Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford

Russell Blackford speaking at 2010 Global Atheist Convention
Born Sydney
Occupation Writer, philosopher and critic
Nationality Australian
Genre Science fiction, fantasy & horror
Website
russellblackford.com

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 University of Newcastle and University of Melbourne respectively. He also holds a PhD, also from 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, 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 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, a monthly journal of literature and policy. It draws on his academic qualifications in a number of fields.

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[3] and a contributor to The Australian Book of Atheism.[4]

Bibliography

Novels

Non-fiction books

Editor

Blackford in 2005

Academic articles

Short stories

References

Footnotes

  1. Russell Blackford – curriculum vitae
  2. Postgraduate completions in Philosophy and Bioethics, Monash University.
  3. Blackford, Russell (10 January 2010). "Implausibility, Transcendence, and Atheism". IEET. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  4. Atheists for Freedom of Speech. pp 299–312 in Bonett, Warren (Editor). 2010. The Australian Book of Atheism. Melbourne, Vic: Scribe
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