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Gary Westfahl was born on 7 May, 1951 in Washington, D.C., United States, is an A 20th-century american non-fiction writer. Discover Gary Westfahl's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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United States
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Gary Wesley Westfahl (born May 7, 1951) is an American writer and scholar of science fiction.
He has written reviews for the Los Angeles Times, The Internet Review of Science Fiction and Locus Online.
Westfahl was born in Washington, DC, in 1951.
In 1986, he graduated from Claremont University with a PhD in English.
He resides in Claremont, California, with his wife Lynne.
ISFDB catalogs perhaps 100 publications.
He wrote the book The Mechanics of Wonder published in 1998 about the history of science fiction genres.
A review in Utopian Studies called it "an important book for anyone who deals with the history of science fiction or the description, history, and/or historiography of genres and described it as dealing with a "Battle of the Books, a culture-skirmish between Old World and New World claims to (Science Fiction), between different approaches to scholarship, and on broader politics".
A review of his 2000 book, Science Fiction, Children's Literature and Popular Culture, says it offers strong and intelligent insights about a number of popular cultural forms, but that "the book does not offer any overarching argument" and is too personal in its approach to the subject.
His 2002 book Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy, written with George Slusser, "contends that scholars and critics exercise "control over literature" by deciding that some texts and genres should be "enshrined or 'canonized'" while others are marginalized ("exiled") from scholarship and literature classes."
Gary Westfahl was awarded the Pilgrim Award in 2003 for lifetime contributions to the field of science fiction and fantasy scholarship https://www.sfadb.com/Pilgrim_Award
Westfahl edited The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy published in 2005.
He also edited Science Fiction Quotations.
Both books are described as useful and fun.
In his essay "For Tomorrow We Dine: The Sad Gourmet at the Scienticafe", Westfahl, co-editor of "Foods of the Gods: Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction" (University of Georgia Press) discusses terrible food depicted even in "wonderful futures".
He also notes the bland buildings and "overall atmosphere is one of cleanliness and sterility" resembling a hospital, attributing this to depictions of civilizations that "tend to maintain large populations" that "take on the characteristics of institutions."
He worked at the University of California, Riverside until 2011 and is now an Professor Emeritus at the University of La Verne.
