(1939-2006) UK sf and film critic, anthologist, teacher, and director of a film library. In 1969 he initiated one of the first adult evening classes in sf in the UK, sponsored by the University of London at the City Literary Institute (> SF in the Classroom), which continued until 1992 under various tutors including John Clute, Colin Greenland, Peter Nicholls, Christopher Priest, Brian Stableford and Lisa Tuttle. Strick's Science Fiction Movies (1976) is a witty, rather helter-skelter account of sf Cinema, one of the best early books on the subject (despite its lack of a filmography). His film criticism continued to appear in Monthly Film Bulletin, later incorporated into Sight and Sound; The BFI Companion to Science Fiction (2001) made some use of this material. Antigrav (anth 1975; vt Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters 1976) edited by Strick assembles funny sf short fiction, including John Brosnan's first-published story. [PN/JC]

Philip John Strick

born Surrey: 23 September 1939

died London: 7 October 2006

works as editor

• Antigrav (London: Hutchinson of London, 1975) [anth: hb/]
  • Antigrav: Cosmic Comedies by SF Masters (New York: Taplinger, 1976) [anth: vt of the above: hb/Rus Anderson]

nonfiction

• Science Fiction Movies (London: Octopus Books, 1976) [nonfiction: hb/]
• The BFI Companion to Science Fiction (London: British Film Institute, 2001) [nonfiction: pb/]

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• 01/11/2006
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