- Author: Neil Barron Author Record # 2172
- Legal Name: Barron, Richard Neil
- Birthplace: Hollywood, California, USA
- Birthdate: 23 March 1934
- Deathdate: 5 September 2010
- Language: English
- Webpages: sf-encyclopedia.com, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names: R. Neil Barron
- Author Tags: Book with list (1)
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Magazine Editor
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - 1979 (1979)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - 1980 (1980)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - 1982 (1982)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review - 1983 (1983)
- Fantasy Review - 1984 (1984) with Robert A. Collins
- Fantasy Review - 1985 (1985) with Robert A. Collins
- Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction (1976)
- Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Second Edition (1981)
- Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Third Edition (1987)
- Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide (1990)
- Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide (1990)
- Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Fourth Edition (1995)
- What Fantastic Fiction Do I Read Next? A Reader's Guide to Recent Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction (1997)
- Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet (1999)
- What Fantastic Fiction Do I Read Next? A Reader's Guide to Recent Fantastic Fiction, 2nd Edition (1999)
- Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Fifth Edition (2004)
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review: The Complete Series, Vol. I, No. 1-Vol. II, No. 13, January 1979-February 1980 (2009) with Robert Reginald
- Introduction (Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction) (1976)
- Preface (Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction) (1976)
- Commentary (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1979) (1979)
- Review of the fanzine "Forthcoming SF Books" edited by Joanne Burger (1979)
- Commentary (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, April 1979 ) (1979)
- Science Fiction for the Blind (1979)
- Reprints for Libraries, Part II (1979)
- Letter (Locus #227) (1979)
- Library and Reference Resources (1980)
- Commentary (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1980) (1980)
- Letter (Locus #238) (1980)
- Autobiography, Biography, and Author Studies (1981)
- Core Collection Checklist (1981)
- History and Criticism (1981)
- Indexes and Bibliographies (1981)
- Introduction (Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition) (1981)
- Preface (Anatomy of Wonder, Second Edition) (1981)
- Science Fiction Illustration (1981)
- Science Fiction on Film and Television (1981)
- Selection, Acquisition, and Cataloging of Science Fiction (1981)
- Building a Personal Reference Library (1981)
- SF: Fan to Scholar Industry (1982)
- Letter (The Patchin Review Number Three) (1982)
- Eaton Conference (1982)
- Review of the nonfiction "Handbook of American Popular Culture" by Thomas M. Inge (1982)
- Review of the nonfiction work "Science: Good, Bad and Bogus" by Martin Gardner (1982)
- SF: Fan to Scholar Industry (1982)
- Editorial Notes (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, September 1982) (1982)
- Bridges, Not Walls (1982)
- Review of the Dictionary Catalog of the J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature at the University of California, Riverside (1982)
- Editorial (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #9, November 1992) (1982)
- Review of "Concise Histories of American Popular Culture" by M. Thomas Inge (1982)
- Review of the biography "Anthony Burgess" by Samuel Coale (1982)
- Review of the magazine "American Fantasy" edited by Robert Garcia (1982)
- Editorial Notes (Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, January-February 1983) (1983)
- Review of the fanzine "Fantasy Commentator" edited by A. Langley Searles (1983)
- A Note from the Editor (SF & Fantasy Review, March 1984) (1984)
- Reviews: A Note from the Editor (SF & Fantasy Review, No. 66) (1984)
- Review of "The 1984 Calendar: An American History" by Tim Keefe and Howard Levine (1984)
- Reviews: Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, May 1984) (1984)
- Reviews: A Note from Neil (1984)
- Reviews: A Note from Neil (Fantasy Review, July 1984) (1984)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, August 1984) (1984)
- Letter (Fantasy Review, September 1984) (1984)
- Note from Neil (Fantasy Review, September 1984) (1984)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, October 1984) (1984)
- Review of "Computers Are Useless: 100 Uses for a Dead Computer" by James M. Ley (1984)
- Review of "What's So Funny About Computers?" by Sidney Harris (1984)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, November 1984) (1984)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, December 1984) (1984)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, January 1985) (1985)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, February 1985) (1985)
- Review of the audio recording of Stephen King's The Mist (1985)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, March 1985) (1985)
