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Eric S. Rabkin

Rabkin, Eric Stanley

March 8, 1946 (age 80)

Birth place: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

50 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
November 1976 311 Review The Fantastic in Literature Science-Fiction Studies, November 1976
May 1977 142 Review The Fantastic in Literature Extrapolation, May 1977
July 1977 50 Review Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision Algol, #29, Summer-Fall 1977
July 1977 201 Review Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision Science-Fiction Studies, July 1977
July 1977 143 Review Science Fiction: History-Science-Vision Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Fall 1977
September 1977 Review Science Fiction: History Science Visions Vector 83
1979 192 Review Arthur C. Clarke Extrapolation, Summer 1979
1979 5 Essay Determinism, Free Will, and Point of View in LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness Extrapolation, Spring 1979
1979 290 Review Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Extrapolation, Fall 1979
September 1979 105 Review Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, September 1979
November 1979 173 Review Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1979
February 1980 22 Review Arthur C. Clarke Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, February 1980
July 1980 11 Review Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Fantastic, July 1980
1982 395 Review Bridges to Fantasy Extrapolation, Winter 1982
October 1982 9 Review Bridges to Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #8, October 1982
1983 184 Review Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Extrapolation, Summer 1983
January 1983 23 Review Bridges to Fantasy The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1983
June 1983 39 Essay How Budrys 'Blew it' in His Blast at Academe Fantasy Newsletter, #60 June-July 1983
August 1983 Review Bridges to Fantasy Vector 115
November 1983 79 Review Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy Foundation, #29 November 1983
1984 93 Review No Place Else Extrapolation, Spring 1984
March 1984 88 Review Arthur C. Clarke Science-Fiction Studies, March 1984
April 1984 35 Review The End of the World SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984
April 1984 35 Review The End of the World SF & Fantasy Review, April 1984
May 1984 38 Review No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction Fantasy Review, May 1984
July 1984 210 Review Against the Night, the Stars: The Science Fiction of Arthur C. Clarke Science-Fiction Studies, July 1984
November 1984 89 Review No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction Foundation, #32 November 1984
November 1984 329 Review The End of the World Science-Fiction Studies, November 1984
1986 357 Review Hard Science Fiction Extrapolation, Winter 1986
March 1986 28 Review Stanislaw Lem Fantasy Review, March 1986
May 1986 26 Review Dimensions of Science Fiction Fantasy Review, May 1986
May 1986 48|48.2 Review Hard Science Fiction Locus, #304 May 1986
July 1986 38|38.9 Review Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Chronicle, #82 July 1986
November 1986 17 Essay Cowboys and Telepaths Fantasy Review, November 1986
May 1987 51 Review Edgar Rice Burroughs Fantasy Review, May 1987
May 1987 25 Essay Two Masks of the Comic Fantasy Review, May 1987
October 1987 40|40.18 Review Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future Science Fiction Chronicle, #97 October 1987
January 1988 52|52.13 Review Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction Science Fiction Chronicle, #100 January 1988
January 1988 19|19.6 Review Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction Locus, #324 January 1988
February 1988 Review Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future Vector 142
October 1991 14 Essay Undecidability and Oxymoronism Eidolon, Spring 1991
1992 84 Essay Imagination and Survival: The Case of Fantastic Literature Foundation, #56 Autumn 1992
1992 57 Essay The Utopian Paradox: On the Necessity of an Impossible Dream Foundation, #55 Summer 1992
May 1993 27 Review Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds Locus, #388 May 1993
August 1993 25 Review Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy Locus, #391 August 1993
1995 50 Essay What Makes We a Science Fiction Classic? What Makes a Classic? Foundation, #65 Autumn 1995
1996 93 Essay The Composite Novel in Science Fiction Foundation, #66 Spring 1996
1997 93 Essay Letter (Foundation #69) Foundation, #69 Spring 1997
July 2011 10 Interview Why Speculative Fiction Matters: An Interview with Eric S. Rabkin Bards and Sages Quarterly, July 2011
2012 11 Review Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science SFRA Review #299

22 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1976 Nonfiction The Fantastic in Literature Eric S. Rabkin
1977 Nonfiction Science Fiction: History • Science • Vision Robert Scholes & Eric S. Rabkin
1979 Nonfiction Arthur C. Clarke Eric S. Rabkin
1979 Anthology Fantastic Worlds: Myths, Tales, and Stories Eric S. Rabkin
1982 Nonfiction Bridges to Fantasy George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes
1983 Nonfiction Coordinates: Placing Science Fiction and Fantasy George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin & Robert Scholes
1983 Nonfiction No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction Eric S. Rabkin & Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander
1983 Anthology Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology Eric S. Rabkin
1983 Nonfiction The End of the World Eric S. Rabkin & Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander
1985 Nonfiction Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1986 Nonfiction Hard Science Fiction George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1987 Nonfiction Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1987 Nonfiction Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1987 Nonfiction Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future Colin Greenland & Eric S. Rabkin & George E. Slusser
1989 Nonfiction Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1992 Nonfiction Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1993 Nonfiction Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1996 Nonfiction Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction Gary Westfahl & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1996 Nonfiction Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy Gary Westfahl & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
1996 Nonfiction Science Fiction and Market Realities Gary Westfahl & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
2005 Nonfiction Mars: A Tour of the Human Imagination Eric S. Rabkin
2011 Nonfiction Visions of Mars: Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science Howard V. Hendrix & George Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin
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