George Edgar Slusser

This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (May 2011)

George Edgar Slusser (born July 14, 1939, Bastille Day), is an American scholar,^[1] 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.

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.^[2]
• 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.^[3][4][5]
• 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.^[6][7]
• 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.^[8]
• 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.^[9][10]
• 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.^[11][12]
• 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.^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• 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 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.
• "The Beginnings of Fiction," in Science-Fiction Studies 16:3 (#49), (November 1989).
• "Science Fiction in France: An Introduction," in Science-Fiction Studies 16:3 (#49), (November 1989).
• "Le Guin and the Future of Science-Fiction Criticism," in Science-Fiction Studies 18:1 (#53), (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.
• "The Frankenstein Barrier," in Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative, ed. by George E. Slusser & Tom Shippey. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1992.
• "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.
• "Reflections on Style in Science Fiction," in Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1992.
• "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.^[15]
• "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 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 29:2 (#87) (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.
• "Why They Kill Jules Verne: Science Fiction and Cartesian Culture," in Science-Fiction Studies 32:1 (March 2005): 43-61.

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

References