- Author: George E. Slusser Author Record # 21087
- Legal Name: Slusser, George Edgar
- Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
- Birthdate: 14 July 1939
- Deathdate: 4 November 2014
- Language: English
- Webpages: SF Site, SFE, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names: George Slusser, George Edgar Slusser
- Note: Was married to Daničle Chatelain
- Author Tags: Essays on Robert Heinlein (7), Robert A. Heinlein (2), aliens (1), Ursula K. Le Guin (1), Arthur C. Clarke (1), Ray Bradbury (1), Essays on Harlan Ellison (1), Harlan Ellison (1), Samuel R. Delany (1), Essays on Pat Murphy (1), Pat Murphy (1), Essays on Jack Williamson (1), mars (1), Gegory Benford (1), criticism (1), Utopia (1)
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Nonfiction
- Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Harlan Ellison: Unrepentant Harlequin (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Bradbury Chronicles (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Delany Intersection: Samuel R. Delany Considered As a Writer of Semi-Precious Words (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Space Odysseys of Arthur C. Clarke (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Bridges to Science Fiction (1980) with George R. Guffey and Mark Rose
- Bridges to Fantasy (1982) with Eric S. Rabkin and Robert Scholes
- Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy (1983) with Eric S. Rabkin and Robert Scholes
- Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film (1985) with Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Hard Science Fiction (1986) with Eric S. Rabkin
- Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (1987) with Eric S. Rabkin
- Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (1987) with Colin Greenland and Eric S. Rabkin
- Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction (1987) with Eric S. Rabkin
- Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds (1989) with Eric S. Rabkin
- Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (1992) with Tom Shippey [only as by Tom Shippey and George Slusser]
- Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds (1992) with Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1993) with Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction (1996) with Eric S. Rabkin and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Science Fiction and Market Realities (1996) with Eric S. Rabkin and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1996) with Eric S. Rabkin and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Nursery Realms: Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (1999) with Gary Westfahl [only as by George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
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Transformations of Utopia: Changing Views of the Perfect Society (1999)
with
Paul K. Alkon
and
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand Roger Gaillard [only as by Paul Alkon andDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand Roger Gaillard and George Slusser]
- No Cure for the Future: Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2002) with Gary Westfahl [only as by George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art (2002) with Kathleen Church Plummer and Gary Westfahl [only as by Kathleen Church Plummer and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy (2002) with Gary Westfahl
- Worlds Enough and Time (2002) with David Leiby and Gary Westfahl [only as by David Leiby and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Genre at the Crossroads: The Challenge of Fantasy (2003) with Jean-Pierre Barricelli [only as by Jean-Pierre Barricelli and George Slusser]
- Science Fiction and the Two Cultures: Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities (2009) with Gary Westfahl [only as by George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science (2011) with Howard V. Hendrix and Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Howard V. Hendrix and Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Gregory Benford (2014) [only as by George Slusser]
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H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine (2016)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand Patrick Parrinder [only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand Patrick Parrinder and George Slusser]
- Science Fiction: Toward a World Literature (2022) [only as by George Slusser]
- Afterword (Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography & Bibliography (Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Heinlein in His Own Land: Have Space Suit - Will Travel (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (Robert A. Heinlein: Stranger in His Own Land) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Deification of Lazarus Long: Time Enough for Love and Methuselah's Children (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Two Smiths: Stranger in a Strange Land and I Will Fear No Evil (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Twins and Doubles: Time for the Stars and Double Star (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography & Bibliography (The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Conclusion (The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (The Farthest Shores of Ursula K. Le Guin) (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Dispossessed (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Early Hainish Novels (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Earthsea Trilogy (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Left Hand of Darkness (1976) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography & Bibliography (Harlan Ellison, Unrepentant Harlequin) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography & Bibliography (The Bradbury Chronicles) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Conclusion (Harlan Ellison, Unrepentant Harlequin) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Conclusion (The Bradbury Chronicles) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Dandelion Wine & The Martian Chronicles (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Fahrenheit 451 (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Fantasy (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (Harlan Ellison, Unrepentant Harlequin) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Journalism (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
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Myth (1977)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Myth (1977) [as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Variant: Myth (2011) [as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Machineries of Joy (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The October Country (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Vintage Bradbury (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Untitled Introduction (The Bradbury Chronicles) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- A Heinlein Masterpiece (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Afterthoughts (The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography and Bibliography (The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (She and Allan) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction to the Newcastle Edition (Ayesha: The Return of She) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Novellas (The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Stories (The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Classic Years (The Classic Years of Robert A. Heinlein) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Two Novels of Intrigue (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography and Bibliography (The Delany Intersection) (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- From Babel-17 to Nova (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- From The Tides of Lust to Triton: Old Patterns, New Directions (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Delany Intersections (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Fall of the Towers (1977) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (The Xipehuz and The Death of the Earth) (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Biography (The Space Odysseys of Arthur C. Clarke) (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Six Odysseys (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Odyssey Pattern: Progress and Clarke's Elegaic Humanism (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction: Rider Haggard's Myth of Africa (1978) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
