People
Faculty
Contact Information
711 Island View Circle
Port Hueneme, CA 93041–3447
805.488.9131
erlichrd@muohio.edu
Richard Dee Erlich
Titles
- Emeritus Professor
Professor Erlich retired from Miami University in 2006.
Education
- Ph.D., English, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 1971
- M.A., English, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- A.B., English, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
Teaching Interests
- Shakespeare
- Science fiction & fantasy
- Utopian studies
- Satire
- Student engagement
Research Interests
- Science fiction & fantasy
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Frederik Pohl
- SF film
Selected Publications
- “Always Coming Home: Ethnography, unBible, and Utopian Satire.” Paradoxa #21 (2008): 137-166.
- “A Longish Note on Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lavinia. SFS 35 (2008) 349-53.
- Clockworks: A Multimedia Bibliography [i.e., List] of Works Useful for the Study of the Human/Machine Interface in SF. Richard D. Erlich and Thomas P. Dunn, compilers (so the legal attribution; Dunn and Erlich agreed upon “Richard D. Erlich with Thomas P. Dunn”). Assisted by Edward K. Montgomery, Catherine Mills Royer, and D. Scott DeLoach. Westport, CT: Greenwood P, 1993.
- Clockwork Worlds: Mechanized Environments in SF. Richard D. Erlich and Thomas P. Dunn, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.
- The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction. Thomas P. Dunn and Richard D. Erlich, eds. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.
- “Le Guin and God: Quarreling with the One, Critiquing Pure Reason.” Extrapolation 47.3 (Winter 2006): 351–79.
- “Herons, Ringtrees, and Mud: Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Eye of the Heron.” Extrapolation 49.3 (Fall 2002) 314-29. With Diana Perkins [MU undergrad].
- “Beyond Topeka and Thunderdome: Variations on the Comic–Romance Pattern in Recent SF Film.” Science-Fiction Studies, 14 (1987): 316-25. Peter C. Hall and Richard D. Erlich.
- “Ursula K. Le Guin and Arthur C. Clarke on Immanence, Transcendence, and Massacres.” Extrapolation 28 (Summer 1987): 105-29.
- “‘That Old White–Bearded Satan’ (or ‘Sympathy for the Devil’): Outsiders Inside Some Fictive Worlds.” West Virginia Philological Papers, 32 (1986 [1987]), 1-11.
- “Niven and Pournelle’s Oath of Fealty: A Case of Improvement?” [editor’s title]. Foundation 27 (Feb. 1983): 64-70.
- “Words and Weapons.” In Op-Ed. St. Louis Post-Dispatch as “Saying what we think” (April 20, 2004), Middletown Journal, Hamilton Journal-News (April 27, 2004: A9). As “Labels are cunning tools in many policy debates,” The Cincinnati Post, April 28, 2004, online at http://www.cincypost.com/2004/04/28/guest042804.html. (Paid by Post and Post–Dispatch)
- “Second Thoughts on Critical Thinking.” Forum: Essays & Comment section in The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Thursday, July 9, 1987: 7B. Paid.
Web Publications
- Coyote’s Song: The Teaching Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin. (1997) Digital publication of the Science Fiction Research Association. http://www.sfra.org/Coyote/CoyoteHome.htm. 2001–2005.
- “Let’s progress to 1516; turn page on ‘evil-doers.’” Hamilton Journal-News, Middletown Journal, 11 July 2008.
- “Termination: Total toughness vs. compassion.” Hamilton Journal-News, Dayton Daily News, 15 June 2008.
- “Our ethical crisis over terror and torture.” Middletown Journal and Hamilton Journal–News, Sunday, October 14, 2007.
- “We don’t have the right to nuke, kill species” (editor’s title). Hamilton Journal–News, Middletown Journal. Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007.
- S. F. Film: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/350/.
- Shakespeare and Film: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/shax-film2001/
- Tragedy: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/eng121asp01/
- Print S.F.: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/courseinsf/
- Satiric Film: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/satire/
- Frederik Pohl [his site; I’m webmaster]: http://www.frederikpohl.com
- Clockworks 2 wiki: http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
- Clockworks 2 sites: http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/Clockworks%202/Clock2,%201-4%20(into%202006).htm
http://www.users.muohio.edu/erlichrd/Clockworks%202/Clock2,%205-9%20(into%202006).htm
Recent Journalism
Teaching Websites
Work in Progress
Richard D. Erlich is webmaster for Frederik Pohl (http://www.frederikpohl.com) and is working on wiki publication of “Clockworks 2: Supplement to Clockworks: A Multimedia Bibliography of Works Useful for the Study of the Human/Machine Interface in SF” (http://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page). He lives in Ventura County in California and does occasional work editing written texts and working on pre–production activities in the film industry; he is retired but hopes one day to earn money at those activities.