Science Fiction Course

WEBLOGS:

Science Fiction Course (Arts Science)

The Culture (A treacherous hive of scum and villany)

Welcome to the Science Fiction Resource Page for the Arts/Science Course. This gives you access to the resource packs and the weblog for the course. Even if a module is not being taught, it is listed here, so if you want to do research into any of the subjects not covered in class, this is a good place to start.

Don't forget you will also be getting a weekly e-mail regarding each weeks reading, work or presentations.

Resources: These are the online resource packs for each weeks reading. At the bottom you will also find sample essay questions

Course Document, Autumn 2001 (all of the resource packs plus the course document you received during week 1!!)

Week 1 - Introduction/What is Science Fiction?

Week 2 - Frankenstein & The Time Machine

Robots, Computers and Synthetic People

Reading: "Super-Toys Last All Summer Long"

Science and Scientists>

Paranoia

Utopias and Distopias

Politics

ReadingA Few Brief Notes About the Culture

Star Trek, Buffy and The American Dream

Star Wars and Mythology

Misc Resources

Essay Techniques

Get off your backsides and learn some chop socky

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