This schedule is tentative: I will notify you of any changes.

General advice on the schedule:

• Set aside time to read.At the beginning of the week, lectures will be available in the Module section. Lectures are part of your assigned reading for the class.
• Be sure that you have read at least one story by Thursday or Friday of each week in order to start participating in the discussion.
• You may print out the stories if you are uncomfortable reading them online. It is also possible to copy them and paste them into your word processing program, then readjust type face and size.
• On Mondays or Tuesdays, discussion topics will also be posted. You have until the following Sunday night to finish the discussion. Remember that you must log in to the forum at least 2 separate times during the week and read the postings, as well as add your own. The first posting must be done by Fridays (the earlier the better!) and the last by Sunday night no later than 11:30 PM
• Underlined words are links to Internet sources.

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Read/listen to Welcome module and Introductory Lecture as well as the first reading assignment—

H. G. Wells, "The Star."(1887)

James Van Pelt,” A Flock of Birds” (2002)

Post at least once to discussion forum by Friday, Sept. 7.
Discussion 1 closes Sunday, Sept. 8, 11:30 PM.

Weekly Reflections due in Assignments by Monday, Sept. 9, 11:30PM.

Week 2: Sept. 10

Read/Listen to Lecture and the following readings:

Kelley Eskridge, "Alien Jane" (1995)

John Shirley and William Gibson, "The Belonging Kind." (1981)

Post to discussion at least once by Friday

Discussion 2 closes Sunday, 11:30 PM.

Reflections due by Monday, 11:30 pm.

This pattern will continue for remaining weeks of the semester.

Week 3: Sept. 17

Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End (1953), first nine chapters.

Finish reading Childhood’s End.

Review Assignment 1 available Friday, Sept. 28.

Week 5: Oct. 1

Raccoona Sheldon, "The Screwfly Solution"(1977)

Robert Reed, "Eight Episodes”(2005)

Here's a link to a podcast of the story, with an interesting introduction concerning SF.

Review Assignment 1 due Saturday, Oct. 5.

Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild”(1995)