Lessons and Notes

1. Topic: Man and Machines

Text: "Who can Replace a Man" by Brian Aldiss , notes are here

Movie to watch: Elysium

2. Topic: Space Travel and Colonization

Text: The Monster by A E Vogt, notes are here

Movie to watch: District 9

3. Topic: Aliens and Space-Colonization (cont.)

Text: The Second Night of Summer by James Schmitz, notes will be available soon

Movie to watch: E.T.

4. Topic: Fantasy

Text: Karl and the Ogre by Paul J McAuley , notes are here

Movie to watch: Trollhunter

Midterm exam will require you to study the four texts above.

5. Topic: State Control

Text: “A Criminal Act” by Harry Harrison, notes are here

Movie to watch: V for Vendetta

6. Topic: Race

Text: "A Thing of Beauty" by Normal Spinard, notes are here

7. Topic: Living in a Dystopia

Text: "Billenium" by J G Ballard, notes will be available soon.

Movie to watch: Children of Men

8. Topic: Alternative Societies (Animals and Man)

Text: "Second Dawn" by Arthur C Clarke, notes are here

9. Topic: Dystopia

Text: “Utopia and Science Fiction” by Raymond Williams.

Movie to watch: Waterworld

Syllabus for Endterm Exam is here