George Edgar Slusser
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George Edgar Slusser is an American scholar, professor and writer.
Along with publisher/editor Robert Reginald, he is one of the co-founders and Curator Emeritus of The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, located in the Special Collections & Archives Department at the University of California, Riverside
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He is married to French/American scholar, professor and writer, Danièle Chatelain
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A host of science fiction writers and scholars have studied under Slusser, including Howard V. Hendrix
, David Leiby, Bradford M. Lyau, Daryl F. Mallett
and more.
Along with publisher/editor Robert Reginald, he is one of the co-founders and Curator Emeritus of The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature, located in the Special Collections & Archives Department at the University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
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He is married to French/American scholar, professor and writer, Danièle Chatelain
Danièle Chatelain
Danièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
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A host of science fiction writers and scholars have studied under Slusser, including Howard V. Hendrix
Howard V. Hendrix
Howard Vincent Hendrix is an American scholar and science fiction writer. He was born in Cincinnati. He is a cousin of blues musician Mike Tetrault. He is author of the novels Lightpaths and Standing Wave, Better Angels, Empty Cities of the Full Moon, The Labyrinth Key, and Spears of God...
, David Leiby, Bradford M. Lyau, Daryl F. Mallett
Daryl F. Mallett
Daryl Furumi Mallett, , is a freelance writer, editor and publisher; as well as an actor, director, producer and screenwriter.-Writing:...
and more.
Education
- A.B., University of California, Berkeley.
- Diplome d'Etudes Francais, Universite de Poitiers
- Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, French, German, English, American & Spanish literature.
Career
- Professor of Comparative Literature and Curator, J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Literature, University of California, RiversideUniversity of California, RiversideThe University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
- Harvard Traveling Fellow
- Fulbright Lecturer (Germany, France)
- Coordinator of 23 Eaton Conferences
Books
- The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds, by Honoré de BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
, George E. Slusser, Robert Reginald & Douglas Menville. New York, NY: Ayer Co. Publishing, 1976, ISBN 0-405-08110-3. - Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. HeinleinRobert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...
: Stranger in His Own Land, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1976, ISBN 0-87877-201-4. Volume 1 in The Milford Series, Popular Writers of Today - The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1976, ISBN 0-87877-205-7. Volume 3 in The Milford Series, Popular Writers of Today - The Bradbury Chronicles, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-207-2. Volume 4 in The Milford Serries, "Popular Writers of Today" - Harlan EllisonHarlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
: Unrepentant Harlequin, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-209-9. Volume 6 in The Milford Series, "Popular Writers of Today" - The Space Odysseys of Arthur C. ClarkeArthur C. ClarkeSir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE, FRAS was a British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist, famous for his short stories and novels, among them 2001: A Space Odyssey, and as a host and commentator in the British television series Mysterious World. For many years, Robert A. Heinlein,...
, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-212-9. Volume 8 in The Milford Series, "Popular Writers of Today" - The Delany Intersection: Samuel R. DelanySamuel R. DelanySamuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...
Considered as a Writer of Semi-Precious Words, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-214-5. Volume 10 in The Milford Series, "Popular Writers of Today" - The Classic Years of Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. HeinleinRobert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...
, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-216-1. Volume 11 of The Milford Series, "Popular Writers of Today" - Bridges to Science Fiction, ed. by George Edgar Slusser, George R. Guffey & Mark RoseMark RoseMark Rose may refer to:* Mark Rose , Canadian politician* Mark Rose, a musician associated with the band Spitalfield...
. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1980, ISBN 0-8093-0961-0. - The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan DoyleArthur Conan DoyleSir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle DL was a Scottish physician and writer, most noted for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, generally considered a milestone in the field of crime fiction, and for the adventures of Professor Challenger...
, ed. by Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. GreenbergMartin H. GreenbergMartin Harry Greenberg was an American speculative fiction anthologist and writer.-Biography:Dr. Martin H. Greenberg was born March 1, 1941, to Max and Mae Greenberg in South Miami Beach, Florida...
& George E. Slusser. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1981, ISBN 0-8093-1046-5. - Bridges to Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert ScholesRobert ScholesRobert E. Scholes is an American literary critic and theorist. He is known for his ideas on fabulation and metafiction.He graduated from Yale University. Since 1970 he has been a Professor at Brown University....
. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8093-1043-0.- Reviewed by Judith Hanna in Vector (Aug. 1983).
- Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert ScholesRobert ScholesRobert E. Scholes is an American literary critic and theorist. He is known for his ideas on fabulation and metafiction.He graduated from Yale University. Since 1970 he has been a Professor at Brown University....
. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1983, ISBN 0-8093-1105-4. - Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1985, ISBN 0-8093-1150-X. - Hard Science Fiction, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1986, ISBN 0-8093-1234-4.- Reviewed by Dan Chow in LocusLocus (magazine)Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
19:5 (#304); May 1986.
- Reviewed by Dan Chow in Locus
- Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1374-X.- Reviewed by Dan Chow in LocusLocus (magazine)Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
21:1 (#324); Jan. 1988. - Reviewed by Carl D. Malmgren in Science-Fiction Studies #49, Vol. 16, Part 3 (November 1989).
- Reviewed by Dan Chow in Locus
- Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction, ed. by Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1375-8. - Notions of Another World: The Theory of Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser & Robert Reginald. Rye, NY: SagaPress, 1987, ISBN 0-89831-021-0.
- Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future, ed. by George E. Slusser, Colin GreenlandColin GreenlandColin Greenland is a British science fiction writer, whose first story won the second prize in a 1982 Faber & Faber competition. His best known novel is Take Back Plenty , winner of both major British science fiction awards, the 1990 British SF Association award and the 1991 Arthur C...
& Eric S. Rabkin. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1376-6.- Reviewed by Paul KincaidPaul KincaidPaul Kincaid is a British science fiction critic. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications including New Scientist, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, Foundation, Science Fiction Studies, Interzone and Strange Horizons. He is a former...
in Vector (Feb. 1988).
- Reviewed by Paul Kincaid
- Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8093-1454-1. - Stalkers of the Infinite: The Science Fiction of Arkady and Boris StrugatskyArkady and Boris StrugatskyThe brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are Soviet Jewish-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction.-Life and work:...
, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8095-4500-4. - Fiction 2000: CyberpunkCyberpunkCyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...
and the Future of Narrative, ed. by George E. Slusser & Tom ShippeyTom ShippeyThomas Alan Shippey is a scholar of medieval literature, including that of Anglo-Saxon England, and of modern fantasy and science fiction, in particular the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, about whom he has written several scholarly studies. He is widely considered one of the leading academic scholars...
. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8203-1425-0.- Reviewed by Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
in LocusLocus (magazine)Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
29:5 (#382); Nov. 1992. - Reviewed by Rob Latham in Science-Fiction Studies #60, Vol. 20, Part 2 (July 1993).
- Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe
- Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8203-1455-2.- Reviewed by Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
in LocusLocus (magazine)Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
30:5 (#388); May 1993. - Reviewed in ExtrapolationExtrapolationIn mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points. It is similar to the process of interpolation, which constructs new points between known points, but the results of extrapolations are often less meaningful, and are subject to greater uncertainty. It may also mean...
Vol. 36 (1995).
- Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe
- Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8203-1454-4.- Reviewed by Gary K. WolfeGary K. WolfeGary K. Wolfe is a science fiction editor, critic and biographer. He is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Pilgrim Award, the Eaton Award, BSFA award and been nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Related Book. He has had a monthly review column in Locus since 1991...
in LocusLocus (magazine)Locus, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field", is published monthly in Oakland, California. It reports on the science fiction and fantasy publishing field, including comprehensive listings of all new books published in the genre. It is considered the news organ and trade...
31:2 (#391); Aug. 1993.
- Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe
- Science Fiction and Market Realities, ed. by George E. Slusser, Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
& Eric S. Rabkin. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8203-1726-8. - Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser, Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
& Eric S. Rabkin. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8203-1732-2. - Food of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by George E. Slusser, Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
& Eric S. Rabkin. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8203-1747-0. - Yesterday or Tomorrow?: Questions of Vision in the Fiction of Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. HeinleinRobert Anson Heinlein was an American science fiction writer. Often called the "dean of science fiction writers", he was one of the most influential and controversial authors of the genre. He set a standard for science and engineering plausibility and helped to raise the genre's standards of...
: A Festschrift in Memory of Pilgrim AwardPilgrim AwardThe Pilgrim Award is presented by the Science Fiction Research Association for Lifetime Achievement in the field of science fiction scholarship. It was created in 1970 and was named after J. O. Bailey’s pioneering book Pilgrims Through Space and Time. Fittingly, the first award was presented to...
Winner, Dr. Thomas Dean Clareson (1926–1993), ed. by George E. Slusser & Robert Reginald. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1997, ISBN 0-916732-75-4. - The Fantastic Other: An Interface of Perspectives, ed. by Jaume Martí-Olivella, Brett Cooke & George E. Slusser. AmsterdamAmsterdamAmsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
& Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1998, ISBN 90-420-0401-0. - Between Two Worlds: The Literary Dilemma of Ursula K. Le GuinUrsula K. Le GuinUrsula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author. She has written novels, poetry, children's books, essays, and short stories, notably in fantasy and science fiction...
