GEORGE EDGAR SLUSSER

'George Edgar Slusser' (born July 14, 1939), is an American scholar, professor and writer. He is the co-founder and premier curator of The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature. 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, and more.

Contents

Education

Career

Bibliography

Books

Short non-fiction

Papers presented

Awards

Education

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Career

★ Professor of Comparative Literature and Curator, J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Literature, University of California, Riverside

★ Harvard Traveling Fellow and

★ 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.

★ ''The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin'', by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976, ISBN 0-87877-205-7.

★ ''The Bradbury Chronicles'', by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-207-2.

★ ''Harlan Ellison: Unrepentant Harlequin'', by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-209-9.

★ ''The Space Odysseys of Arthur C. Clarke'', by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-212-9.

★ ''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.

★ ''The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein'', by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977, ISBN 0-89370-216-1.

★ ''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 Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles E. Waugh & George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1981, ISBN 0-8093-1046-5.

★ ''Bridges to Fantasy'', ed. by George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert E. Scholes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8093-1043-0.

★ ''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.

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★ 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.

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★ Reviewed by Dan Chow in ''Locus'' 21:1 (#324); Jan. 1988.

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★ 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'', ed. by George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987, ISBN 0-8093-1376-6.

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★ 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.

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★ Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in ''Locus'' 29:5 (#382); Nov. 1992.

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★ 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.

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★ Reviewed by Gary K. Wolfe in ''Locus'' 30:5 (#388); May 1993.

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★ 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.

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★ 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.

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★ 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.

Short non-fiction

★ "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.

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★ "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).

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★ 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