Suzette Haden Elgin
Suzette Haden Elgin is an American science fiction author. Born in 1936 in Missouri, she attended the University of California San Diego in the 1960s, and began writing science fiction in order to pay tuition. She has a PhD in linguistics, and is the only UCSD student to ever write two dissertations (in English and Navajo). Afterwards, she became a professor there, and retired in 1980, and currently lives in Arkansas in the Ozarks. She created the constructed language Láadan for her Native Tongue series. A grammar and dictionary were published in 1988. In addition to her traditional works, she has published works of shorter fiction, and collaborated with Anne McCaffrey. Overlying themes in her work include feminism, linguistics and the impact of language, and peaceful coexistence with nature. Many of her works also draw from her Ozark background and heritage. She founded the Science Fiction Poetry Association, and is considered an important figure in the field of science fiction conlangs. Elgin also publishes nonfiction; the most well-known is the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense series.
BibliographyFictionCoyote Jones seriesThe Communipaths (1970)Furthest (1971)At the Seventh Level (1972)Star-Anchored, Star-Angered (1984)Yonder Comes the Other End of Time (1986)
Ozark Trilogy (1981)Twelve Fair KingdomsThe Grand JubileeAnd Then There'll Be Fireworks
Native Tongue seriesNative Tongue (1984)The Judas Rose (1987)Earthsong (1993)
OtherPeacetalk 101 (2003)
Short stories"For the Sake of Grace" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1969"Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1974"Modulation in All Things" - Reflections of the Future anthology, 1975 "Lest Levitation Come Upon Us" - Perpetual Light anthology, 1982"Magic Granny Says Don't Meddle" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1984"School Days" - Light Years and Dark anthology, 1984"Chico Lafleur Talks Funny" - A Treasury of American Horror Stories, 1985"Lo, How an Oak E'er Blooming" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1986"Hush My Mouth" - Alternate Histories anthology, 1986"Tornado" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1989"What the EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1990"Only A Housewife" - Fantasy & Science Fiction, 1995"Soulfedge Rock" - Space Opera anthology, 1996"Weather Bulletin" - 1999"Honor Is Golden" - Analog, 2003"We Have Always Spoken Panglish" - SciFi.com, 2004
PoetryThe Less Said: A Book of Poems (1965)"McLuhan Transposed" - Burning with a Vision anthology, 1968"Lexical Gap" - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985"Presuppositional Ghostbusting" - Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, 1985"Rocky Road to Hoe" - Star*Line, 1987 "Binary Addendum" - Star*Line, 1989
Non-FictionThe Gentle Art of Verbal Self-DefenseThe Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1980)More on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1983)The Gentle Art of Communicating with Kids (1986)The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense Workbook (1987)The Last Word on the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1987)Language in Emergency Medicine (1987)Growing Civilized Kids in a Savage World (1989)Success with the Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1989)Staying Well with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense (1990)GenderSpeak (1993)The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense (1993)The Gentle Art of Written Self-Defense Letter Book (1993)Language in Law Enforcement (1993)Linguistics & Science Fiction Sampler (1994)BusinessSpeak (1995)"You Can't Say That To Me!" (1995)How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable (1997)How to Turn the Other Cheek and Still Survive in Today's World (1997)The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense at Work (2000)
OtherGuide to Transformational Grammar (with John Grinder) (1973)What is Linguistics? (1973)Bully for Us (with John Grinder) (1974)Pouring Down Words (1975)A Primer of Transformational Grammar for Rank Beginners (1975)Never Mind the Trees (1980)The Great Grammar Myth (1982)A First Dictionary and Grammar of Láadan (1988)Try to Feel It My Way (1997)The Grandmother Principles (1998)The Language Imperative (2000)
External linksSuzette Haden Elgin's websiteHer blogRead Weather Bulletin onlineRead We Have Always Spoken Panglish onlineRead What the EPA Don't Know Won't Hurt Them online
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