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Patricia S. Warrick

Patricia DeEtte Scott Warrick (February 6, 1925 – February 23, 2023) was an American literary scholar and editor, interested in science fiction and technology. She was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Oskosh, Fox Cities, from 1966 to 1996. She was president of the Science Fiction Research Association in the 1980s. She co-edited Machines That Think (1984) with Isaac Asimov and Martin H. Greenberg.

Patricia S. Warrick
A young white woman with dark hair, wearing a white dress with a high neckline
Patricia Scott McArt (later Warrick), from a 1946 publication
Born
Patricia DeEtte Scott

February 6, 1925
LaGrange, Indiana, U.S.
DiedFebruary 23, 2023 (age 98)
Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S.
Other namesPatricia McArt
Occupation(s)College professor, literary scholar, editor

Early life and education

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Scott was born in LaGrange, Indiana, the daughter of Ross Scott and DeEtte Ulman Scott. She earned a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Indiana University,[1] and a second bachelor's degree in English at Goshen College. She earned a master's degree in English at Purdue University. She completed doctoral studies in 1977 at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee,[2] with a dissertation titled "The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction".[3]

Career

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Warrick taught at Lawrence University from 1965 to 1966.[4] She was a professor of English at the University of Wisconsin–Oskosh, Fox Cities campus, from 1966 to 1986.[5][6] She was president of the Science Fiction Research Association (SFRA) from 1983 to 1984.[7] "If fiction is to survive, it has no choice but to write about science and technology," she said in a 1986 interview. "And fiction will survive because inventing stories is a vital part of being human."[8] In 2004 she received the Thomas D. Clareson Award for Distinguished Service from the SFRA. There is a Patricia A. Warrick Scholarship, named for her in 2006.[5]

Publications

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As author

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In addition to her scholarship, Warrick wrote a self-published historical novel, Charles Babbage and the Countess (2007).

  • "The Circuitous Journey of Consciousness in Barth’s Chimera" (1976)[9]
  • "Ethical Evolving Artificial Intelligence" (1977)[10]
  • "The Labyrinthian Process of the Artificial: Dick’s Androids and Mechanical Constructs" (1979)[11]
  • The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction (1980, based on her dissertation)[12]
  • "The Encounter of Taoism and Fascism in The Man in the High Castle" (1980)
  • "The Contrapuntal Design of Artificial Evolution in Asimov’s "The Bicentennial Man"" (1981)[13]
  • "Now We Are Fifteen: Observations on the Science Fiction Research Association by Its President" (1984)[7]
  • "Power Struggles and the Man in the High Castle" (1987)[14]
  • Mind in motion: The fiction of Philip K. Dick (1987)[15][16]
  • "Asimov and the Morality of Artificial Intelligence" (2002)[17]

As editor

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  • American Government Through Science Fiction (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph Olander)[18]
  • Anthropology Through Science Fiction (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Carol Mason)
  • Introductory Psychology Through Science Fiction (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Harvey Katz)[19]
  • Political Science Fiction: An Introductory Reader (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg)[20]
  • School and Society Through Science Fiction (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph Olander)[21]
  • Sociology Through Science Fiction (1974, edited with Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander, and John W. Milstead)
  • Social Problems Through Science Fiction (1975, edited with Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander, and John W. Milstead)
  • The New Awareness: Religion Through Science Fiction (1975, edited with Martin H. Greenberg)[22]
  • Marriage and Family Through Science Fiction (1976, with Martin H. Greenberg, Joseph Olander, and Val Clear)
  • Run to Starlight: Sports through Science Fiction (1976, with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
  • Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology (1978, edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph Olander)
  • Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick (1984, edited with Martin H. Greenberg)[23]
  • Machines that Think: The Best Science Fiction About Robots and Computers (1984, 1991, edited with Isaac Asimov and M. H. Greenberg)[24][25]

