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 & 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• "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