Monday, May 23, 2005

If I were teaching a class on Science Fiction Literature

One of the classes I would like to teach would be Science Fiction literature. Some of the books I would like to include would be:

Asimov, "I, Robot," Foundation
Heinlein, "The Green Hills of Earth," Stranger in a Strange Land
Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
Huxley, Brave New World
Herbert, Dune
Dick, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Man in the High Castle, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly
LeGuin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia, The Telling
Delany, Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand, Babel-17
Gibson, Neuromancer
Ballard, Stories
Niven, Ringworld
Butler, Lilith's Brood, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the Talents, Wild Seed
Robinson, Years of Rice and Salt, Red Mars
Willis, Doomsday Book

Possible Movies:
Star Wars
Star Trek (I'm partial to IV and VIII)
The Matrix
Pleasantville
The Truman Show
Jurassic Park
ET
AI: Artifical Intelligence
Minority Report
2001: A Space Odyssey
Logan's Run
Planet of the Apes
Silent Running
Andromeda Strain
Soylent Green
Alien
Blade Runner
Terminator
Altered States

Possible Criticism:
Suvin, Metamorphoses of Science Fiction
Freedman, Critical Theory and Science Fiction
Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto"
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