“Do you like Tom Clancy? If so, you'll like this book [The Labyrinth Key]. It's that simple. Any other comparison fails to capture the essence of Howard V. Hendrix's writing and this tale in particular.”
Stuart Jaffe
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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
BOOK
The Ecstasy of Catastrophe: A Study of the Apocalyptic Tradition From Langland To Milton. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. July 1990.
ARTICLES
“Out of the Ghetto, Endlessly Grokking: A Toast to Frank McConnell.” In Science Fiction Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination by Frank McConnell. Ed. Gary Westfahl. Greenwood Press (forthcoming).
“When The Eternal and the Ephemeral Collide: The Deep Appeal of Meteors and Meteorites.” Creative nonfiction. In WGN: Journal of the International Meteor Organization. Hove, Belgium. February 2008.
“Agnostic at the Singularity.” In YLEM Journal:Artists Using Science and Technology. September-October 2006. Volume 26, Number 10. YLEM Publishing, San Francisco, 2006.
"Urbe et Orbe: A Prehistory of the Postmodern World City" (Keynote Speech at "Science Fiction in the Emerging Global Village" Conference, Hong Kong January 2001) in World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution, ed. Wong Kin Yuen, Gary Westfahl, and Amy Kit-sze Chan. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2005.
"The Thing of Shapes to Come" and "The Body Apocalyptic" in Projections: Science Fiction in Literature and Film, ed. Lou Anders. Austin: Monkey Brain Books, 2004.
"Hard Magic, Soft Science" in Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy, ed. Gary Westfahl and George Slusser. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
"The Body Ap[ocalyptic" in No Cure for the Future, ed. Westfahl and Slusser. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002
"The Northrop Contiuum" in Unearthly Visions: Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art, ed. Westfahl, Slusser, Plummer. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002
"Comments on Space and Time" in Space and Beyond: The Frontier Theme in Science Fiction, ed. Gary Westfahl. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000
"Baby's Next Step: Uberkinder and the Burden of the Future. In Nursery Realms — Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Ed. by Westfahl and Slusser. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 1999.
"Dual Immortality, No Kids: The Dink Link Between Birthlessness and Deathlessness in Science Fiction." In Immortal Engines. Ed. by Slusser, Westfahl, and Rabkin. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
"Making The Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: OMNI Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction." In Science Fiction and Market Realities. Ed. by Westfahl, Slusser, and Rabkin. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
"Those Wandring Eyes of His': Watching Guyon Watch The Naked Damsels Wrestling." Assays VII. Ed. Peggy A. Knapp and Gary F. Waller. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992.
"The Thing of Shapes to Come: Science Fiction as Anatomy of the Future." In Stormwarnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future, Ed. George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland, and Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.
"'To luf hem wel, and leve hem not': The Neglected Humor of Gawain's 'Anti-feminism."' Comitatus Vol. 14 (1983): 38-48.
"Reasonable Failure: Pearl Considered as a Self-Consuming Artifact of 'Gostly Porpose."' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 4/L~II (1985): 458-466.
IN PRESS
Papers presented at The J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, 1990-1994, University of Georgia Press.
SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS
"From Soma To Moksha: Eating God in Huxley's Brave New World and Island." Presented at The Thirteenth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, North American Session, Riverside, CA 1991.
"Making the Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: Omni Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction." Presented at The Twelfth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, Riverside, CA 1990.
"An Unstable Word for 'This Worlde Unstable': Apocalypse in Malory's Sankgreat and Morte." Nineteenth Annual Interdisciplinary CAES (Committee for the Advancement of Early Studies) Conference, 21-22 October 1988, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
"The Statue of Liberty is Closed for Repairs." Paper presented on Black American playwright Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) at North American Session of Themes in Drama Conference, 1983, Riverside, California.
"The Thing of Shapes to Come: Science Fiction as Anatomy of the Future." Presented at The Sixth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, North American Session 1984, Riverside, California.
"A Diamond as Big as the Earth: Paradigm Shift as Metaphor for Historical Change in Two Novels by Clarke." Presented at the UK Session of The Sixth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, London,1984.
