George E(dgar) Slusser (born July 14 (Bastille Day), 1939), is an American scholar, professor and writer. Married to French/American scholar, professor and writer, Daniele Chatelain.

Education

• A.B., University of California, Berkeley
• Diplôme d'études français, Universite de Poitiers
• Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Harvard University French, German, English, American & Spanish literature

• Harvard Traveling Fellow
• Fulbright Lecturer (Germany, France)

Career

Incomplete.

19xx-Date Professor of Comparative Literature and Curator, J. Lloyd Eaton Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Literature, University of California, Riverside

Coordinator of 23 Eaton Conferences

Bibliography

Incomplete.

Books

• The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds, by Honore de Balzac, George E. Slusser, Robert Reginald & Douglas Menville. (city), (state): Ayer Co. Publishing, 1976.

• Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976.

• The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1976.

• Harlan Ellison: Unrepentant Harlequin, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977.

• The Bradbury Chronicles, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977.

• The Delany Intersection: Samuel R. Delany Considered as a Writer of Semi-Precious Words, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977.

• The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1977.

• The Space Odysseys of Arthur C. Clarke, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1978.

• Bridges to Science Fiction, ed. by George Edgar Slusser, George R. Guffey & Mark Rose. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980.

• 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.

• Bridges to Fantasy, ed. by George Edgar Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert E. Scholes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.

• Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.

• 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.

• Hard Science Fiction, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986.

 Reviewed by Dan Chow in Locus 19:5 (#304); May 1986. 

• Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction, ed. by Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.

• Notions of Another World: The Theory of Fantasy, ed. by George E. Slusser & Robert Reginald. (city), (state): Sagapress, 1987.

• Storm Warnings, ed. by George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.

 Reviewed by Paul Kincaid in Vector (Feb. 1988). 

• Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.

 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). 

• Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds, ed. by George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1989.

• Stalkers of the Infinite: The Science Fiction of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1991.

• Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative, ed. by George E. Slusser & Tom Shippey. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1992.

 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.

 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.

 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Yesterday or Tomorrow?: A Festschrift in Memory of Pilgrim Award Winner Dr. Thomas Dean, ed. by George E. Slusser & Robert Reginald. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1997.

• The Fantastic Other: An Interface of Perspectives, ed. by Jaume Martí-Olivella, Brett Cooke & George E. Slusser. Amsterdam & Atlanta: Rodopi, 1998.

• 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.

• Transformations of Utopia: Changing Views of the Perfect Society, ed. by George E. Slusser, Paul K. Alkon, Roger Gaillard & Daniele Chatelain. New York: AMS Press, 1999.

 Reviewed in Extrapolation Vol. 40 (1999). 

• Between Two Worlds: The Literary Dilemma of Ursula K. Le Guin, by George E. Slusser. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 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 & Daniele Chatelain. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2001.

• Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization and the Academy, ed. by George E. Slusser & Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002.

• 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.

• 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.

• Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy—A Collection of Essays, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003.

• The Centenarian: Or, the Two Beringhelds, by Honore de Balzac, translated by George E. Slusser & Daniele Chatelain. (city), (state): Wesleyan University Press, 2004.

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.

• "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).

• "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. (city), (state): (publisher), 1992.

 "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. (city), (state): (publisher), 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. (city), (state): (publisher), 1992.

• "Literary MTV," in Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction, ed. by Larry McCaffery. (city), (state): Duke University Press, 1992.

• "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 & Daniele 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 Daniele Chatelain & George Slusser, in Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction, ed. by Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000.

• "Conveying Unknown Worlds: Patterns of Communication in Science Fiction," by George E. Slusser & Daniele 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--A Collection of Essays, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003.

• "Now We Know Why They’re Afraid," in Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy--A Collection of Essays, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003.

• "Music, Irony, Aggression: Hoffmann’s Johannes Kriesler and the Creation of Horror," in Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy--A Collection of Essays, ed, by George E. Slusser & Jean-Pierre Barricelli. Grand Terrace, CA: Xenos Books, 2003.

Papers Presented

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

Awards

• 1986 – Pilgrim Award