- Editorial Notes (Fantasy Review, April 1985) (1985)
- Mea Maxima Culpa (1985)
- Letter (Fantasy Review, January 1986) (1986)
- Letter (Locus #320) (1987)
- Up from the Gutter: A Critical Survey of Fantastic Literature and Film Scholarship in 1987 (1989)
- An Examination Round the Factification: A Critical Survey of Fantastic Literature and Film Scholarship in 1988 (1990)
- My Modem or Your Modem? (1990)
- Core Collection, Awards, Organizations, Series (Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide) (1990)
- Fantasy and Horror Fiction and Libraries (1990)
- General Reference Works (Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide) (1990)
- Preface (Fantasy Literature: A Reader's Guide) (1990)
- Letter (Necrofile, Fall 1991) (1991)
- Letter (Locus #380) (1992)
- Letter (Locus #392) (1993)
- Author Studies (1995) with Michael A. Morrison
- General Reference Works (1995)
- Listings (1995)
- Preface (Anatomy of Wonder 4) (1995)
- Science Fiction Illustration (1995) with Walter Albert
- Science Fiction Publishing and Libraries (1995)
- Letter (Locus #418) (1995)
- Letter (Locus #424) (1996)
- "Who Killed Science Fiction?": A Spectrum of Responses (1997)
- Letter (Locus #447) (1998)
- SFRA Awards 2001 (2001)
- Review of the nonassociational nonfiction work "Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller" by Michael Korda (2002)
- Letter (Locus #498) (2002)
- Review of the associational nongenre work "Elephant House, or, The Home of Edward Gorey" by Kevin McDermott (2003)
- Letter (Locus #535) (2005)
- Letter (Locus #547) (2006)
- The Art of the Comic Strip (1972) by Judith O'Sullivan
- The Temple of the Past (1974) by Stefan Wul
- The Craft of Science Fiction (1976) by Reginald Bretnor
- Jules Verne, a Biography (1976) by Jean Jules-Verne
- Voices for the Future (1977) by Thomas D. Clareson
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1977) by Jules Verne
- Mary Shelley's Monster: The Story of Frankenstein (1977) by Martin Tropp
- The Obsolete Necessity: America in Utopian Writings, 1888-1900 (1977) by Kenneth M. Roemer
- Tomorrow, Inc. (1977) by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander
- The Game of the Impossible: A Rhetoric of Fantasy (1977) by William Robert Irwin
- Cosmology Now (1977) by Laurie John
- Many Futures, Many Worlds: Theme and Form in Science Fiction (1978) by Thomas D. Clareson
- Mortal Engines (1978) by Stanislaw Lem
- Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays, by Various Hands, About the Interface Between Science Fiction and Reality (1978) by Peter Nicholls
- Science Fiction at Large (1978) by Peter Nicholls
- Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century (1979) by H. Bruce Franklin
- It (1979) by Theodore Sturgeon
- SFBRI: Science Fiction Book Review Index Vol 8, 1977 (1979) by H. W. Hall
- The Bradbury Chronicles (1979) by George Edgar Slusser
- A History of the Hugo, Nebula and International Fantasy Awards (1979) by Donald Franson and Howard DeVore
- A Research Guide to Science Fiction Studies (1979) by Marshall B. Tymn and Roger C. Schlobin and L. W. Currey
- Fantasy Newsletter (1979) by Paul C. Allen
- Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (1979) by William G. Contento
- Index to Stories in Thematic Anthologies of Science Fiction (1979) by Marshall B. Tymn and Martin H. Greenberg and L. W. Currey and Joseph D. Olander
- Locus: The Newsletter of the Science Fiction Field, 1968-1977 (1979) by Charles N. Brown
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, Vol. 2, Who's Who, M-Z (1979) by Donald H. Tuck
- The Science Fiction and Heroic Fantasy Author Index (1979) by Stuart W. Wells, III
- Utopian Literature: A Bibliography (1979) by Glenn Negley
- Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction (1979) by Mike Ashley
- Extrapolation: A Science Fiction Newsletter (1979) by Thomas D. Clareson
- Fantasy Media (1979) by Jon M. Harvey
- Foundation: The Review of Science Fiction (1979) by Peter Nicholls and Charles Barren
- Science Fiction Studies: Selected Articles on Science Fiction (1979) by R. D. Mullen and Darko Suvin
- Kurt Vonnegut (1979) by James Lundquist
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1979) by Stanley Schatt
- Sonnets to Jonquil and All (1979) by Fritz Leiber
- American Fantasy and Science Fiction: Toward a Bibliography of Works Published in the United States, 1948-1973 (1979) by Marshall B. Tymn
- The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Science Fiction (1979) by Paul A. Carter
- British and American Utopian literature, 1516-1975: An Annotated Bibliography (1979) by Lyman Tower Sargent
- Science Fiction Books Published in Britain, 1974-1978 (1979) by Gerald Bishop
- Survey of Science Fiction Literature: Five Hundred 2,000-Word Essay Reviews of World-Famous Science Fiction Novels with 2,500 Bibliographical References (1979) by Frank N. Magill
- The year's Scholarship in Science Fiction and Fantasy: 1972-1975 (1979) by Marshall B. Tymn and Roger C. Schlobin
- Whispers (1979) by Stuart David Schiff
- SFBRI: Science Fiction and Book Review Index, V. 9 (1979) by H. W. Hall
- The Science Fiction Encyclopedia (1979) by Peter Nicholls [only as by R. Neil Barron]
