BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction
Encyclopedia
The BSFA Awards
are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association
. The Best Non-Fiction award is open to any written work about science fiction or fantasy which appeared in its current form in the previous year. Whole collections of work that has been published elsewhere previously are ineligible as is work published by the BSFA.
BSFA Awards
The BSFA Awards are literary awards presented annually since 1970 by the British Science Fiction Association to honor works in the genre of science fiction. Nominees and winners are chosen based on a vote of BSFA members...
are given every year by the British Science Fiction Association
British Science Fiction Association
The British Science Fiction Association was founded in 1958 by a group of British science fiction fans, authors, publishers and booksellers, in order to encourage science fiction in every form. It is an open membership organisation costing £26 per year for UK residents and £18 for the unwaged. The...
. The Best Non-Fiction award is open to any written work about science fiction or fantasy which appeared in its current form in the previous year. Whole collections of work that has been published elsewhere previously are ineligible as is work published by the BSFA.
Winners
- 2001: Omegatropic by Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
- 2002: Introduction to Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek by David LangfordDavid LangfordDavid Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:...
- 2003: Reading Science Fiction by Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
- 2004: No award
- 2005: Soundings: Reviews 1992-1996 by Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
- 2006: No award
- 2007: No award
- 2008: Rhetorics of Fantasy by Farah Mendlesohn
- 2009: Mutant Popcorn by Nick LoweNick Lowe (classicist)Dr Nick Lowe is a Reader in Classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction. He is also an award-winning film reviewer for science fiction magazine, Interzone...
- 2010: Blogging the Hugos: Decline by Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. 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...
2001
- Stephen BaxterStephen BaxterStephen Baxter is a prolific British hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.- Writing style :...
- Omegatropic (book, BSFA) - Gene WolfeGene WolfeGene Wolfe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith, to which he converted after marrying into the religion. He is a prolific short story writer and a novelist, and has won many awards in the...
- The Best Introduction to the Mountains (essay, Interzone #174) - Andrew M Butler - The Pocket Essential Terry Pratchett (book, Pocket Essentials)
- Justina RobsonJustina RobsonJustina Robson is a science fiction author from Leeds, England.- Biography and publishing history :Justina Robson was born in Leeds , and studied philosophy and linguistics at the University of York...
- Storming the Bastille (review, The Alien Online) - Michelle Le Blanc & Colin Odell - Tim Burton (book, Pocket Essentials)
2002
- David LangfordDavid LangfordDavid Rowland Langford is a British author, editor and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter Ansible.-Personal background:...
- Introduction to Maps (essay, Maps: The Uncollected John Sladek) - Nick GeversNick GeversNick Gevers is a South African science fiction editor and critic, whose work has appeared in The Washington Post Book World, Interzone, Scifi.com, SF Site, The New York Review of Science Fiction and Nova Express...
- The Interrogation: An interview with Christopher Priest (interview, Interzone #183) - Oliver Morton - Mapping Mars (Fourth Estate)
- Fred SmithFred Smith-In literature:*Frederick Smith, 3rd Earl of Birkenhead , British peer and author*Frederick E. Smith , British author*Frederick M. Smith , American religious leader and author-In medicine:*Frederick W...
- Once There Was a Magazine (book, Beccon Publications) - Lucius ShepardLucius ShepardLucius Shepard is an American writer. Classified as a science fiction and fantasy writer, he often leans into other genres, such as magical realism. His work is infused with a political and historical sensibility and an awareness of literary antecedents...
- The Time Machine (review, Electric Story, F&SF)
2003
- Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
- Reading Science Fiction (essay, The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction) - MJ Simpson - Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams (book, Hodder & Stoughton)
- John H. Arnold & Andy Wood - Nothing is Written: Politics, Ideology and the Burden of History in the Fall Revolution Quartet (essay, The True Knowledge of Ken MacLeod)
- Mike AshleyMike AshleyMichael Ashley may refer to:*Mike Ashley , English millionaire owner of various sports-related shop chains and the football club Newcastle United...
