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As a fiction writer, Blackford specialises in science fiction, [[fantasy]] and [[horror fiction]]. His work includes four novels published by iBooks, three of them forming an original trilogy (The New John Connor Chronicles) set in the world of the [[Terminator (series)|Terminator]] movies. His non-fiction work frequently deals with issues involving science and society, particularly philosophical [[bioethics]], [[cyberculture]], [[transhumanism]], and the history and current state of the science fiction [[genre]]. His work has appeared in many magazines, journals, and reference books, and has been featured most prominently in ''[[Quadrant (magazine)|Quadrant]]'', a monthly journal of literature and policy. It draws on his academic qualifications in a number of fields.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
As a fiction writer, Blackford specialises in science fiction, [[fantasy]] and [[horror fiction]]. His work includes four novels published by iBooks, three of them forming an original trilogy (The New John Connor Chronicles) set in the world of the [[Terminator (series)|Terminator]] movies. His non-fiction work frequently deals with issues involving science and society, particularly philosophical [[bioethics]], [[cyberculture]], [[transhumanism]], and the history and current state of the science fiction [[genre]]. His work has appeared in many magazines, journals, and reference books, and has been featured most prominently in ''[[Quadrant (magazine)|Quadrant]]'', a monthly journal of literature and policy. It draws on his academic qualifications in a number of fields.{{Citation needed|date=July 2015}} |
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Since 2008, he has also been a Fellow of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]]. He was a speaker at the [[2010 Global Atheist Convention]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/3644/ |title=Implausibility, Transcendence, and Atheism |accessdate=1 February 2010 |last=Blackford |first=Russell |date=10 January 2010 |publisher=[[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies|IEET]]}}</ref> and a contributor to ''The Australian Book of Atheism''.<ref>Atheists for Freedom of Speech. pp 299–312 in Bonett, Warren (Editor). 2010. The Australian Book of Atheism. Melbourne, Vic: Scribe |
Since 2008, he has also been a Fellow of the [[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies]]. He was a speaker at the [[2010 Global Atheist Convention]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/3644/ |title=Implausibility, Transcendence, and Atheism |accessdate=1 February 2010 |last=Blackford |first=Russell |date=10 January 2010 |publisher=[[Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies|IEET]]}}</ref> and a contributor to ''The Australian Book of Atheism''.<ref>Atheists for Freedom of Speech. pp 299–312 in Bonett, Warren (Editor). 2010. The Australian Book of Atheism. Melbourne, Vic: Scribe {{cite web |url=http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/theaustralianbookofatheism |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-12-10 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213185101/http://www.scribepublications.com.au/book/theaustralianbookofatheism |archivedate=13 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
Revision as of 05:25, 17 January 2018
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Born | Sydney |
Occupation | Writer, philosopher and critic |
Nationality | Australian |
Genre | Science fiction, fantasy & horror |
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Russell Blackford is an Australian writer, philosopher, and literary critic, based for many years in Melbourne. He was born in Sydney, and grew up in the city of Lake Macquarie, near Newcastle, New South Wales. He moved to Melbourne in 1979, but returned to Newcastle to live and work in 2009.
Early life and career
Blackford graduated with First Class Honours degrees in both Arts and Law from the
Newcastle, on the return to myth in modern fictional narrative (as postulated by Northrop Frye). More recently, he completed a Master of Bioethics[1] and a second PhD program (in philosophy), both at Monash University.[2]
As a fiction writer, Blackford specialises in science fiction,
cyberculture, transhumanism, and the history and current state of the science fiction genre. His work has appeared in many magazines, journals, and reference books, and has been featured most prominently in Quadrant, a monthly journal of literature and policy. It draws on his academic qualifications in a number of fields.[citation needed
]
Since 2008, he has also been a Fellow of the
Bibliography
Novels
- The Tempting of the Witch King, Melbourne, Cory & Collins, 1983, ISBN 0-909117-18-7
- The New John Connor Chronicles:
- Dark Futures: Book One of ISBN 0-7434-4511-2
- An Evil Hour: Book Two of Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles, iBooks, May 2003, 368p, ISBN 0-7434-5863-X
- Times of Trouble: Book Three of Terminator 2: The New John Connor Chronicles, iBooks, September 2003, 384p, ISBN 0-7434-7483-X
- Dark Futures: Book One of
- Kong Reborn, ibooks, Inc. November 2005, 320p, ISBN 1-59687-133-4
Non-fiction books
- Hyperdreams: Damien Broderick's Space/Time Fiction (OCLC 44838585), Originally published in 1998 as chapbook 8 in the Babel Handbooks series on Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers. Review of the writings of SF author Damien Broderick.
- Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (with Van Ikin and ISBN 0-313-25112-6
- Reviewed in: *"Science Fiction in Australia", by Michael Levy (Science Fiction Studies 27:1 (March,2000) "Russell Blackford ... among Australia's most widely respected critics"
- Freedom of Religion and the Secular State, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. ISBN 978-0-470-67403-1
- 50 Great Myths About Atheism (with Udo Schuklenk), Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. ISBN 978-0470674055.
- Humanity Enhanced: Genetic Choice and the Challenge for Liberal Democracies, MIT Press, 2014. ISBN 978-0262026611.
- The Mystery of Moral Authority, Palgrave Pivot, 2016. ISBN 978-1-137-56269-2.
- Science Fiction and the Moral Imagination: Visions, Minds, Ethics, Springer, 2017. ISBN 978-3319616834.
Editor
- Urban Fantasies, anthology of 13 stories, edited with David King, Ebony, 1985. ISBN 978-0-9590655-1-0
- Contrary Modes, proceedings of the academic track of ISBN 978-0-9590655-2-7
- 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists, co-editor with Udo Schuklenk, 2009. ISBN 978-1-4051-9045-9
- Intelligence Unbound: The Future of Uploaded and Machine Minds, co-editor with ISBN 978-1118736289
- Philosophy's Future: The Problem of Philosophical Progress, co-editor with ISBN 978-1119210092
Academic articles
- "Judicial Power, Political Liberty and the Post-Industrial State." Australian Law Journal 71 (1997): 267–93.
- "Thinking about Cloning: A Reply to Judith Thomson." Journal of Law and Medicine 9 (2001): 238–50.
- "Stranger Than You Think: Arthur C. Clarke's Profiles of the Future." Prefiguring Cyberculture: An Intellectual History. Ed. Darren Tofts, Annemarie Jonson, and Alessio Cavellaro. Sydney: Power Publications, 2002; co-published Boston: MIT Press, 2003: 252–63.
- "Try the Blue Pill: What's Wrong with Life in a Simulation?" Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation. Ed. Matthew Kapell and William Doty. New York: Continuum, 2004: 169–82.
- "Should We Fear Death? Epicurean and Modern Arguments." Immortality Institute, ed. The Scientific Conquest of Death: Essays on Infinite Lifespans. Buenos Aires: LibrosEnRed, 2004: 257–69.
- "Human Cloning and 'Posthuman' Society." Monash Bioethics Review 24 (2005): 10–26.
- "Stem cell research on other worlds, or why embryos do not have a right to life." Journal of Medical Ethics 32 (2006): 177–80.
Short stories
- "The Load on Her Mind", ISSN 0043-342X
- "Crystal Soldier" (1983) in Dreamworks: Strange New Stories (ed. David King) ISBN 978-0-909106-11-9
- "Glass Reptile Breakout" (1985) in Strange attractors: Original Australian speculative fiction (ed. Hale and Iremonger) ISBN 978-0-86806-208-2
- "The Sword of God" (1996) in Dream Weavers (ed. Paul Collins)
- "Lucent Carbon" (1997) in Eidolon (Australian magazine), #25/26
- "The Soldier in the Machine" (1998) in Dreaming Down-Under (ed. Jack Dann, Janeen Webb)
- "Byzantium vs Republic of Australia" (1998) in Aurealis #20/21
- "The King with Three Daughters" (2000) in Black Heart, Ivory Bones (ed. ISBN 978-0-380-78623-7
- "Two Thousand Years" (2000) in Eidolon (Australian magazine)#29/30
- "Smoke City" (2003) in Gathering the Bones (ed. ISBN 978-0-7322-8068-0
- "The Name of the Beast Was Number" (2004) in Microcosms (ed. ISBN 978-0-7564-0171-9
- "Idol" (2004) in Oceans of the Mind XII - reprinted (2014) in Novascapes (ed. C.E. Page)
- "Manannan's Children" (2008) in Dreaming Again: Thirty-five New Stories Celebrating the Wild Side of Australian Fiction (ed. Jack Dann)
References
- David Seed. A Companion To Science Fiction Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2005. ISBN 978-1-4051-1218-5
Footnotes
- ^ Russell Blackford – curriculum vitae
- ^ Postgraduate completions in Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University.
- ^ Blackford, Russell (10 January 2010). "Implausibility, Transcendence, and Atheism". IEET. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
- ^ Atheists for Freedom of Speech. pp 299–312 in Bonett, Warren (Editor). 2010. The Australian Book of Atheism. Melbourne, Vic: Scribe "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 December 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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