Hassler, Donald M(ackey)
HASSLER, Donald M(ackey)
HASSLER, Donald M(ackey). American, b. 1937. Genres: Science fiction/Fantasy, Poetry, Literary criticism and history. Career: Crowell-Collier Encyclopedia, NYC, writer, 1960; University of Montreal, instructor of English, 1961-65; Kent State University, Kent, OH, instructor through associate professor of English, 1965-77, director of experimental progs., 1973-83, professor of English, 1977-, coordinator of Writing Certificate Program, 1986-. Extrapolation, co-editor, 1986-89, editor, 1990-2002, executive editor, 2002-; Hellas, advisory editor, 1990-. Publications: The Comedian as Letter D: Erasmus Darwin's Comic Materialism, 1973; (co-author) On Weighing a Pound of Flesh (verse), 1973; Erasmus Darwin, 1974; Comic Tones in Science Fiction, 1982; Hal Clement, 1982; Patterns of the Fantastic, 1983; Patterns of the Fantastic II, 1984; (co-ed.) Death and the Serpent! Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1985; Isaac Asimov, 1991; (co-ed.) The Letters of Arthur Machen to Montgomery Evans, 1994; (co-ed.) Political Science Fiction, 1997. Address: 1226 Woodhill Dr, Kent, OH 44240, U.S.A. Online address: extrap@kent.edu