- Author: Eric S. Rabkin Author Record # 10861
- Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Birthdate: 8 March 1946
- Language: English
- Webpages: SFE, www-personal.umich.edu
- Used These Alternate Names: Eric Rabkin, E. S. Rabkin, Erik S. Rabkin
- Additional Bibliographic Comments: Author:Eric S. Rabkin
- Author Tags: mars (1), Essays on Algis Budrys (1)
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Anthologies Nonfiction Series
- Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature
- 2 Bridges to Fantasy (1982) with Robert Scholes and George E. Slusser
- 3 Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy (1983) with Robert Scholes and George E. Slusser
- 4 Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film (1985) with George E. Slusser [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- 5 Hard Science Fiction (1986) with George E. Slusser
- 6 Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (1987) with Colin Greenland and George E. Slusser
- 7 Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (1987) with George E. Slusser
- 8 Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction (1987) with George E. Slusser
- 9 Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds (1989) with George E. Slusser
- 10 Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds (1992) with George E. Slusser [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- 11 Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1993) with George E. Slusser [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- 12 Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (1996) with George E. Slusser and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- 13 Science Fiction and Market Realities (1996) with George E. Slusser and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- 14 Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction (1996) with George E. Slusser and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- 21 Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science (2011) with Howard V. Hendrix and George E. Slusser [only as by Howard V. Hendrix and Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- The Fantastic in Literature (1976)
- Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision (1977) with Robert Scholes
- Arthur C. Clarke (1979)
- No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction (1983) with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander
- The End of the World (1983) with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander
- Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination (2005)
- Genre Criticism: Science Fiction and the Fantastic (1976)
- Foreword (Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision) (1977) with Robert Scholes
- Annotated Bibliography (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
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Determinism, Free Will, and Point of View in LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1979)
also appeared as:
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Translation: Determinizam, slobodna volja i tačka gledišta u romanu "Leva ruka tame" Ursule Legvin?Determinizam, slobodna volja i tacka gledista u romanu "Leva ruka tame" Ursule Legvin[Serbian] (1984) [as by Erik S. Rabkin]
Determinizam, slobodna volja i tachka gledishta u romanu "Leva ruka tame" Ursule Legvin
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Translation:
- Index (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- Introduction (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- Modern Fantasy (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- Preface (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- The Diversity of Fantastic Literature (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- The Sources of the Fantastic (Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories) (1979)
- Fairy Tales and Science Fiction (1980)
- To Fairyland By Rocket: Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (1980)
- Science Fiction Women Before Liberation (1981)
- Introduction: Towards a Theory of Fantasy; Essays from the Eaton Conference (1982) with Robert Scholes and George E. Slusser
- Notes, Biographical Notes, Index (1982) with Robert Scholes and George E. Slusser
- The Rhetoric of Science in Fiction (1982)
- Two and a half Practically New Universes, John Varley, Prop. (1982)
- Atavism and Utopia (1983)
- Early Twentieth Century (1983)
- Introduction (Coordinates) (1983) with Robert Scholes and George E. Slusser
- Introduction (Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology) (1983)
- Nineteenth Century (1983)
- Preface (Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology) (1983)
- The Descent of Fantasy (1983)
- The Emergence of Modern Science (1983)
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The Golden Years (1983)
also appeared as:
- Variant: The Golden Years (1940-1965) (unknown)
- The Modern Period (1983)
- How Budrys 'Blew it' in His Blast at Academe (1983)
- Introduction: Why Destroys the World? (1983)
- Appeal of the Fantastic: Old World for New (1985) [only as by Eric Rabkin]
- Introduction: The Appeal of the Fantastic: Old Worlds for New (1985) [only as by E. S. Rabkin]
- Introduction (Hard Science Fiction) (1986) with George E. Slusser [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- The Unconscious City (1986)
- Cowboys and Telepaths (1986)
- Cowboys and Telepaths/Formulas and Phenomena (1987)
- Introduction: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (1987) with Colin Greenland and George E. Slusser
- Two Masks of the Comic (1987)
- Toward a Theory of Interaction (1987) with George E. Slusser
- Introduction: The Anthropology of the Alien (1987) with George E. Slusser
- The Concept of Mindscape (1989) with George E. Slusser
- Introduction (Fahrenheit 451) (1991)
- Undecidability and Oxymoronism (1991)
- Imagination and Survival: The Case of Fantastic Literature (1992)
- The Utopian Paradox: On the Necessity of an Impossible Dream (1992)
- Introduction: Wars Old and New: The Changing Nature of Fictional Combat (1993) with George E. Slusser [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser]
- Reimagining War (1993)
- Introduction (Flowers for Algernon) (1995)
- What Makes We a Science Fiction Classic? What Makes a Classic? (1995)
- Eat and Grow Strong: The Super-Natural Power of Forbidden Fruit (1996)
- The Composite Novel in Science Fiction (1996)
- Immortality: The Self-Defeating Fantasy (1996)
- Introduction (Science Fiction and Market Realities) (1996) with George E. Slusser and Gary Westfahl [only as by Eric S. Rabkin and George Slusser and Gary Westfahl]
- Letter (Foundation #69) (1997)
- Infant Joys: The Pleasure of Disempowerment in Fantasy and Science Fiction (1999)
- The Fantastic and the Pretty (2003)
- Defining Science Fiction (2009)
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Left Hand of Darkness (1984)
by
Ursula K. Le Guin
only appeared as:
- Translation: Leva ruka tame [Serbian] (1984) [as by Erik S. Rabkin]
- Stanislaw Lem (1986) by Richard E. Ziegfeld
- Dimensions of Science Fiction (1986) by William Sims Bainbridge
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (1987) by Erling B. Holtsmark
- Sir Arthur C. Clarke: A Telephone Conversation (2000) with Arthur C. Clarke (co-interviewers Paul A. Carter and Gary Kern and Daryl F. Mallett and Melissa Mannion and Frank McConnell and Joseph D. Miller and Gary Westfahl)