Ofshe, Richard

Entry updated 7 August 2023. Tagged: Editor.

(1941-    ) US sociologist, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. His Anthology with critical commentary, The Sociology of the Possible (anth 1970) – aimed at students – is probably the best of the several pre-1980 collections designed to show the relevance of sf to Sociology. [PN/DRL]

Richard Jay Ofshe

born Bronx, New York: 27 February 1941

works as editor

• The Sociology of the Possible (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1970) [anth: hb/nonpictorial]

links

• Internet Speculative Fiction Database

previous versions of this entry

• Internet Archive