- Who Goes There: A Bibliographic Dictionary (1979) by James A. Rock
- Tomorrow and Beyond: Masterpieces of Science Fiction Art (1979) by Ian Summers
- Fantasy for Children: An Annotated Checklist (1980) by Ruth Nadelman Lynn
- Fritz Leiber: A Bibliography, 1934-1979 (1980) by Chris Morgan
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: a Checklist, 1700-1974, with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II (1980) by R. Reginald (co-reviewed with Roger C. Schlobin)
- Science Fiction: A Collection of Critical Essays (1980) by Mark Rose
- The Literature of Fantasy: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Fantasy Fiction (1980) by Roger C. Schlobin (co-reviewed with Robert Reginald) [only as by Neil Barron and Boden Clarke]
- H. P. Lovecraft and Lovecraft Criticism (1982) by S. T. Joshi (co-reviewed with Roger C. Schlobin)
- Twentieth Century American Science-Fiction Authors (1982) by David Cowart and Thomas L. Wymer
- Twentieth Century Science-Fiction Writers (1982) by Curtis C. Smith
- The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich (1982) by Cornell Woolrich
- Index to the Science Fiction Magazines: 1979 (1982) by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson
- Index to the Science Fiction Magazines: 1980 (1982) by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson
- Index to the Science Fiction Magazines: 1981 (1982) by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson
- The Creature Features Movie Guide (1982) by John Stanley
- The Science Fiction of H. G. Wells (1982) by P. H. Niles
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Awards (1982) by Robert Reginald
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Index, V2 (1982) by H. W. Hall
- Edgar Allan Poe: The Annotated Tales (1982) by Edgar Allan Poe
- International Directory of Book Collectors 1981-1983 (1982) by Roger Sheppard and Judith Sheppard
- Science Fiction Writers (1982) by Everett F. Bleiler
- The Complete Index to Astounding/Analog (1982) by Mike Ashley and Terry Jeeves
- A Key to Fredric Brown's Wonderland (1982) by Newton Baird
- After Man (1982) by Dougal Dixon
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II (1982) by Donald Willis
- Howard Philips Lovecraft: The Books 1915-1981 (1982) by Joseph Bell
- E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) by William Kotzwinkle
- Index to the Science Fiction Magazines, 1926-1950 (1982) by Donald B. Day
- Science Fiction Book Review Index, v12, 1981 (1982) by Hal W. Hall
- The Horror Film Handbook (1982) by Alan Frank
- The Science Fiction Collector's Catalog (1982) by Jeff Rovin
- The Tolkien Quiz Book (1982) by Nigel Robinson and Linda Wilson
- Robert Silverberg Reads "To See the Invisible Man" and "Passengers" (1982) by Robert Silverberg
- Index to the Science-Fiction Magazines 1977 (1982) by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson
- Index to the Science-Fiction Magazines 1978 (1982) by Jerry Boyajian and Kenneth R. Johnson
- The Illustrated Book of Science Fiction Lists (1982) by Mike Ashley
- The Jedi Master's Quizbook (1982) by Rusty Miller
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1979-1980 (1982) by uncredited
- The NESFA Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies, 1981 (1982) by uncredited
-
The Sea People (1982)
by
Jörg Steiner
and
Jörg Müller?Joerg Mueller
- When the Wind Blows (1982) by Raymond Briggs
- The Road to Science Fiction #4: From Here to Forever (1983) by James Gunn
- The Science in Science Fiction (1983) by Peter Nicholls and David Langford and Brian Stableford
- The Circus of Dr. Lao (1984) by Charles G. Finney
- The Wizard of Oz (Critical Edition) (1984) by Michael Patrick Hearn
- Science Fiction Quiz (1984) by Brian Aldiss
- SFBRI: Science Fiction Book Review Index, Vol 13, 1982 (1984) by Hal W. Hall
- Worlds Beyond: The Art of Chesley Bonestell (1984) by Frederick C. Durant, III and Ron Miller
- The Science Fiction Source Book (1984) by David Wingrove
- Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections: 1977-1983 (1984) by William Contento
- Into the Unknown: Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature (1984) by L. W. Currey
- The Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic (1984) by Hadley Cantril and Hazel Gaudet and Herta Herzog
- Darker Than You Think (1984) by Jack Williamson
- Love Among the Xoids (1984) by John Sladek
- Fandom Directory, Number 6, 1984-1985 (1985) by Mariane S. Hopkins
- SFBRI: Science Fiction Book Review Index, Volume 14, 1983 (1985) by Hal W. Hall
- The Year's Scholarship in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Literature: 1981 (1985) by Marshall B. Tymn
- A History of the Hugo, Nebula, and International Fantasy Award (1985) by Donald Franson and Howard DeVore
- Olaf Stapledon: A Bibliography (1985) by Harvey J. Satty and Curtis C. Smith
- Science Fiction (1985) by Phil Hardy
- The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey (1985) by Peter Nicholls
- Thinner (1985) by Richard Bachman
- The Simple Screamer: A Guide to the Art of Papier and Cloth Mache (1985) by Dan Reeder
- Detective and Mystery Fiction: An International Bibliography of Secondary Sources (1985) by Walter Albert
