horizons Book Club Strange Horizons, 6 October 2014
November 2014 Essay The Strange Horizons Book Club: Tigerman Strange Horizons, 24 November 2014
December 2014 Essay Turnover Strange Horizons, 1 December 2014
January 2015 Interview An interview with Julia Rios and Alisa Krasnostein Strange Horizons, 26 January 2015
January 2015 Editor Strange Horizons - 2015 Strange Horizons, 5 January 2015
January 2015 Essay The 2014 Readers' Poll (and new staff) Strange Horizons, 26 January 2015
February 2015 Review Elysium Strange Horizons, 23 February 2015
February 2015 Essay Welcome to Lila Garrott Strange Horizons, 16 February 2015
March 2015 Essay Growing in Poetry Strange Horizons, 9 March 2015
March 2015 Essay The 2014 SF Count Strange Horizons, 30 March 2015
April 2015 Essay The Puppy Hugos Strange Horizons, 6 April 2015
July 2015 Review Clade Strange Horizons, 13 July 2015
September 2015 |8 Essay The 2015 Strange Horizons Fund Drive! Strange Horizons, 14 September 2015
October 2015 Interview Subjective Reality: An Interview with Johanna Sinisalo Strange Horizons, 12 October 2015
December 2015 Review Binary Strange Horizons, 21 December 2015
December 2015 Review Gemsigns Strange Horizons, 21 December 2015
December 2015 Review Regeneration Strange Horizons, 21 December 2015
December 2015 Essay Review of the Evolution Trilogy by Stephanie Saulter Strange Horizons, 21 December 2015
2016 Editor Strange Horizons - 2016 Strange Horizons, 2016 Fund Drive Special
January 2016 |3 Essay The 2015 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 25 January 2016
February 2016 |4 Essay Editorial: New Staff, New Plans Strange Horizons, 15 February 2016
March 2016 |3 Essay Editorial: New Articles Team Strange Horizons, 7 March 2016
May 2016 |3 Essay Announcement: The Lemonade Award Strange Horizons, 30 May 2016
May 2016 |3 Essay The 2015 SF Count Strange Horizons, 9 May 2016
July 2016 |30 Essay Asian SF: The Essential Reading List (2016) Mithila Review, July 2016
August 2016 |4 Essay Editorial: The Next Horizon Strange Horizons, 29 August 2016
September 2016 |2 Essay Fund Drive 2016 Strange Horizons, 12 September 2016
October 2016 |2 Essay Azimuth: And the 2016 fund drive total is... Strange Horizons, 17 October 2016
October 2016 |1 Essay Editorial: The Tour Strange Horizons, 24 October 2016
January 2017 Editor Strange Horizons - 2017 Strange Horizons, 2 January 2017
January 2017 |1 Essay The 2016 Readers' Poll Strange Horizons, 23 January 2017
April 2017 |4 Essay Moving On Strange Horizons, 3 April 2017
December 2017 |5 Review Autonomous Strange Horizons, 11 December 2017
December 2017 24 Review Taty Went West Locus, #683 December 2017
January 2023 |5.1 Review Cloud Atlas Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
January 2023 |5 Essay In Search of Green Overshoots Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
January 2023 |5.4 Review Mischief Acts Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
January 2023 |5.2 Review Overshoot Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
January 2023 |5.3 Essay Review of the Nonfiction Book "Narrative in the Anthropocene" by Erin James Strange Horizons, 30 January 2023
March 2023 |3 Essay Remaking History Strange Horizons, 27 March 2023
May 2023 Essay Critical Friends Episode 6 Critical Friends Podcast, 24 May 2023
July 2023 |4 Essay Timefulness Strange Horizons, 3 July 2023
January 2024 |8 Essay Companions Strange Horizons, 29 January 2024
September 2025 |176 Review Saltcrop Locus Magazine, September 2025

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
2011 British Fantasy Award Best Magazine/Periodical Strange Horizons - 2010 Nominee
2011 Hugo Award Best Related Work British Science Fiction and Fantasy: Twenty Years and Two Surveys Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2010 Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction British Science Fiction and Fantasy: Twenty Years and Two Surveys Nominee
2012 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2011 Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2011 Nominee
2013 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2012 Finalist
2013 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2012 Nominee
2014 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2013 Runner-up
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2013 Nominee
2015 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2014 Runner-up
2015 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2014 Nominee
2016 British Fantasy Award Best Magazine/Periodical Strange Horizons - 2015 Nominee
2016 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2015 Runner-up
2016 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2015 Nominee
2017 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2016 Runner-up
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2016 Nominee
2018 Hugo Award Best Semiprozine Strange Horizons - 2017 Runner-up
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Magazine Strange Horizons - 2017 Nominee
2023 British Science Fiction Award Best Non-Fiction All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays Nominee
2024 Hugo Award Best Related Work All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays Finalist
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays Nominee

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