Personal life

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Scott married her first husband, physician Bruce A. McArt, in 1946;[1] they had three children, and divorced.[16] She married James E. Warrick in 1965; they divorced in 1972, remarried in 1973, and divorced again in 1977.[26][27] She was badly injured in a fall in 2000. She died in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2023, at the age of 98.[28] (Her older brother, paleobotanist Richard A. Scott (1921–2024), survived her and lived to be 102.)[29]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Miss Scott Weds Dr. Bruce McArt in Sunday Rites". Anderson Daily Bulletin. 1946-10-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Degrees, scholarship, honors earned". The Post-Crescent. 1977-07-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "SFE: Warrick, Patricia S". SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  4. ^ "Warrick, Patricia McArt, faculty-English, 1965-1966". Lawrence University Archives. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  5. ^ a b Patricia A. Warrick Scholarship, Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region.
  6. ^ "2 at UWFV earn development grants". The Post-Crescent. 1980-02-21. p. 23. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Warrick, Patricia S. (1984). "Now We Are Fifteen: Observations on the Science Fiction Research Association by Its President". Extrapolation. 25 (4): 360–368. doi:10.3828/extr.1984.25.4.360.
  8. ^ Gelman, Ben (1986-03-30). "Science fact might be passing science fiction". Southern Illinoisan. p. 40. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Warrick, Patricia (December 1976). "The Circuitous Journey of Consciousness in Barth's Chimera". Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction. 18 (2): 73–84. doi:10.1080/00111619.1976.10690137. ISSN 0011-1619.
  10. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. "Ethical evolving artificial intelligence." Isaac Asimov (1977): 174-200.
  11. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. (July 1979). "The Labyrinthian Process of the Artificial: Dick's Androids and Mechanical Constructs". Extrapolation. 20 (2): 133–153. doi:10.3828/extr.1979.20.2.133. ISSN 0014-5483.
  12. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. (1980). The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-73061-7.
  13. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. (October 1981). "The Contrapuntal Design of Artificial Evolution in Asimov's "The Bicentennial Man"". Extrapolation. 22 (3): 231–241. doi:10.3828/extr.1981.22.3.231. ISSN 0014-5483.
  14. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. "Power Struggles and The Man in the High Castle" Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism 416 (1987).
  15. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. (1987). Mind in Motion: The Fiction of Philip K. Dick. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1326-6.
  16. ^ a b Ducklow, Mary Ellen (1987-08-30). "Latest book is another look at science fiction". The Post-Crescent. pp. 27, 32. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. "Asimov and the Morality of Artificial Intelligence" in Jesse G. Cunningham, ed., Science Fiction, San Diego: Greenhaven Press, Inc (2002).
  18. ^ American government through science fiction. Internet Archive. Chicago : Rand McNally College Pub. Co. 1974. ISBN 978-0-528-65902-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  19. ^ Katz, Harvey A.; Warrick, Patricia S.; Greenberg, Martin Harry (1974). Introductory psychology through science fiction. Internet Archive. Chicago, Rand McNally College Pub. Co.
  20. ^ Greenberg, Martin Harry; Warrick, Patricia S. (1974). Political science fiction; an introductory reader. Internet Archive. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall. ISBN 978-0-13-685404-3.
  21. ^ Olander, Joseph D. (1974). School and society through science fiction. [Compiled by] Joseph D. Olander, Martin Harry Greenberg, Patricia Warrick. Internet Archive. Chicago : Rand McNally College Publishing Co.
  22. ^ Warrick, Patricia S. (1975). The new awareness : religion through science fiction. Internet Archive. New York : Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-440-05989-9.
  23. ^ Dick, Philip K. (1986). Robots, androids, and mechanical oddities : the science fiction of Philip K. Dick. Internet Archive. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-8093-1159-0.
  24. ^ Mietkiewicz, Henry (1984-05-05). "Of Robots and Vistas". The Toronto Star. p. 159. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Asimov, Isaac; Warrick, Patricia S.; Greenberg, Martin Harry (1991). War with the Robots: 28 of the Best Short Stories by the Greatest Names in 20th Century Science Fiction. Wings Books. ISBN 978-0-517-06504-4.
  26. ^ "Divorces". The Post-Crescent. 1972-07-27. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Divorces". The Post-Crescent. 1977-07-13. p. 28. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Patricia D. Warrick". The Post-Crescent. 2023-03-05. pp. B11. Retrieved 2024-07-03 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Dr. Richard A. Scott, MNHM Benefactor, Dies". Morrison Hogback. February 2024.
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