Academic at UWA since 1980, teaching Australian Literature and Creative Writing.
Editor/Publisher of Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature 1977 to present.
Science fiction reviewer for the Sydney Morning Herald for 25 years, 1983-2010.
1992: Awarded the inaugural A. Bertram Chandler Award for achievement in the field of Australian science fiction
2018: Peter McNamara Award for lifetime achievement in the field of science fiction and fantasy
Chief book publications:
(Editor). Australian Science Fiction (1982)
(Editor - with Terry Dowling). Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF (1993)
(with Russell Blackford and Sean McMullen). Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction(1999)
(Editor – with Damien Broderick). Xeno Fiction (2013)
(Editor – with Damien Broderick). Other Spacetimes: Interviews with Speculative Fiction Writers (2015)
Inaugural A. Bertram Chandler Award for achievement in the field of Australian science fiction (1992)