, by George E. Slusser. San BernardinoSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, CA: Borgo Press, 1999, ISBN 0-89370-222-6. - Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, ed. by George E. Slusser & Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8203-2095-1. - Transformations of Utopia: Changing Views of the Perfect Society, ed. by George E. Slusser, Paul K. Alkon, Roger Gaillard & Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
. New York, NY: AMS Press, 1999, ISBN 0-404-64255-1.- Reviewed in ExtrapolationExtrapolationIn mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points. It is similar to the process of interpolation, which constructs new points between known points, but the results of extrapolations are often less meaningful, and are subject to greater uncertainty. It may also mean...
Vol. 40 (1999).
- Reviewed in Extrapolation
- H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
's Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference The Time MachineThe Time MachineThe Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 for the first time and later adapted into at least two feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations. It indirectly inspired many more works of fiction...
: Past, Present and Future, Imperial College, London, July 26–29, 1995, ed. by George E. Slusser, Patrick ParrinderPatrick ParrinderPatrick Parrinder is an academic, currently Professor of English at the School of English and American Literature at the University of Reading, having been educated at Leighton Park School before going on to King's College, Cambridge. He has written books of literary criticism on James Joyce and...
& Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
. AthensAthens, GeorgiaAthens-Clarke County is a consolidated city–county in U.S. state of Georgia, in the northeastern part of the state, comprising the former City of Athens proper and Clarke County. The University of Georgia is located in this college town and is responsible for the initial growth of the city...
, GA: University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8203-2290-3. - Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization and the Academy, ed. by George E. Slusser & Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
. WestportWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-32064-0. - Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fction and Fantasy Art, ed. by Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
, George Slusser & Kathleen Church Plummer. WestportWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-31705-4. - Worlds Enough and Time: Explorations of Time in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
, George E. Slusser & David Leiby. WestportWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-31706-2. - No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by Gary WestfahlGary WestfahlGary Westfahl is a scholarly author and reviewer of science fiction. He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online. He is a professor at the University of California in Riverside....
& George E. Slusser. WestportWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-31707-0. - Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand TerraceGrand Terrace, CaliforniaGrand Terrace is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 12,040 at the 2010 census, up from 11,626 at the 2000 census. Grand Terrace is located between the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino along the I-215 corridor...
, CA: Xenos BooksXenos BooksXenos Books is a publishing company in Riverside, California that was founded in 1985 by Karl Kvitko and Verona Weiss. The company is known for publishing bilingual books, and modern American and foreign writers in translation.- Poetry :...
, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5. - The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds, by Honoré de BalzacHonoré de BalzacHonoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
, translated by George E. Slusser & Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
. MiddletownMiddletown, ConnecticutMiddletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16 miles south of Hartford. In 1650, it was incorporated as a town under its original Indian name, Mattabeseck. It received its present name in 1653. In 1784, the central...
, CT: Wesleyan UniversityWesleyan UniversityWesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8195-6797-3.
Short Nonfiction
- "Metamorphoses of the Dragon," in Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction, ed. by Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser. CarbondaleCarbondale, IllinoisCarbondale is a city in Jackson County, in the state of Illinois, within the Southern Illinois region. It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 13 and U.S. Route 51, southeast of St. Louis, Missouri, on the northern edge of the Shawnee National Forest...
, IL: Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses...
Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1375-8. - "Science Fiction in France: An Introduction," in Science-Fiction Studies #49, Vol. 16, Part 3 (November 1989).
- "The Beginnings of Fiction," in Science-Fiction Studies #49, Vol. 16, Part 3 (November 1989).
- "Le Guin and the Future of Science-Fiction Criticism," in Science-Fiction Studies #53, Vol. 18, Part 1 (March 1991).
- "Literary MTV," in Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of CyberpunkCyberpunkCyberpunk is a postmodern and science fiction genre noted for its focus on "high tech and low life." The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by Bruce Bethke as the title of his short story "Cyberpunk," published in 1983...
and Postmodern Science Fiction, ed. by Larry McCaffery. DurhamDurham, North CarolinaDurham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census...
, NC: Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8223-1158-5. - "Scholars and Pedants," in On Philip K. DickPhilip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies, ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre HauteTerre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7.- "In Response to George E. Slusser," by Merritt Abrash in On Philip K. DickPhilip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies, ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre HauteTerre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7.
- "In Response to George E. Slusser," by Merritt Abrash in On Philip K. Dick
- "History, Historicity, Story," in On Philip K. DickPhilip K. DickPhilip Kindred Dick was an American novelist, short story writer and essayist whose published work is almost entirely in the science fiction genre. Dick explored sociological, political and metaphysical themes in novels dominated by monopolistic corporations, authoritarian governments and altered...
