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John Frederick Clute (born 1940) is a Canadian-born author and critic specializing in science fiction (also SF, sf) and fantasy literature who has lived in both England and the United States since 1969. He has been described as "an integral part of science fiction's history"〔Davis, Matthew (John Clute: Yakfests of the Empyrean ), ''Strange Horizons'', 18 September 2006.〕 and "perhaps the foremost reader-critic of sf in our time, and one of the best the genre has ever known." He was one of eight people who founded the English magazine ''Interzone'' in 1982〔 (the others including Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Roz Kaveney, and David Pringle). Clute's articles on speculative fiction have appeared in various publications since the 1960s. He is a co-editor of ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (with Peter Nicholls) and of ''The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'' (with John Grant), as well as writing ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Science Fiction'', all of which won Hugo Awards for Best Non-Fiction. He earned the Pilgrim Award, bestowed by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship, in 1994. Clute is also author of the collections of reviews and essays ''Strokes'', ''Look at the Evidence: Essays and Reviews'', ''Scores'', ''Canary Fever'' and ''Pardon This Intrusion''. His 2001 novel ''Appleseed'', a space opera, was noted for its "combination of ideational fecundity and combustible language" and was selected as a ''New York Times'' Notable Book for 2002.〔(''New York Times'' Notable Book List, 2002 )〕 In 2006, Clute published the essay collection ''The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror''. The third edition of ''The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'' (with David Langford and Peter Nicholls) was released online as a beta text in October 2011. Clute is a Guest of Honour at Loncon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, from 14 to 18 August 2014. ==Personal life== Raised in Canada, Clute lived in the United States from 1956 until 1964. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at New York University in 1962 while living with writer and artist Pamela Zoline. Clute married artist Judith Clute in 1964. He also spends time each year in Maine with science fiction and fantasy author Elizabeth Hand, and has acted like a stepfather to her children, Callie Hand and Tristan Grant. 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「John Clute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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