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SF: Syllabus for Spring,
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Mostly Monday Jumps:
W Jan 12: Campbell | M, Jan 24: HG Wells | F,Jan 28: Utopias and Dystopias | M, Jan 31: Gilman |
M Feb 7: Space Opera | M Feb 14: Future History | M Feb 21: Aliens | M Feb 28: Time Travel |
M, March 7: PK Dick | M, March 14: New Wave and Delany | M, March 28: Le Guin | M, Apr 4: Women in SF | M, April 11: Brin's EARTH| M, April 18: Red Mars| M, April 25: Presentations
means class meets in Computer Lab: 409 Daniel | SFE
=Science Fiction Encyclopedia, 2nd ed. |
means class handout | 
means
handout is in Xerox book | 
means
handout is on the web
means
read this novel
Policy
Statement, Syllabus
2.
F, Jan 14: Technical Intro->: (Class meets in Dan 409 -- Multi- Media Lab)
Class web site; discuss projects etc. (Pick up first installment
of Anthology at Campus Copy)
SFE
on Wells
Check out info on web and in Xerox
book,including study guide questions.
Read
first half of the Time Machine.
7. W Jan 26: H.G. Wells->
Finish
Time
Machine
Gliederung
of Time Machine
Campbell
Chart of Time Machine
Study
Guide questions on Tme MachineSFE
entries on utopias and dystopias, Bellamy, and William Morris
Materials
in Xerox Book and on-line about Utopias and Dystopias
Link
to Bellamy and Morris Materials
Link
to Utopia Links Including link to Forester
Utopia
Biblio
Outline
of Characteristics to Look for in UtopiasHerland
Chaps
1-3
9. M Jan 31:Charlotte
Perkins Gilman Herland
Herland
Study
Guide
Gliederung
for Herland
Campbell
Chart on Herland
New
Links on Gilman
10. W Jan Feb 2:Charlotte Perkins
Gilman Herland
11.
F Feb 4: Basic HTML-->Crunching Code: basic commands: colors etc
HTML--
Basic Concepts
Minimum
Requirements for an HTML Document
Begin
talking to each other about group projects.
SFE
Entry on Space Opera, Gernback, E. Doc Smith
Hugo
Gernsback, "New York A.D. 2660
E.
Doc Smith Handout
A
Rather Idiosyncratic List of Space Operas
Chonological
Chart of the History of SF
Old Space Opera Links
New
Links on Pulps and Space OperaSFE
on Golden Age, Campbell, Hard SF
Campbell,
"Who Goes There?"
Heinlein,
"The Roads Must Roll,"
Tom
Godwin, "The Cold Equations"
Page with study guide questions for Heinlein and Godwin stories
Explanation
of Hard SF from Ultimate SF Site
Long
but very interesting Intro to an anthology of Hard SF
Chart
Comparing Cosmology, Epistemology, Psychology, and Axiology of Various
Kinds of SF
My
Links on Golden Age SF, Campbell, Stapeldon. Heinlein, Asimov14.
F Feb 11: Intro to Graphics-> Photoshop I: file size & format ; filters
Student
Portfolio Pages
Requirements
for Portfolio Pages
SF
Portfolio Pages must be posted by 5:00 PM. Monday, Feb 14 
E-Mail
URL to list.
15. M Feb 14: Hard SF: Future History ->
SFE
on Stapeldon, Asimov, Galactic Empires, History in SF
Clarke
on Stapeldon
Future
History Charts
Asimov,
excerpt from Foundation,
Mark
Space Entry on Stapeldon
Stages
in the Future History of the Universe
My
Old Links on Asimov and HeinleinHeinlein,
Orphans
of the Sky
SFE
and Web on Henlein
Reading/ Study Guide on Orphans
of the Sky
Gliederung/ Plot Summary of
Orphans
Student
Bibliography on Henlein (includes all short stories)
Reading/
Study Guide on Starship Troopers
Gliederung/
Plot Summary of Starship Troopers17.
F Feb 18: More on Photoshop..Making background images
Groups
must be formed; discuss questions on proposals
18. M Feb 21: Hard SF: Aliens ->
SFE
on aliens
Selective,
Chronological, Thematic Reading List on Aliens
Student
Notes on Aliens
Weinbaum,"Martian
Odyssey" (1934)
A.C.
Clarke, SFE & WEB,
A.C.
Clarke, "The Sentinel"
SFE
on Holocausts and After
Cosy
Cat Biblio http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/sfclass/Cosycat.htm
Reading
and Discussion Questions on Holocuasts and Cosy Catastrophes
H.G.
Wells, "The Star" (1897)
Theodore
Sturgeon, "Thunder and Roses"(1947)
Arthur
C. Clarke, "The Nine Billion Names of God" (1953)
20.
F Feb 25: Lab Work Day:Intro to Graphics-> Photoshop I: file size &
format ; filters
Groups
work on proposals (Due Friday, March 4)
SFE
on Time Travel, Time Paradoxes and Alternate Worlds
Time
Travel and Alternate Worlds Biblio
Reading
and Discussion Questions on Time Travel
S.
James Jakaiel and Rosandra E. Levinthal, "The Laws of Time Travel"
Ray
Bradbury, "The Sound of Thunder"
Alfred
Bester, "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"
Robert
Heinlein, "All You Zombies"SFE:
Pseudo-Science, Psi Powers, Psionics, Psychology, ESP
Psionics
Biblio
Reading
and Discussion Questions on Psionics
1954
Jerome Bixby, "It's a Good Life"
1969
Anne McCaffrey, "Apple"23.
F Mar 4: Proposals due: Critique of Proposals and Portfolio
Pages
Visual
Edit SheetUnit 5: New Wave and Delany25. W Mar 9: Three Stigmata of Palmer ElditchBlade Runner Links
Lab Work Day
28. W Mar 16: New Wave SF-> Delany , Ballad of Beta Two
31. W Mar 30:
Left
Hand of Darkness cont.
32.
F Apr 1: Lab Work Day
33. M Apr 4: Women in SF-> Historically
34. W Apr 6: Women in SF: Tiptree ->
Unit 7: CyperPunk, Brin, Robinson
Reading & Discussion Questions on Tiptree
SFE:
Entry on Cyber-Punk
Web
Materials on Cyber-Punk http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~sparks/sfmats.html#cyberpnk
McCaffrey,
"The Desert of the Real," Notes on CP from Mississippi Review
"Johnnny Mneumonic" by William Gibson
Cyber-punk Notes | Post-modernism
defined by Frederic Jameson
Ecological Issues in Science Fiction
Brin Biblio
Reading/ Study Guide Questions on Earth
Gliederung of Earth
Campbell Chart for Earth
37. W Apr 13:
Cont. Brin's Earth
38.
F Apr 15: Last Lab Work Day
Robinson Biblio40. W Apr 20: Cont. Red Mars
Read Mars MaterialsPlot Outline/ Gliederung (Anatomy)
Main and Supporting Characters
Important Themes/ Reading and Discussion Questions
Glossary of Specialized and Foreign Terms
The Gift Economy
Kim Stanley Robinson Bibliography
Kim Stanley Robinson Links
Final Exam Essay Questions Final Exam: Terms for ID's
Core List for Spring 2003
42. M
Apr 25: ***Site Presentations ***
43.
W Apr 27: ***Site Presentations ***