- Author: Charles L. Elkins Author Record # 132151
- Legal Name: Elkins, Charles Leroy
- Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Birthdate: 1 April 1940
- Deathdate: 9 December 2021
- Language: English
- Webpages: SFE
- Used These Alternate Names: Charles Elkins
- Note: Professor of English at Florida International University. His publications have appeared in many journals, including Extrapolation, Science-Fiction Studies, and Journal of Popular Culture, and he has contributed to many critical anthologies and reference books.
- Author Tags: Essays on George Orwell (1), Essays on Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1)
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- Science-Fiction Studies - 1985 (1985) with Robert M. Philmus [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert M. Philmus]
- Science-Fiction Studies - 1986 (1986) with Robert M. Philmus [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert M. Philmus]
- Science-Fiction Studies - 1987 (1987) with Robert M. Philmus [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert M. Philmus]
- Science-Fiction Studies - 1988 (1988) with Robert M. Philmus [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert M. Philmus]
- Science-Fiction Studies - 1989 (1989) with Robert M. Philmus [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert M. Philmus]
- The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon (1989) with Martin H. Greenberg and Patrick A. McCarthy [only as by Charles Elkins and Martin Harry Greenberg and Patrick A. McCarthy]
- Robert Silverberg's Many Trapdoors: Critical Essays on His Science Fiction (1992) with Martin H. Greenberg [only as by Charles L. Elkins and Martin Harry Greenberg]
- Asimov's Foundation Novels: Historical Materialism Distorted into Cyclical Psychohistory (1977) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- An Approach to the Social Functions of American SF (1978) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- Beyond Reality's Barriers: New Dimensions (1978) with Robert Silverberg [only as by Charles Elkins and Robert Silverberg]
- Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" Novels: Historical Materialism Distorted into Cyclical Psycho-History (1978) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- George Orwell (1982)
- Kurt Vonnegut (1982)
- E. M. Forster's 'The Machine Stops': Liberal-Humanist Hostility to Technology (1984) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- Approach to the Social Functions of Science Fiction and Fantasy (1985) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- Don't Play It Again, Sam: A Partial Response to Sam Moskowitz's "Five Steps to Science Fiction Sanity" (1987) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- Afterword to "The Machine Stops" (1988) [only as by Charles Elkins]
- Preface (Robert Silverberg's Many Trapdoors: Critical Essays on His Science Fiction) (1992) with Martin H. Greenberg [only as by Charles L. Elkins and Martin Harry Greenberg]
- Kurt Vonnegut (1999) with H. Bruce Franklin