George Edgar Slusser (1939–2014)
George Edgar Slusser was a prominent American literary critic, scholar, and editor, particularly renowned for his extensive work in science fiction studies. He held a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of California, San Diego, and spent much of his career as a Curator for the Eaton Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy at the University of California, Riverside, a position he held from 1980 until his death. Slusser was instrumental in establishing science fiction as a worthy subject of academic study, organizing numerous conferences, editing critical anthologies, and…