Week 1: Sept. 5—12
Read Introductory material and Lecture 1 in the Classroom as well as the first reading assignment--
H. G. Wells, "The Star."
Thomas Disch, “Casablanca.”
James Van Pelt,“A Flock of Birds”

Week 2: Sept. 11-17
Lecture 2
Louise Marley,"Diamond Girls."
Elizabeth Bear, “Two Dreams on Trains.”
Joe Haldeman, “Angel of Light"

Week 3: Sept. 18 –24
Lecture 3
Kelley Eskridge, “Alien Jane.”
Severna Park, “The Cure for Everything.”
William Gibson, "The Belonging Kind."
Friday, Sept. 22: QUIZ ONE AVAILABLE IN “TESTS.”

Week 4: Sept. 25—Oct. 1
Lecture 4
Read Arthur C. Clarke, Childhood’s End, through page 110, end of Chapter 9.
Friday, Sept. 29: QUIZ 1 DUE.

Week 5: Oct. 2—8
Lecture 5
Finish Childhood’s End.

Friday, Oct. 6: Paper One Assignment available

Week 6: Oct. 9—15
Lecture 6
Nancy Kress, "Wetlands Preserve"
James Tiptree, Jr., "The Women Men Don't See
Octavia Butler, “Amnesty.”

Week 7: Oct 16—22
Lecture 7
Saturday, Oct. 21: PAPER 1 DUE.

Week 8: Oct. 23—29
Lecture 8
Samuel Delany, “Aye and Gomorrah.”
Orson Scott Card, “Ender’s Game.”
Stephen Baxter, "On the Orion Line,"
Friday, Oct. 27: QUIZ 2 AVAILABLE (covers weeks 4-8).

Week 9: Oct 30 – Nov. 5
Lecture 9
Ursula K. LeGuin The Left Hand of Darkness, through p. 129, end of Chapter 9.

Saturday, Nov.4: QUIZ 2 DUE

Week 10: Nov. 6--12
Lecture 10
Finish The Left Hand of Darkness.

Week 11: Nov. 13—19
Lecture 11
James Blish, “How Beautiful With Banners.”
Sonya Dorman, “When I Was Miss Dow.”
Roger Zelazny, “The Man Who Loved the Faoili.”

Week 12: Nov. 20—26
Lecture 12
John Wyndham, “Consider Her Ways.”
Michael Swanwick, "Legions in Time"
Robert Reed, “Hexagons”

Friday, Nov. 24: QUIZ 3 AVAILABLE (covers weeks 9-12)

Week 13: Nov. 27—Dec. 3
Lecture 13
Vonda N. McIntyre, “Little Faces”
Tony Daniel, “A Quiet, Dry War”

Saturday, Nov. 30: Quiz 3 due.

Week 14: Dec. 4—Dec. 10
Lecture 14
James Patrick Kelly, “Bernardo’s House”
Jeffrey Ford, “The Empire of Ice Cream.”
Geoffrey A. Landis “Approaching Perimelasma”

Week 15: Dec. 11-Dec. 17
Lecture 15
William Gibson, “Burning Chrome.”
Cory Doctorow, “0wnz0red”

Tuesday, Dec. 12: QUIZ 4 AVAILABLE (COVERS weeks 13 -15)

Final exam available Wednesday, Dec 13.

Monday Dec 18: QUIZ 4 DUE

Thursday, Dec. 21: FINAL DUE.