The Eaton Collection

George Slusser, Ph.D.

Biography

George Slusser holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University. He assumed the Curatorship of the Eaton Collection in 1980, and proceeded to acquire a number of significant collections, through purchase and gift. His focus has been threefold: (1) to make the Eaton Collection an international collection, reflecting the fact that SF is a world literature; (2) to base the collection in fan activities as well as the purely literary production of SF, through acquisition of fanzines, fan-writer correspondence, and other ephemera related to the fan culture; (3) to extend the genre's roots back to narrative forms that gave rise to 20th century SF-utopias, imaginary voyages, Gothic fiction. Under his guidance, the collection has grown from 7,500 books to 100,000, and acquired large holdings in pulp magazines, fanzines, and comic books.

In 1979, Slusser inaugurated the annual Eaton Conference. To date, 26 conferences have been held, both at UCR, and at host institutions abroad (e.g. the University of London, the Sorbonne, and the University of Hong Kong). In 1990, Slusser was appointed Professor of Comparative Literature. He has authored and/or edited 28 books, and 126 articles to date, mostly on science fiction and problems of science and literature. Slusser has several recently published works including Genre at the Crossroads: the Challenge of Fantasy (Xenos Books, 2004), which he co-edited with the late Jean-Pierre Barricelli. In addition his translations/critical editions of Balzac's The Centenarian, and of three novellas by J.H. Rosny the Elder have been published by Wesleyan UP. Both of these works have been in collaboration with his wife, French/American scholar, professor and writer, Danièle Chatelain.*

For more information on Dr. Slusser please see the Fiat Lux article: "Reading Ahead" by Kris Lovekin (April 2000)

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)

Awards

1986 Pilgrim Award

Career

1980-2005, 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

Publications

*This biography was compiled in part from information on Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia and SearchSpaniel. We would like to thank all the members of the Wikipedia and SearchSpaniel community who write and edit these free encyclopedias.


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			George Slusser, Ph.D. Biography George Slusser holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University. He assumed the Curatorship of the Eaton Collection in 1980, and proceeded to acquire a number of significant collections, through purchase and gift. His focus has been threefold: (1) to make the Eaton Collection an international collection, reflecting the fact that SF is a world literature; (2) to base the collection in fan activities as well as the purely literary production of SF, through acquisition of fanzines, fan-writer correspondence, and other ephemera related to the fan culture; (3) to extend the genre's roots back to narrative forms that gave rise to 20th century SF-utopias, imaginary voyages, Gothic fiction. Under his guidance, the collection has grown from 7,500 books to 100,000, and acquired large holdings in pulp magazines, fanzines, and comic books. In 1979, Slusser inaugurated the annual Eaton Conference. To date, 26 conferences have been held, both at UCR, and at host institutions abroad (e.g. the University of London, the Sorbonne, and the University of Hong Kong). In 1990, Slusser was appointed Professor of Comparative Literature. He has authored and/or edited 28 books, and 126 articles to date, mostly on science fiction and problems of science and literature. Slusser has several recently published works including Genre at the Crossroads: the Challenge of Fantasy (Xenos Books, 2004), which he co-edited with the late Jean-Pierre Barricelli. In addition his translations/critical editions of Balzac's The Centenarian, and of three novellas by J.H. Rosny the Elder have been published by Wesleyan UP. Both of these works have been in collaboration with his wife, French/American scholar, professor and writer, Danièle Chatelain.* For more information on Dr. Slusser please see the Fiat Lux article: "Reading Ahead" by Kris Lovekin (April 2000) 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) Awards 1986 Pilgrim Award Career 1980-2005, 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 Publications *This biography was compiled in part from information on Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia and SearchSpaniel. We would like to thank all the members of the Wikipedia and SearchSpaniel community who write and edit these free encyclopedias.