- Ghastly Beyond Belief (1985) by Neil Gaiman and Kim Newman
- The Pale Shadow of Science (1985) by Brian W. Aldiss
- Stephen King as Richard Bachman (1985) by Michael Collings
- The World of Oz (1986) by Allen Eyles
- Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews (1986) by Donald Willis
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index, 1980-1984 (1986) by H. W. Hall
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels: A Bibliography (1986) by Tim Cottrill and Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
- And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986) by Brian W. Aldiss
- Galaxy Magazine: The Dark and the Light Years (1986) by David L. Rosheim
- The Handmaid's Tale (1986) by Margaret Atwood
- Montague Summers: A Bibliographical Portrait (1988) by Frederick S. Frank
- The New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1988) by James E. Gunn
- Fantasy: The 100 Best Books (1989) by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock
- Horror: The 100 Best Books (1989) by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
- Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels; an English-Language Selection, 1946-1987 (1989) by David Pringle
- A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists (1989) by Robert Weinberg
- H. P. Lovecraft (1990) by Peter Cannon
- Across the Wounded Galaxies: Interviews with Contemporary American Science Fiction Writers (1991) by Larry McCaffery
- Bury My Heart at W. H. Smith's (1991) by Brian Aldiss
- Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror (1991) by Stanley Wiater
- Inside Science Fiction: Essays on Fantastic Literature (1992) by James Gunn
- L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz (1992) by Jean Shirley and Angelica Carpenter
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index, v19, 1988 (1992) by Hal W. Hall
- From the Wandering Jew to William F. Buckley, Jr.: On Science, Literature, and Religion (2001) by Martin Gardner
- Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future (2001) by Norman Brosterman
- Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration (2001) by Peter Glassman
- Titans: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (2001) by Nigel Suckling
- A George Orwell Chronology (2001) by J. R. Hammond
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (2001) by Stephen King
- Shadows in the Attic: A Guide to British Supernatural Fiction, 1820-1950 (2001) by Neil Wilson
- The Science of Science Fiction Writing (2001) by James Gunn
- The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the Beginning to 1950 (2001) by Mike Ashley
- The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines (2001) by Peter Haining
- The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth from H. G. Wells to Orson Welles (2001) by Brian Holmsten and Alex Lubertozzi
- Evolution (2001) by Luis Royo
- George Orwell: His Achievement and Legacy (2001) by Alberto Lázaro
- Ground Zero (2001) by Fred Gambino
- The Art of Chesley Bonestell (2001) by Frederick C. Durant, III and Ron Miller
- The Art of Richard Powers (2001) by Jane Frank
- The Modern Weird Tale (2001) by S. T. Joshi
- The Readers' Advisory Guide to Genre Fiction (2001) by Joyce G. Saricks
- Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey (2002) by Edward Gorey and Karen Wilkin
- A. E. van Vogt: Science Fantasy's Icon (2002) by H. L. Drake (co-reviewed with James E. Gunn) [only as by Neil Barron and James Gunn]
- Fantasy of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History (2002) by Randy Broecker
- Mapping Mars (2002) by Oliver Morton
- Strictly Science Fiction: A Guide to Reading Interests (2002) by Diana Tixier Herald and Bonnie Kunzel
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Movies (2002) by C. J. Henderson
- The Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader's Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Cyborgs, Aliens, and Sorcerers (2002) by Derek M. Buker
- H. G. Wells: Traversing Time (2005) by W. Warren Wagar
-
I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey Into the Mind of Philip K. Dick (2005)
by
Emmanuel Carrčre?Emmanuel Carrere
- The Evolution of the Weird Tale (2005) by S. T. Joshi
- The Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction (2005) by Mike Ashley and Robert A. W. Lowndes
- The Horror Reader's Advisory: the Librarian's Guide to Vampire, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses (2005) by Becky Siegel Spratford and Tammy Hennigh Clausen
- Conversations with Ray Bradbury (2005) by Steven L. Aggelis
- Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction (2005) by Jonathan R. Eller and William F. Touponce
- On SF (2006) by Thomas M. Disch
- Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction (2006) by James Gunn and Matthew Candelaria
- Hollow Earth (2006) by David Standish
- Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits (2006) by Gary Westfahl
- Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia (2006) by Brian Stableford
- Mad, Bad and Dangerous? The Scientist and the Cinema (2006) by Christopher Frayling
- Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia (2006) by S. T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz