Howard V. Hendrix

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Howard Vincent Hendrix is an American scholar and science fiction writer. He was born in Cincinnati. He is a cousin of blues musician Mike Tetrault. He is author of the novels Lightpaths and Standing Wave.

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[edit] Education

  • B.S., Biology, May 1980, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Also fulfilled second major requirements in English.
  • M.A., English Literature, June 1982, University of California at Riverside, California.
  • Ph.D., English Literature, August 1, 1987, University of California at Riverside.

[edit] Dissertation

The Ecstasy of Catastrophe: A Study of the Apocalyptic Tradition from Langland to Milton. Committee chaired jointly by Professors John Ganim and John M. Steadman. Dissertation reads Medieval and Renaissance apocalyptic textual elements in light of the fissured meaning of the concept of "apocalypse" itself, calling for significant reconsideration of the importance of the apocalyptic tradition in English Literature.

[edit] Languages

Reading knowledge of Latin, French, German.

[edit] Teaching Experience

  • Head, School of Arts and Sciences, National University (Fresno Campus), 1995-1998
  • Lecturer, English Department, California State University, Fresno, 1990-94.
  • Assistant Professor, Central Methodist College, 1988-90. Full academic and advisorial responsibilities. Medieval, Renaissance, Shakespeare, Literary Criticism, Technical Writing. Chair of Learning Resources Committee.
  • Lecturer, University of California, Riverside, 1987-88. Three quarters: English Composition, Remedial Composition, Technical Writing.
  • Extension Lecturer, Winter Quarter 1988 Creative Writing, "Speculative Fiction Writing."
  • Instructor, Summer 1987 Writing Course for Science Majors, Natural Science 495, Office of Extended Education, California State University, San Bernardino.
  • Lecturer, Summer 1987 Creative Writing, 'The Facts of Fiction Writing," University of California at Riverside, Extension.
  • Lecturer, Fall 1984 through Fall 1987, Mt. San Jacinto College: English Fundamentals and English Composition.
  • Teaching Assistantship with full classroom responsibilities, Fall 1980 through Fall 1986, University of California, Riverside: all levels of Composition. Developed special writing course for science majors.
  • Lecturer, Summer 1986, Intensive English/ESL Program, University of California, Riverside
  • Lecturer, Fall 1983 through Fall 1984, College of the Desert: Basic Writing and English 1A.
  • Instructor, ESL Summer Session 1981. Received ESL Instructorship Training from American International Education and Training Corporation. Taught English as a Second Language to Korean nationals for AIETC at University of Redlands. Have also tutored and taught many ESL and EOP students.
  • Instructor, Spring Semester 1980, Xavier University: Taught English 101 while completing Bachelor's Degree work.

[edit] Scholarly Publications

[edit] Book

  • The Ecstasy of Catastrophe: A Study of the Apocalyptic Tradition From Langland To Milton. Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. July 1990.

[edit] Articles

  • "Baby's Next Step: Uberkinder and the Burden of the Future. In _Nursery Realms -- Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror_. Ed. by Westfahl and Slusser. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 1999.
  • "Dual Immortality, No Kids: The Dink Link Between Birthlessness and Deathlessness in Science Fiction." In _Immortal Engines_. Ed. by Slusser, Westfahl, and Rabkin. Atlanta: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
  • "Making The Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: OMNI Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction." In _Science Fiction and Market Realities_. Ed. by Westfahl, Slusser, and Rabkin. Atlanta: Unniversity of Georgia Press, 1996.


  • "Those Wandring Eyes of His': Watching Guyon Watch The Naked Damsels Wrestling." Assays VII. Ed. Peggy A. Knapp and Gary F. Waller. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1992.
  • "The Thing of Shapes to Come: Science Fiction as Anatomy of the Future." In Stormwarnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future, Ed. George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland, and Eric S. Rabkin. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987.
  • "'To luf hem wel, and leve hem not': The Neglected Humor of Gawain's 'Anti-feminism."' Comitatus Vol. 14 (1983): 38-48.
  • "Reasonable Failure: Pearl Considered as a Self-Consuming Artifact of 'Gostly Porpose."' Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 4/L~II (1985): 458-466.

[edit] In Press

  • Papers presented at The J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, 1990-1994, University of Georgia Press.

[edit] Scholarly Presentations

  • "From Soma To Moksha: Eating God in Huxley's Braue New World and Island." Presented at The Thirteenth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, North American Session, Riverside, CA 1991.
  • "Making the Pulpmonster Safe for Demography: Omni Magazine and the Gentrification of Science Fiction." Presented at The Twelfth Annual J.Lloyd Eaton Conference, Riverside, CA 1990.
  • "An Unstable Word for 'This Worlde Unstable': Apocalypse in Malory's Sankgreat and Morte." Nineteenth Annual Interdisciplinary CAES (Committee for the Advancement of Early Studies) Conference, 21-22 October 1988, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana.
  • "The Statue of Liberty is Closed for Repairs." Paper presented on Black American playwright Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) at North American Session of Themes in Drama Conference, 1983, Riverside, California.
  • "The Thing of Shapes to Come: Science Fiction as Anatomy of the Future." Presented at The Sixth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, North American Session 1984, Riverside, California.
  • "A Diamond as Big as the Earth: Paradigm Shift as Metaphor for Historical Change in Two Novels by Clarke." Presented at the UK Session of The Sixth Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, London,1984.

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Novels

[edit] Short Fiction and Poetry Publications

  • "If These Walls Could Talk" (novelette). _The Outer Limits_. Volume One, 1996.
  • "The Music of What Happens" (novelette), Full Spectrum 5, Bantam Books, 1995.
  • The Vertical Fruit of the Hor izontal Tree (novella chapbook), Talisman Press, Oct. 1994.
  • "Gingko" (poem), Jsaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, November 1994.
  • "Tombe" (short story), Expanse, January 1994.
  • "Ah! Bright Wings" (novelette), Full Spectrum 4, Bantam Boolcs, April 1993.
  • "At the Shadow of a Dream" (short story), Aboriginal SF, SpAng 1993.
  • Second Place, Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award.
  • "A Fine Old Tradition" (short story), Pulphouse #19 (scheduled).
  • "Beholding Aphrodite" (short story), Tales of the Unanticipated, April 1992.
  • "Chameleon on a Mirror" (short story), Amazing Stories, January 1992.
  • "Almost Like Air" (short story), Amazing Stories, September 1991.
  • "Singing the Mountain to the Stars" (novelette), Aboriginal SF, Jan Feb 1991.
  • The Unfinished Sky" (short story) Starshore #4, Spring 1991.
  • Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3 ("mini-anthology" of several short stories previously published during the 1987-1989 per od), EOTU Group, July 1990.
  • "The Voice of the Dolphin in Air" (short story), Starshore #2, July/Fall 1990.
  • "Desert Rainstorm" (poem), Wide Open, Fall 1989.
  • "The Art of Memory" (short story), EOTU, June 1989.
  • "The Notorious Sitting Judge of Bullfrog County" (short story), Tales of the Unanticipated #4, Fall/Winter 1988.
  • "The Farm System" (short story), Full Spectrum 1, Bantam Books, Fall 1988.
  • "In-Flight Entertainment" (short story), EOTU, August 1988.
  • "The Last Impression of Linda Vista" (short story), Aboriginal SF, July 1988.
  • "Chameleon on a Mirror" (short story), EOTll, February 1988.
  • "Doctor Doom Conducting" (short story), Aboriginal SF, Sept-Oct 1987.
  • "The High, Hard Way: A Mountain Prayer" and "Song for a Deaf Woodsman"

(poems) as well as "A Lesson in Perspective," "A Day of the Comet,"

  • "Avatars" and "Hole in the Road" (short stories) in The Mystic Muse, Summer

1987, Fall 1987, Spring 1988, and Summer 1988 issues.

  • "The Rasta Man" (short story), Leading Edge #12, Spring 1987.
  • "In the Smoke" (short story and prize-winner) Writers of the Future #2 March 1986.
  • "Song of the USD" (poem), Mosaic, Spring 1984.
  • "Bad/Night/Vision" (experimental short story), Mosaic, Spring 1983.
  • "Wittgenstein's Sin" (poem), Mosaic, Spring 1981.

[edit] Related Reviews

  • Numerous articles and reviews for The New York Review of Science Fiction (1992-) and Tangent II (1994- ).
  • Peripheral Visions columnist, Starshore, 1990-91.
  • The Ecstasy of Catastrophe (scholarly book), American University Series, Peter Lang Press, 1990.
  • Papers presented at The J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature -- 1984, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 -- and published as part of the Eaton Conference Series (University of Georgia Press).

[edit] Honors And Awards

  • Profile and Interview in Locus Magazine, June 1999.
  • Keynote Speaker, 1999 J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on "The Two Cultures."
  • _Lightpaths_ named Recommended First Novel,Locus Magazine, 1997.
  • Nebula Award Nominee (several times), Science Fiction Writers of America, 1986-1994.
  • Pushcart Prize Nominee, 1989, for "The Art of Memory."
  • Recipient of Central Methodist College Faculty Development Fund Grant, 1989.
  • Developer and co-teacher of"Peace, Justice, Conflict Resolution" course for Philosophy/Religious Studies Department, CMC, 1989.
  • Profiled in Riverside Press-Enterprise, 6/23/86.
  • Recipient of First Prize in Writers of the Future Science Fiction Writing Contest.
  • Recipient of NEH Grant for research in England, 1984.
  • Recipient of sholarships to attend writers' conferences at Aspen and Squaw Valley, Summer 1983.
  • Received Polonsky Fiction Prize, 1983, for "Bad/Night/Vision".
  • Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award Nominee, 1982, 1983, 1984.
  • Member, Editorial Board, Comitatus: A Journal of Medieual Studies.
  • Graduate Student Essay Contest Prizewinner, 1981.
  • Prize-winner, Jacques Barzun Writing Contest, Northern Kentucky University, 1980.
  • First Place, NKWS Creative Writing Competition, 1976.

[edit] Theatrical Productions

  • Founding Member, Writer and Director, Hit and Run Theatre Group; lines from performance of street theatre piece "In Mummery of Man" quoted in Eric Korn column of 15 March 1985 Times Literary Supplement, London.
  • Produced and starred in Darkness of Heart, short film by Harry Zink.
  • Produced, directed, and starred in "Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?", a play by J.T. Bagwell.
  • Artistic Director, "The Road To Pentecost," an operetta by Hamilton Testa-Avila.
  • "Act of Contrition" (one act play) produced at Fourth Annual Experimental Theatre Festival, Berkeley, March 1983.

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