- The Profession of Science Fiction #58: Mapping the Territory (essay, Foundation #87) - Cheryl Morgan - A Sick Mind: The Thackery T Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (review, Emerald City #97)
2006
- Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. 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...
& Andrew M. ButlerAndrew M. ButlerAndrew M. Butler is a British academic who teaches film, media and cultural studies at Canterbury Christ Church University. 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...
- The Arthur C. Clarke Award: A Critical Anthology (book, Serendip Foundation) - Justine LarbalestierJustine LarbalestierJustine Larbalestier is an Australian young-adult fiction author. She is best known for the Magic or Madness trilogy: Magic or Madness, Magic Lessons and Magic's Child...
- Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (book, Wesleyan University Press) - Paul GravettPaul GravettPaul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing and promotion for over 20 years....
- Great British Comics (book, Aurum Press) - Julie PhillipsJulie PhillipsJulie Phillips is a writer who writes about books, film, and culture. In early adulthood she became interested in feminism. Her articles have appeared in Newsday, Mademoiselle, The Village Voice, and elsewhere. Her biography of James Tiptree, Jr., titled James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of...
- James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon(book, St. Martin's) - Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
- Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (book, Old Earth Books)
2008
- John CluteJohn CluteJohn Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...
- Physics for Amnesia - Roz KaveneyRoz KaveneyRoz Kaveney is a British writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and editor. She was born male but changed to and thereafter has lived as a female...
- Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films (book, I.B. Tauris) - Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. 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...
- What It Is We Do When We Read Science Fiction (book, Beccon) - Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
- Rhetorics of Fantasy (book, Wesleyan)
2009
- John CluteJohn CluteJohn Frederick Clute is a Canadian born author and critic who has lived in Britain since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."...
- Canary Fever (book, Beccon) - Deepa D - I Didn’t Dream of Dragons (blog post)
- Hal DuncanHal DuncanHal Duncan is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer who published two novels, one novella, three poetry collections and several short stories.His works have been listed in the New Weird genre but he denies that such genre was even known to him at the time...
- Ethics and Enthusiasm (blog post - withdrawn from consideration by the author) - Nick LoweNick Lowe (classicist)Dr Nick Lowe is a Reader in Classics in the Department of Classics and Philosophy at Royal Holloway University of London, with interests including narratology and reception of Greek antiquity in historical fiction. He is also an award-winning film reviewer for science fiction magazine, Interzone...
- Mutant Popcorn (column, Interzone) - Farah MendlesohnFarah MendlesohnFarah Mendlesohn is a Hugo Award-winning British academic and writer on science fiction. In 2005 she won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book for The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, which she edited with Edward James....
and Edward JamesEdward JamesEdward William Frank James was a British poet known for his patronage of the surrealist art movement.-Early life and marriage:...
- A Short History of Fantasy (book, Middlesex University Press)
2010
- Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. 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...
– Blogging the Hugos: Decline (blog post, Big Other) - Abigail Nussbaum – Review, With Both Feet in the Clouds (review, Asking the Wrong Questions)
- Adam RobertsAdam RobertsAdam Roberts is an academic, critic and novelist. He also writes parodies under the pseudonyms of A.R.R.R. Roberts, A3R Roberts and Don Brine....
– The Wheel of Time (blog post, Punkadiddle) - Francis SpuffordFrancis Spufford-Early life:He studied English Literature at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, gaining a BA in 1985.-Career:He was Chief Publisher's Reader from 1987-90 for Chatto & Windus....
– Red Plenty (book, Faber and Faber) - Jonathan StrahanJonathan StrahanJonathan Strahan is an editor and publisher of science fiction. His family moved to Perth, Western Australia in 1968, and he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986....
and Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
– (podcast, Notes from Coode Street)