John Clute

John Clute
Born	John Frederick Clute (1940-09-12)12 September 1940 Canada
Occupation	Author, critic, writer
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction

John Frederick Clute(born 12 September 1940)is aCanadian-born author and critic. He mainly writes aboutscience fictionandfantasy literature,He has lived inEnglandand theUnited Statessince 1969. He is a very important person in the history of science fiction. He was one of eight people who started the English magazineInterzonein 1982(the others includingMalcolm Edwards,Colin Greenland,Roz Kaveney,andDavid Pringle).

Clute's articles onscience fictionhave appeared in many publications since the 1960s. He is a co-editor ofThe Encyclopedia of Science Fiction(withPeter Nicholls) and ofThe Encyclopedia of Fantasy(withJohn Grant), andThe Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction.All three wonHugo Awardsfor Best Non-Fiction. He earned thePilgrim Awardfrom theScience Fiction Research Associationfor Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship, in 1994.

Personal life

Raised in Canada, Clute lived in the United States from 1956 until 1964. He earned aBachelor of Artsdegree atNew York Universityin 1962 while living with writer and artistPamela Zoline.

Clute married artist Judith Clute in 1964.He has been the partner ofElizabeth Handsince 1996.

Career

Clute's first professional publication was a long science-fiction poem called "Carcajou Lament." It appeared inTriQuarterlyin 1959. His first short story was "A Man Must Die" inNew Worldsin 1966. In 1960, he was Associate Editor ofCollage,a magazine in Chicago which had only two issues. It published early work byHarlan EllisonandR. A. Lafferty.In 1977, Clute published his first novel,The Disinheriting Party.Clute's second novel,Appleseed(2001).

Written works

Criticism

• Strokes[1966-1986] (Serconia Press, 1988),ISBN0-934933-03-0
• Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews[1987-1993] (Serconia Press, 1996) [title page misdated],ISBN0-934933-05-7(hardcover),ISBN0-934933-06-5(paper)
• Scores[1993-2003] (Beccon Publications, 2003),ISBN1-870824-47-4
• The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror(Payseur & Schmidt, 2006),ISBN0-9789114-0-7
• Canary Fever(Beccon Publications, 2009),ISBN978-1-870824-56-9
• Pardon This Intrusion: Fantastika in the World Storm(Beccon Publications, 2011),ISBN978-1-870824-60-6
• Stay(Beccon Publications, 2014),ISBN9781-870824-63-7

Fiction

• The Disinheriting Party(Allison and Busby, 1977),ISBN0-85031-134-9
• Appleseed(Orbit, 2001),ISBN1-85723-758-7

Other websites

• The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction,third edition
• John Cluteat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• John CluteatLibrary of CongressAuthorities, with 11 catalogue records