Guide to the Richard D. Erlich Collection of Papers about Science Fiction, 1974-1988

Descriptive Summary

Repository: North Carolina State University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Creator: Erlich, Richard D.
Title: Richard D. Erlich Collection of Papers about Science Fiction, 1974-1988
Call Number: MC 379
Extent: 1 linear feet, 2 archival boxes
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff.
Language of Material: English

Information for Users

Restrictions to Access: This collection is open for research; access requires at least 24 hours advance notice.
Acquisitions Information: Gift of Richard D. Erlich in March 2007 (Accn. no. 2007-0049)
Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Richard D. Erlich Collection of Papers about Science Fiction, MC 379, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, NC
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Biographical Note

Richard D. Erlich served as a Professor in English at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from 1971 to 2006. In collaboration with Thomas P. Dunn, he has edited The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction and Clockwork Worlds: Mechanized Environments in SF, and compiled Clockworks: A Multimedia Bibliography of Works Useful for the Study of the Human/Machine Interface in SF. Alone and in various collaborations he has published essays on the Buck Rogers opus, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Shakespeare pedagogy, Alexander Pope, D. H. Lawrence, and science fiction works by Arthur C. Clarke, Ursula K. LeGuin, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, Robert Silverberg, and D. F. Jones.

Scope and Content Note

Papers by many different authors, most of whom were faculty at colleges and universities, about various authors and themes in science fiction. Most are unpublished papers prepared in the late 1970s and early 1980s for presentation at meetings of the Popular Culture Association, Science Fiction Research Association, Society for Utopian Studies, and other organizations. A few reprints of published articles are included. Among the papers are several about Robert Silverberg, Kurt Vonnegut, the city in science fiction, and utopias and dystopias in science fiction.

Organization of the Collection

The papers are arranged alphabetically by subject.

Online Catalog Terms

The following terms have been used to index the guide to the collection in the NCSU Library's online catalog.

Individuals

Silverberg, Robert.
Vonnegut, Kurt.

Corporate Entities

Popular Culture Association.
Science Fiction Research Association.
Society for Utopian Studies.

Topics

Dystopias in literature.
Science fiction--History and criticism.
Utopias in literature.

Detailed Description of the Collection

Akira, undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 1]
Butler, Octavia, 1988 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 2]
City in Science Fiction (city) Garden/ (See also Dystopias), 1979 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 3]
Delany, 1979-1983 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 4]
Dick, P.K. (see also: Alt. History), 1981-1985 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 5]
Misc. Science Fiction Papers (1 of 2), 1979-1982 and undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 6]
Misc Science Fiction Papers (2 of 2), 1977-1980 and undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 7]
Philosophy, theology, history (1of 2), 1978-1981 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 8]
Philosophy, theology, history (2 of 2), 1978-1980 and undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 9]
Scientist/Faust Legend in SF-Image of Scientist in SF, 1979 and undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 10]
Silverberg, Robert (1 of 2), 1978-1982 and undated [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 11]
Silverberg, Robert (2 of 2), 1978-1979 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 12]
Utopia Compensatory and other (1 of 2), 1978-1988 [MC 379 Box 1, Folder 13]
Utopia Compensatory and other (2 of 2), 1986-1988 [MC 379 Box 1 , Folder 14]
Vonnegut, Kurt (see also: Dystopias/Utopias) (1 of 3), 1974-1984 and undated [MC 379 Box 2, Folder 1]
Vonnegut, Kurt (see also:Dystopias/Utopias) (2 of 3), undated [MC 379 Box 2, Folder 2]
Vonnegut, Kurt (see also: Dystopias/Utopias) (3 of 3), 1980 and undated [MC 379 Box 2, Folder 3]
Wells, H. G., 1983 [MC 379 Box 2, Folder 4]
Winter's Tale, 1983 [MC 379 Box 2, Folder 5]