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John Frederick Clute (1940- ) is a Canadian
Canada

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 born author and critic who has lived in Britain
United Kingdom

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 since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."

Clute's articles on speculative fiction
Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways....
 have appeared in various publications since the 1970s. He is a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is a reference work on science fiction.The first edition, edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute and Brian Stableford appeared in 1979....
 (with Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls (writer)

Peter Nicholls is an Australian literary scholar and critic. He is the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction .Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he spent two decades as an expatriate, first in the US, and then the UK....
) and of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work on fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant . Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J....
 (with John Grant), as well as The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction, all of which won Hugo Award
Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories....
s for Best Non-Fiction.






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John Frederick Clute (1940- ) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 born author and critic who has lived in Britain
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history."

Clute's articles on speculative fiction
Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is a term used as an inclusive descriptor covering a group of fiction genres that speculate about worlds that are unlike the real world in various important ways....
 have appeared in various publications since the 1970s. He is a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is a reference work on science fiction.The first edition, edited by Peter Nicholls with John Clute and Brian Stableford appeared in 1979....
 (with Peter Nicholls
Peter Nicholls (writer)

Peter Nicholls is an Australian literary scholar and critic. He is the creator and a co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction .Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he spent two decades as an expatriate, first in the US, and then the UK....
) and of The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy is a 1997 reference work on fantasy, edited by John Clute and John Grant . Other contributors include Mike Ashley, Neil Gaiman, Diana Wynne Jones, David Langford, Sam J....
 (with John Grant), as well as The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction, all of which won Hugo Award
Hugo Award

The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine Amazing Stories....
s for Best Non-Fiction. Clute is also author of the critical essay collections Strokes, Look at the Evidence, and Scores. His 1999 novel Appleseed, a space opera
Space opera

Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romance , often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful technologies and abilities....
, was noted for its "combination of ideational fecundity and combustible language" and was selected as a New York Times Notable Book for 2002. In 2006, Clute published the essay collection The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror.

Bibliography


Criticism

  • Strokes [1966-1986] (Serconia Press, 1988), ISBN 0-934933-03-0
  • Look at the Evidence [1987-1993] (Liverpool University Press, 1995), ISBN 0-85323-820-0
  • Scores [1993-2003] (Beccon Publications, 2003), ISBN 1-870824-47-4
  • The Darkening Garden (Payseur & Schmidt, 2006), ISBN 0-9789114-0-7


Fiction

  • The Disinheriting Party (Allison and Busby, 1977), ISBN 0-85031-134-9
  • Appleseed (Orbit, 1999), ISBN 1-85723-758-7


External links

  • John Clute website.
  • The Website has a page on .