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Afterword (A Usual Lunacy) (1978)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Afterword (A Usual Lunacy) (1978) [as by George Edgar Slusser]
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Translation: Nachwort (Die übliche Verrücktheit)?Nachwort (Die uebliche Verruecktheit)[German] (1982) [as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction (Nada the Lily) (1979) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Preface (Bridges to Science Fiction) (1980) with George R. Guffey and Mark Rose
- Introduction (The Best Science Fiction of Arthur Conan Doyle) (1981)
- Harlan Ellison (1982) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Introduction: Towards a Theory of Fantasy; Essays from the Eaton Conference (1982) with Eric S. Rabkin and Robert Scholes
- Notes, Biographical Notes, Index (1982) with Eric S. Rabkin and Robert Scholes
- Death and the Mirror: Existential Fantasy (1983)
- Introduction (Coordinates) (1983) with Eric S. Rabkin and Robert Scholes
- The J. Lloyd Eaton Collection (1983) [only as by George Slusser]
- Upcoming Conferences (Science-Fiction Studies, November 1985) (1985) with Guiseppa Battisti [only as by Guiseppa Battisti and George Slusser]
- Introduction (Hard Science Fiction) (1986) with Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- The Ideal Worlds of Science Fiction (1986)
- Ellison Wins Milford Award (1986) [only as by George Slusser]
- 1986 Pilgrim Award Acceptance Speech (1986) [only as by George Slusser]
- Metamorphoses of the Dragon (1987)
- Introduction: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (1987) with Colin Greenland and Eric S. Rabkin
- Storm Warnings and Dead Zones: Imagination and the Future (1987)
- Introduction: Toward a Theory of Interaction (1987) with Eric S. Rabkin
- The And in Fantasy and Science Fiction (1987)
- Introduction: The Anthropology of the Alien (1987) with Eric S. Rabkin
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Literary MTV (1988)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Literary MTV (1988) [as by George Slusser]
- Translation: Literary MTV [German] (1988) [as by George Slusser]
- Who's Afraid of Science Fiction? (1988) [only as by George Slusser]
- Bookscapes: Science Fiction in the Library of Babel (1989)
- Letter: Ings and the Defence (1989) [only as by George Slusser]
- Letter: Robu and the Sublime (1989) [only as by George Slusser]
- Letter: Ursula Le Guin and SF (1989) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Concept of Mindscape (1989) with Eric S. Rabkin
- Structures of Apprehension: Lem, Heinlein, and the Strugatskys (1989)
- Letter: Benford, Feeley and Book-Reviewing (1990) [only as by George Slusser]
- Fiction as Information (1992) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Frankenstein Barrier (1992) [only as by George Slusser]
- Reflections on Style in Science Fiction (1992) [only as by George Slusser]
- Introduction (Ender's Game) (1993) [only as by George Slusser]
- Introduction: Wars Old and New: The Changing Nature of Fictional Combat (1993) with Eric S. Rabkin [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Third World Fantasies (1993) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Politically Correct Book of Science Fiction: Le Guin's Norton Anthology (1994) [only as by George Slusser]
- Of Food, Gods, and Men: The Theory and Practice of Science Fictional Eating (1996) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Solitary Eater in Science Fiction and Horror (1996) [only as by George Slusser]
- Introduction (Science Fiction and Market Realities) (1996) with Eric S. Rabkin and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- The Homeostatic Culture Machine (1996) [only as by George Slusser]
- Jack Williamson (1999) with Robert E. Myers [only as by Robert E. Myers and George Slusser]
- Pat Murphy (1999) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Forever Child: Ender's Game and the Mythic Universe of Science Fiction (1999) [only as by George Slusser]
- Introduction: Proteus and the Phoenix: Transformations of Utopian Experience (1999) [only as by George Slusser]
- Souls on Ice: Cryonics and the Bodily Utopia (1999) [only as by George Slusser]
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Flying to the Moon in French and American Science Fiction (2000)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
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Convention and Displacement: Narrator, Narratee, and Virtual Reader in Science Fiction (2000)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
- Introduction: The Iconology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art (2002) [only as by George Slusser]
- Multiculturalism and the Cultural Dynamics of Classic American Science Fiction (2002) [only as by George Slusser]
- Arrows and Riddles of Time: Scientific Models of Time Travel (2002) with Robert Heath [only as by Robert Heath and George Slusser]
- The Immunology of Science Fiction: Maupassant's "Horla," the Medical Frame, and the Evolution of Genres (2002) [only as by George Slusser]
- Introduction: Fantasy is Richer (2003) [only as by George Slusser]
- Music, Irony, Aggression: Hoffman's Johannes Kriesler and the Creation of Horror (2003) [only as by George Slusser]
- Now We Know Why They're Afraid: Forum Response (2003) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Ghost in the Canon: "High Culture" Repressions of Science Fiction (2003) [only as by George Slusser]
- The Origins of Science Fiction (2005) [only as by George Slusser]
- Foreword (The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction: Stepchildren of Voltaire) (2010) [only as by George Slusser]
- Harlan Ellison: Deathbird Stories (2011) [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
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Annotated Bibliography (Three Science Fiction Novellas: From Prehistory to the End of Mankind) (2012)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
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Introduction: Rosny's Evolutionary Ecology (2012)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
-
Notes (Three Science Fiction Novellas: From Prehistory to the End of Mankind) (2012)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
-
Translators' Note (Three Science Fiction Novellas: From Prehistory to the End of Mankind) (2012)
with
Daničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelain[only as byDaničle Chatelain?Daniele Chatelainand George Slusser]
- La Chaine Brisee (1979) by Marion Zimmer Bradley [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- The Book of Ellison (1979) by Harlan Ellison [only as by George Edgar Slusser]
- Interview with Gregory Benford (2014) with Gregory Benford [only as by George Slusser]