: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies, ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre HauteTerre Haute, IndianaTerre Haute is a city and the county seat of Vigo County, Indiana, United States, near the state's western border with Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 60,785 and its metropolitan area had a population of 170,943. The city is the county seat of Vigo County and...
, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7. - "Introduction," in Ender's Game, by Orson Scott CardOrson Scott CardOrson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
. NorwalkNorwalk, ConnecticutNorwalk is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the population of the city is 85,603, making Norwalk sixth in population in Connecticut, and third in Fairfield County...
, CT: Easton PressEaston PressEaston Press, a division of MBI Inc., based in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a publisher specializing in high-quality leather-bound books. In addition to canonical classics, poetry and art books, they publish a large library of science fiction and popular literature as well.Some of Easton Press's...
, 1993. - "Heinlein's Fallen Futures," in ExtrapolationExtrapolationIn mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points. It is similar to the process of interpolation, which constructs new points between known points, but the results of extrapolations are often less meaningful, and are subject to greater uncertainty. It may also mean...
Vol. 36 (1995).- Reprinted in The Buffalo Americanist Digest 3:1 (Fall 1995).
- "Spacetime Geometries: Time Travel and the Modern Geometrical Narrative," by George E. Slusser & Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
, in The Buffalo Americanist Digest 3:1 (Fall 1995). - "The Perils of an Experiment: Jules VerneJules VerneJules Gabriel Verne was a French author who pioneered the science fiction genre. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea , A Journey to the Center of the Earth , and Around the World in Eighty Days...
and the American Lone Genius," in ExtrapolationExtrapolationIn mathematics, extrapolation is the process of constructing new data points. It is similar to the process of interpolation, which constructs new points between known points, but the results of extrapolations are often less meaningful, and are subject to greater uncertainty. It may also mean...
Vol. 40 (1999). - "Flying to the Moon in French and American Science Fiction," by Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
& George Slusser, in Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction, ed. by Gary Westfahl. WestportWestport, Connecticut-Neighborhoods:* Saugatuck – around the Westport railroad station near the southwestern corner of the town – a built-up area with some restaurants, stores and offices....
, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 0-313-30846-2. - "Conveying Unknown Worlds: Patterns of Communication in Science Fiction," by George E. Slusser & Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
, in Science-Fiction Studies #87, Vol. 29, Part 2 (July 2002). - "The Ghost in the Canon: 'High Culture' Repressions of Science Fiction," in Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand TerraceGrand Terrace, CaliforniaGrand Terrace is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 12,040 at the 2010 census, up from 11,626 at the 2000 census. Grand Terrace is located between the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino along the I-215 corridor...
, CA: Xenos BooksXenos BooksXenos Books is a publishing company in Riverside, California that was founded in 1985 by Karl Kvitko and Verona Weiss. The company is known for publishing bilingual books, and modern American and foreign writers in translation.- Poetry :...
, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5. - "Now We Know Why They're Afraid," in Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand TerraceGrand Terrace, CaliforniaGrand Terrace is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 12,040 at the 2010 census, up from 11,626 at the 2000 census. Grand Terrace is located between the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino along the I-215 corridor...
, CA: Xenos BooksXenos BooksXenos Books is a publishing company in Riverside, California that was founded in 1985 by Karl Kvitko and Verona Weiss. The company is known for publishing bilingual books, and modern American and foreign writers in translation.- Poetry :...
, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5. - "Music, Irony, Aggression: Hoffmann's Johannes Kriesler and the Creation of Horror," in Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand TerraceGrand Terrace, CaliforniaGrand Terrace is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The population was 12,040 at the 2010 census, up from 11,626 at the 2000 census. Grand Terrace is located between the cities of Riverside and San Bernardino along the I-215 corridor...
, CA: Xenos BooksXenos BooksXenos Books is a publishing company in Riverside, California that was founded in 1985 by Karl Kvitko and Verona Weiss. The company is known for publishing bilingual books, and modern American and foreign writers in translation.- Poetry :...
, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5.
Papers presented
- "Worlds Apart: The Role of Wells in French and Soviet Science Fiction," with Danièle ChatelainDanièle ChatelainDanièle Chatelain is a professor of French and a writer. She holds master's degrees from theUniversity of Strasbourg and the University of California, Riverside, where she also got a Ph.D. in 1982...
, presented at "The Reception of H. G. WellsH. G. WellsHerbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
in Europe, University of LeipzigUniversity of LeipzigThe University of Leipzig , located in Leipzig in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in the world and the second-oldest university in Germany...
, 12–14 July 2002."