George Edgar Slusser

George Edgar Slusser

George Edgar Slusser (born July 14, 1939, Bastille Day), 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 Department at the University of California, Riverside.

He is married to French/American scholar, professor and writer, Danièle Chatelain.

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.

Education

*A.B., University of California, Berkeley.
*Diplome d'Etudes Francais, Universite de Poitiers
*Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard University, 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, Riverside
*Harvard Traveling Fellow
*Fulbright Lecturer (Germany, France)
*Coordinator of 23 Eaton Conferences

Bibliography

Books

*"The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds", by Honoré de Balzac, George E. Slusser, Robert Reginald & Douglas Menville. New York, NY: Ayer Co. Publishing, 1976, ISBN 0-405-08110-3.
*"Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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 Guin", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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 Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-207-2. Volume 4 in The Milford Serries, "Popular Writers of Today"
*"Harlan Ellison: Unrepentant Harlequin", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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. Clarke", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-212-9. Volume 8 in The Milford Series, "Popular Writers of Today"
*"The Delany Intersection: Samuel R. Delany Considered as a Writer of Semi-Precious Words", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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. Heinlein", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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 Rose. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980, ISBN 0-8093-0961-0.
*"The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle", ed. by Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-8093-1046-5.
*"Bridges to Fantasy", ed. by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University 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 Scholes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University 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. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985, ISBN 0-8093-1150-X.
*"Hard Science Fiction", ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986, ISBN 0-8093-1234-4.
**Reviewed by Dan Chow in "Locus" 19:5 (#304); May 1986.
*"Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction", ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1374-X.
**Reviewed by Dan Chow in "Locus" 21:1 (#324); Jan. 1988.
**Reviewed by Carl D. Malmgren in "Science-Fiction Studies" #49, Vol. 16, Part 3 (November 1989).
*"Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction", ed. by Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University 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 Greenland & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1376-6.
**Reviewed by Paul Kincaid in "Vector" (Feb. 1988).
*"Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds", ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-8093-1454-1.
*"Stalkers of the Infinite: The Science Fiction of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8095-4500-4.
*"Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative", ed. by George E. Slusser & Tom Shippey. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8203-1425-0.
**Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in "Locus" 29:5 (#382); Nov. 1992.
**Reviewed by Rob Latham in "Science-Fiction Studies" #60, Vol. 20, Part 2 (July 1993).
*"Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds", ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1992, ISBN 0-8203-1455-2.
**Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in "Locus" 30:5 (#388); May 1993.
**Reviewed in "Extrapolation" Vol. 36 (1995).
*"Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy", ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1993, ISBN 0-8203-1454-4.
**Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in "Locus" 31:2 (#391); Aug. 1993.
*"Science Fiction and Market Realities", ed. by George E. Slusser, Gary Westfahl & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8203-1726-8.
*"Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy", ed. by George E. Slusser, Gary Westfahl & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, GA: University of Georgia 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 Westfahl & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996, ISBN 0-8203-1747-0.
*"Yesterday or Tomorrow?: Questions of Vision in the Fiction of Robert A. Heinlein: A Festschrift in Memory of Pilgrim Award Winner, Dr. Thomas Dean Clareson (1926-1993)", ed. by George E. Slusser & Robert Reginald. San Bernardino, 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. Amsterdam & Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1998, ISBN 90-420-0401-0.
*"Between Two Worlds: The Literary Dilemma of Ursula K. Le Guin", by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, 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 Westfahl. Athens, GA: University of Georgia 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 Chatelain. New York, NY: AMS Press, 1999, ISBN 0-404-64255-1.
**Reviewed in "Extrapolation" Vol. 40 (1999).
*"H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference "The Time Machine": Past, Present and Future, Imperial College, London, July 26–29, 1995", ed. by George E. Slusser, Patrick Parrinder & Danièle Chatelain. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8203-2290-3.
*"Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization and the Academy", ed. by George E. Slusser & Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002, ISBN 0-313-32064-0.
*"Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fction and Fantasy Art", ed. by Gary Westfahl, George Slusser & Kathleen Church Plummer. Westport, 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 Westfahl, George E. Slusser & David Leiby. Westport, 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 Westfahl & George E. Slusser. Westport, 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 Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5.
*"The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds", by Honoré de Balzac, translated by George E. Slusser & Danièle Chatelain. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8195-6797-3.

hort Nonfiction

*"Metamorphoses of the Dragon," in "Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction", ed. by Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University 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 Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction", ed. by Larry McCaffery. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1991, ISBN 0-8223-1158-5.
*"Scholars and Pedants," in "On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies", ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre Haute, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7.
**"In Response to George E. Slusser," by Merritt Abrash in "On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies", ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre Haute, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7.
*"History, Historicity, Story," in "On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies", ed. by R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csiscery-Ronay Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Veronica Hollinger. Terre Haute, IN: SF-TH, 1992, ISBN 0-9633169-0-7.
*"Introduction," in "Ender's Game", by Orson Scott Card. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1993.
*"Heinlein's Fallen Futures," in "Extrapolation" 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 Chatelain, in "The Buffalo Americanist Digest" 3:1 (Fall 1995).
*"The Perils of an Experiment: Jules Verne and the American Lone Genius," in "Extrapolation" Vol. 40 (1999).
*"Flying to the Moon in French and American Science Fiction," by Danièle Chatelain & George Slusser, in "Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction", ed. by Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 0-313-30846-2.
*"Conveying Unknown Worlds: Patterns of Communication in Science Fiction," by George E. Slusser & Danièle Chatelain, 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 Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 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 Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 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 Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003, ISBN 1-879378-48-5.

Papers presented

*"Worlds Apart: The Role of Wells in French and Soviet Science Fiction," with Danièle Chatelain, presented at "The Reception of H. G. Wells in Europe, University of Leipzig, 12–14 July 2002."

Awards

*Pilgrim Award, 1986


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