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Bruce Boston (born 1943)〔''Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'', (Bruce Boston ) (accessed Sept. 18 2013)〕 is an American speculative fiction writer and poet who was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California.〔Diane Severson, (Interview with Bruce Boston ),''Amazing Stories'' March 15, 2013 (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, 1965, and an M.A., 1967. He lived in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1961 to 2001, where he worked in a variety of occupations, including computer programmer, college professor (literature and creative writing, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, California, 1978–82), technical writer, book designer, gardener, movie projectionist, retail clerk, and furniture mover. As of 2015 he was living in Ocala, Florida, with his wife, writer-artist Marge Simon, whom he married in 2001.〔(Bruce Boston Website )〕 Boston has won the Rhysling Award for speculative poetry a record〔''Locus'', (Rhysling Award Tallies ) (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 seven times,〔Science Fiction Poetry Association, (Rhysling archive ) (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 and the Asimov's Readers' Award for poetry a record seven times.〔(The Locus Index to SF Awards: Asimov's Reader Poll Records and Tallies )〕 He has also received a Pushcart Prize for fiction, 1976, a record four Bram Stoker Awards in poetry for his collections, and the first Grandmaster Award of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, 1999.〔Science Fiction Poetry Association, (1999 SFPA Grandmaster ) (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 His collaborative poem with Robert Frazier, "Return to the Mutant Rain Forest,〔http://chizine.com/return_to_the_mutant_rain_forest.htm〕" received first place in the 2006 Locus Online Poetry Poll for Best All-Time Science Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Poem. Boston has also published〔Internet SF Database, (Bruce Boston Summary Bibliography ) (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 more than a hundred short stories and the novels ''Stained Glass Rain'' and ''The Guardener's Tale'' (the latter a Bram Stoker Award Finalist and Prometheus Award Nominee). His work has appeared widely in periodicals and anthologies, including ''Asimov's SF Magazine, Amazing Stories Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, ''Science Fiction Age'', Weird Tales, Strange Horizons, Year's Best Fantasy and Horror,'' and the ''Nebula Awards Showcase.'' Writing in ''The Washington Post'', Paul Di Filippo described his collection ''Masque of Dreams'' as containing "nearly two dozen brilliant stories ranging across all emotional and narrative terrains."〔Paul di Filippo, (review, "Microcosmos: A new Golden Age and a flood of titles from the kind of small publishers that first brought the world sf" ), ''Washington Post'', Sunday, April 7, 2002; Page BW13 (accessed Sept. 18, 2013).〕 Boston has chaired the Nebula Award Novel Jury (SFWA), the Bram Stoker Award Novel Jury, and the Philip K. Dick Award Jury, and served as Secretary and Treasurer of the Science Fiction Poetry Association. He has served as fiction and/or poetry editor for a number of publications, including ''Occident'', ''The Open Cell'', ''Berkeley Poets Cooperative'', ''City Miner'', and ''Star *Line''. As of 2014, he edits speculative poetry for ''The Pedestal Magazine''.〔 He was the poet guest of honor at the World Horror Convention in 2013.〔Locus Online News, (Bruce Boston Joins World Horror Guests of Honor ), 10 July 20, 2012 (accessed Sept. 18 2013)〕〔(World Horror Convention 2013 GoH Interview #5: Bruce Boston ) (accessed Sept. 18, 2013)〕 == Bibliography == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Boston」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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