Christopher McKitterick
 Christopher McKitterick | |
| Born | July 4, 1967 Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Author, editor, professor |
| Nationality | United States |
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Christopher McKitterick (born 1967) is an American writer of science fiction and an academic concerned with the field. He is Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, a program at the University of Kansas that supports an annual series of classes, workshops, and AboutSF, a resource for teachers and readers of science fiction.
McKitterick is nominations director for the Theodore Sturgeon Award for the best short SF story of the year, and a juror for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
He completed degrees in English: undergraduate from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire in 1991, and master's from the University of Kansas in 1996.
McKitterick teaches science fiction, technical communication, and creative writing in the English department of the University of Kansas.
Bibliography
Novels
- Transcendence (Hadley Rille Books, November 5, 2010[1])
Short Works
- "Surveyor of Mars" (Westward Weird, DAW Books, February 2012)
- "The Enlightenment" (Sentinels: In Honor of Arthur C. Clarke, Hadley Rille Books, 2010[2])
- "The Empty Utopia" (Ruins: Extraterrestrial, Hadley Rille Books, 2007[3])
- "Jupiter Whispers" (Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Art, Hadley Rille Books, 2007[4])
- "The Enlightenment" (Synergy: New Science Fiction, Five Star Books, 2004[5])
- "Lost Dogs" (Analog, September 2001)
- "The Web" (Artemis Magazine for Artemis Project, Summer 2000)
- "City of Tomorrow" (Captain Proton, (a Star Trek book), Pocket Books, November 1999)
- "Under Observation" (Captain Proton, (a Star Trek book), Pocket Books, November 1999)
- "Worlds of Tomorrow" (Captain Proton, (a Star Trek book), Pocket Books, November 1999)
- "What Lurks in a Man's Mind" (Analog, October 1999)
- "Circles of Light and Shadow" (Analog, February 1999)
- "A Scientist's War" (E-Scape, December 1998)
- "A Plague of Mannequins" (E-Scape, October 1996)
- "The Recursive Man" (Tomorrow Speculative Fiction, April 1996)
- "Paving the Road to Armageddon" (Analog, May 1995)
Editing
- "International Science Fiction" issue and companion website, (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- National Space Society Return to Luna anthology, Hadley Rille Books,[7] December 5, 2008 (editorial juror)
Other Published Works
- Essay, "Neptune, Triton, and the Sensawunda; or Why I Set My Novel (Partly) at the Edge of the Solar System" (Argentus: The Neptunian Anniversary, July 12, 2011[8])
- Essay, "James Gunn and the Center for the Study of Science Fiction" (Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction, June 1, 2011[9])
- Essay, "Privacy, freedom, and making a living as a writer" (SFWA website, November 26[10])
- Essay, "Science Fiction: Stories for a Changing World" (Libraries Unlimited, July 2010[11])
- Essay, "Science Fiction Research Collections at the University of Kansas" (Science Fiction Studies, July 2010)
- Essay, "12 Don’t-Miss Speculative Fiction Events" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- Essay, "Essential Science Fiction Anthologies" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- Essay, "Science Fiction on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- Essay, "The Literature of Change" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- "Online Reference to a Basic Science Fiction Library" (with James Gunn) (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- "Online Reference to Speculative Fiction Events" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- "Online Reference to Science Fiction on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- "Online Reference to Teaching and Scholarly Resources on the Web" (World Literature Today, May/June 2010[6])
- Article, "Science Fiction" (with James Gunn) (Post-War Literature, 1945-1970 of Resource Guide to American Literature, Bruccoli Clark Layman, June 2010)
- Article, "The Joy Of Small Cons: Campbell Conference 2009" (Abyss & Apex Magazine, Issue 32: 4th Quarter 2009)
- Report, "Combined SFRA and Campbell Conference" (Locus magazine, September 2008)
- Report, "Robert A. Heinlein Centennial" (Locus magazine, September 2007)
- Essay, "Toto, We're in Kansas after All: The 2003 Campbell & Sturgeon Awards" (The New York Review of Science Fiction, Dragon Press, August 2003[12])
- Essay, "A Call to Arms" (Analog, January 1996)
- Role-Playing Adventure, Scarlet Brotherhood Mission Brief (TSR, Inc., 1999)
- Role-Playing Adventure, Return of the Pick Axe (TSR, Inc., 1998)
- Role-Playing Adventure, "Return of the Pick Axe" (TSR Jams, 1999)
- Essay, "James Gunn" (Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Fourth Edition, St. James Press, 1996)
- Essay, "James Gunn and The Dreamers: Epitomes of an Evolving Science Fiction" (Extrapolation, Magazine of the Science Fiction Research Association, Winter 1995)
References
- ^ Reynolds, Eric T. "Transcendence". Hadley Rille Books. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Eric T. "Sentinels: In Honor of Arthur C. Clarke". Hadley Rille Books. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Eric T. "Ruins: Extraterrestrial". Hadley Rille Books. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Eric T. "Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Art". Hadley Rille Books. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ Zebrowski, George. "Synergy: New Science Fiction". Five Star Books. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i McKitterick, Christopher. "International Science Fiction". World Literature Today. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Eric T. "Return to Luna". World Literature Today. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ "Argentus: The Neptunian Anniversary". Argentus. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
- ^ "Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction". Wildside Press. Retrieved August 11, 2011.
- ^ "SFWA Website". SFWA. Retrieved November 26, 2010.
- ^ "Libraries Unlimited". Libraries Unlimited. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
- ^ McKitterick, Christopher. "The New York Review of Science Fiction". Dragon Press. Retrieved August 17, 2011.