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Alexei Panshin (August 14, 1940 – August 21, 2022) was an American writer and science fiction critic. He wrote several critical works and several novels, including the 1968 Nebula Award–winning novel Rite of Passage[1] and, with his wife Cory Panshin, the 1990 Hugo Award–winning study of science fiction The World Beyond the Hill.[2]

Alexei Panshin
Born	(1940-08-14)August 14, 1940 Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Died	August 21, 2022(2022-08-21) (aged 82)
Occupation	Novelist, critic
Genre	Science fiction
Years active	1967–1991
Notable works	Rite of Passage, The World Beyond the Hill
Notable awards	Nebula Award (1968) Hugo Award (1990)
Spouse	Cory Panshin

Personal life

Panshin was born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 14, 1940.[3] He died on August 21, 2022, at the age of 82.[4]

Career

Fiction

Panshin was the author of the Anthony Villiers series made up of Star Well, The Thurb Revolution, and Masque World. A fourth volume entitled The Universal Pantograph,[5] never appeared, reputedly because of conflicts between the writer and his publisher. Of the Villiers series, noted SF writer Samuel R. Delany writes in the foreword of Star Well:

It ... examines the proposition that the world is composed of small communities of mutual interest ... [Star Well] is a gallery of gamblers, duels and double-crosses, a minuet of manners and manners mangled; the machinery of the universe is speculated upon; inspector generals arrive to inspect it. And Anthony Villiers, gentleman par excellence, dashes through it all, buckling a swash or two, bungling a couple of others.

New Celebrations, an omnibus volume collecting the first three volumes, has appeared.

Panshin wrote a novel, Earth Magic with his wife, Cory Panshin. His works also include a short story collection, Farewell To Yesterday's Tomorrow.

Nonfiction

Panshin published a study of the prominent American science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein, Heinlein in Dimension.[6][1]

Most of this work was originally published in fanzines, for which Panshin won the Best Fan Writer Hugo award in 1967. The writings were then published in book form by Advent. Panshin discusses reactions to this work on his website The Abyss of Wonder.[7]

Panshin's general critical work SF in Dimension (1976) was also co-written with Cory Panshin, as was his lengthy theoretical-critical The World Beyond The Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence (1989), which received a Hugo Award for Best Related Work. A number of Alexei Panshin's books (including The World Beyond the Hill) are being republished by Phoenix Pick, an imprint of Arc Manor Publishers.

Published work

Fiction

Novels

• Alexei Panshin (1968). Rite of Passage. New York: Ace Books. Ace 72781.
• Alexei Panshin (1968). Star Well. New York: Ace Books. pp. 157. ISBN 0-441-78405-4. Ace G-756.
• Alexei Panshin (1968). The Thurb Revolution. New York: Ace Books. ISBN 0-441-80855-7. Ace G-762.
• Alexei Panshin (1969). Masque World. New York: Ace Books. p. 156. ISBN 0-441-52105-3. Ace 2320 - ISBN applies to 1978 paperback reprint.
• Alexei Panshin; Cory Panshin (1978). Earth Magic. New York: Ace Books. p. 275. ISBN 0-441-18120-1.

Short fiction collections

• Alexei Panshin (1975). Farewell to Yesterday's Tomorrow. New York: Berkley/Putnam. pp. 184. ISBN 0-399-11505-6.
• Alexei Panshin; Cory Panshin (1982). Transmutations: A Book of Personal Alchemy. Dublin, Pa.: Elephant Books. p. 214.

Nonfiction

• Alexei Panshin (1968). Heinlein in Dimension: A Critical Analysis. Chicago: Advent Publishers. pp. 214. ISBN 0-911682-12-0.
• Alexei Panshin; Cory Panshin (1976). SF in Dimension: A Book of Explorations. Chicago: Advent Publishers. p. 342. ISBN 0-911682-21-X.
• Alexei Panshin; Cory Panshin (1989). The World Beyond the Hill: Science Fiction and the Quest for Transcendence. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc. p. 685. ISBN 0-87477-554-X.

References

Citations

Bibliography

External links

• Official website
• Complete text of Heinlein In Dimension
• Alexei Panshin at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Bibliography at Fantastic fiction
• Review of Rite of Passage and comments on Panshin's writings generally
• Review of Rite of Passage
• Review of the Villiers books, by Jed Hartman
• Alexei Panshin at Library of Congress Authorities, with 12 catalog records

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[de] Alexei Panshin

Alexei Panshin (eigentlich Alexis Adams Panshin; geboren am 14. August 1940 in Lansing, Michigan; gestorben 21. August 2022[1] in Pennsylvania) war ein amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Autor und -Kritiker. Er war mit Cory Panshin verheiratet, die gleichfalls SF-Autorin und -Kritikerin ist und mit der er häufig zusammenarbeitete.

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- [en] Alexei Panshin

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[ru] Паншин, Алексей

Алексей Паншин (англ. Alexis Adams Panshin; 14 августа 1940[2][3][3][…], Лансинг[4] — 21 августа 2022[5]) — американский писатель и критик в жанре научной фантастики. Он написал несколько критических работ и романов, в том числе «Обряд перехода» (издан русский перевод[6]), который получил премию «Небьюла» за лучший роман, и «The World Beyond the Hill», награждённая премией «Хьюго» как лучшая нехудожественная работа[7]. Некоторые произведения написаны в соавторстве с женой, Кори Паншин.

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