Lesson 1: History of Science Fiction
The Land Ironclads by H G Wells
Lesson 2: Mars and Man
A Martian Odyssey by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Resources: Listen to the radio broadcast (1938)
Lesson 3: Fantasy
Text: Karl and the Ogre by Paul J McAuley , notes are here
Movie to watch: Trollhunter
Lesson 4: Living in a Dystopia
Billenium by J G Ballard
Lesson 5: State Control
Text: “A Criminal Act” by Harry Harrison, notes are here
Lesson 6: Topic: Man and Machines
Text: "Who can Replace A Man?" by Brian Aldiss , notes are here
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Lesson 7: Alternative Societies (Animals and Man)
Text: "Second Dawn" by Arthur C Clarke, notes are here
Lesson 8: Topic: Aliens and Space-Colonization
Text: The Second Night of Summer by James Schmitz, notes will be available soon
Lesson 9: Alternative Future
Text: "The Ballad of Lost C'mell" by Cordwainer Smith,
Lesson 10: Race and Science FIction
Text: "A Thing of Beauty" by Normal Spinard, notes are here
Lesson 11: Consumer Culture and Science Fiction
Text: The Tunnel under the World" by Frederick Pohl
Lesson 12: Space Travel and Colonization
Text: The Monster by A E Vogt, notes are here