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Russell Blackford

Blackford, Russell Kenneth

August 18, 1954 (age 71)

Birth place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

76 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 1984 27 Review The Tempting of the Witch King Fantasy Review, May 1984
November 1985 28 Review Contrary Modes Fantasy Review, November 1985
November 1985 13 Review Contrary Modes Locus, #298 November 1985
November 1985 20 Review Urban Fantasies Fantasy Review, November 1985
November 1985 15 Review Urban Fantasies Locus, #298 November 1985
1989 74 Essay Letter: Rirdan and Originality Foundation, #45 Spring 1989
1991 70 Essay Neo-Bible and Ur-Text: the "Original Uncut" Stranger in a Strange Land Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
October 1994 1|1.2 Essay Hi-tech, Samuel R. Delany, and the Transhuman Condition The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1994
1996 Essay Jewels in Junk City: To Read Triton The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Fall 1996
October 1996 17 Review Distress The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1996
October 1997 6 Short Fiction Lucent Carbon Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1997
October 1997 45 Essay Remembering George Turner Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1997
October 1997 177 Review The White Abacus Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1997
April 1998 6 Review Celestial Matters The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1998
April 1998 113 Review The Resurrected Man Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Autumn 1998
May 1998 20 Review Signs of Life The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1998
June 1998 127 Short Fiction Byzantium vs Republic of Australia Aurealis, #20/21: Vend-A-Nation
June 1998 14 Review Lightpaths The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1998
August 1998 21 Review Dreaming Metal The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1998
October 1998 18 Review Flesh and Gold The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 1998
1999 21 Essay "The Clute Review from Hell" Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1999
January 1999 17 Review The Nano Flower The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 1999
March 1999 22 Review Heartfire The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1999
April 1999 19 Review The Death of the Necromancer The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1999
May 1999 21 Review The Warlock in Spite of Himself The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1999
July 1999 7 Review Fearful Symmetries: The Return of Nohar Rajasthan The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1999
September 1999 17 Review The Dragon's Eye The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1999
October 1999 19 Review Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Locus, #465 October 1999
2000 27 Review All Tomorrow's Parties Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2000
2000 35|35.1 Review Distance Haze Nova Express, Fall/Winter 2000
2000 4 Essay Editorial (Foundation #78) Foundation, #78 Spring 2000
2000 11 Essay Hammer Blows to the Ego: Greg Egan's Rational Materialism Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2000
2000 111 Review Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Foundation, #78 Spring 2000
2000 83 Essay Symposium on Posthuman Science Fiction Foundation, #78 Spring 2000
January 2000 20 Review The Terrorists of Irustan The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2000
April 2000 21 Review Candle The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2000
April 2000 14 Short Fiction Two Thousand Years Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Autumn 2000
August 2000 1 Essay Time Travel, Times Scapes, and Timescape The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2000
September 2000 5 Review Eater The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2000
December 2000 15 Review The Far Shore of Time The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2000
2001 27 Review Worlds Vast and Various Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001
March 2001 22 Review The Snow Queen The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2001
June 2001 11 Review @expectations The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2001
July 2001 16 Review Marrow The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 2001
August 2001 26 Essay Introduction (section introduction) Abaddon, August 2001
November 2001 1 Essay Technological Meliorism and the Posthuman Vision: Arthur C. Clarke and the Ultimate Future of Intelligence The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2001
2002 41 Review The Collapsium Nova Express, Summer 2002
March 2002 22 Review Foundation's Triumph The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2002
May 2002 16 Essay Science Fiction and Biotechnolgy: A Conference in Thessaloniki The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2002
September 2002 21 Review Psychohistorical Crisis The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2002
January 2003 22 Review Dark Light The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2003
June 2003 11 Review The Hard SF Renaissance The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2003
September 2003 1 Essay Heinlein's Martian Named Smith The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2003
October 2003 22 Review The Eyre Affair The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2003
February 2004 82 Essay Norman Talbot Locus, #517 February 2004
June 2004 14 Review In Springdale Town The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2004
July 2004 264 Review Virtual Geographies: Cyberpunk at the Intersection of the Postmodern and Science Fiction Science Fiction Studies, July 2004
September 2004 Short Fiction Idol Oceans of the Mind, Fall 2004
September 2004 20 Review Spin State The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2004
March 2005 33 Essay A Global Anti-Mutant Treaty Borderlands, March 2005
September 2005 22 Review Complications and Other Stories The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2005
November 2006 11 Review Visionary in Residence The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 2006
February 2008 17 Review Beyond AI: Creating the Conscience of the Machine The New York Review of Science Fiction, February 2008
August 2009 16 Interview An Interview with Greg Egan Aurealis, #42
January 2010 17 Review Science Fiction and Philosophy: From Time Travel to Superintelligence The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2010
April 2010 19 Review The Stranger The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 2010
August 2010 1|1.2 Essay From Climbing Mount Implausible The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 2010
November 2011 Review The Crowned Skull Aurealis, #46
February 2012 Review The Shrieking Pit Aurealis, #47
March 2012 Review Vandals of the Void Aurealis, #48
April 2012 Review A Bid for Fortune or Dr. Nikola's Vendetta Aurealis, #49
May 2012 Review A Week in the Future Aurealis, #50
June 2012 Review Out of the Silence Aurealis, #51
May 2015 19 Review The Heritage of Heinlein: A Critical Reading of the Fiction The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 2015
February 2016 Short Fiction Manannan's Children Far-Fetched Fables, No. 94
June 2016 12 Review Luna: New Moon The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 2016

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1984 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Long Fiction The Tempting of the Witch King Nominee
1984 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Short Science Fiction or Fantasy Crystal Soldier Nominee
1984 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best International Long Fiction The Tempting of the Witch King Nominee
1986 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Short Fiction Glass Reptile Breakout Nominee
1988 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Deconstructing the Demon: Three Novels by John Calvin Batchelor Nominee
1996 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Fantasy Short Story The Sword of God Winner
1997 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction SF Short Story Lucent Carbon Nominee
1997 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Australian Short Fiction The Sword of God Winner
1998 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Fiction Lucent Carbon Nominee
1999 Aurealis Award for Excellence in Speculative Fiction Convenors' Award for Excellence Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Nominee
2000 Hugo Award Best Related Book Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Nominee
2000 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction Winner
2001 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award Best Short Fiction The King with Three Daughters Nominee
2001 William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Time Travel, Times Scapes, and Timescape Nominee
2018 Ditmar Award / Australian Science Fiction Achievement Award William Atheling Jr. Award for Criticism or Review Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics Nominee
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