Frankenstein and its Influence
The Monster (1964) by A E Vogt, Link to Astounding Volume 41 (Aug 1948)
Social Engineering and Science Fiction
As Easy as A B C by Rudyard Kipling Kipling and SF, With the Night Mail (1909), With the Night Mail (gutenberg link), A.B.C.
Man and Machines
Text: "Who can Replace A Man?" by Brian Aldiss , notes are here Infinity Science Fiction Volume 3 number 5 , Infinity Science Fiction
Document 1: Essay Writing Tools
Document 2: Essay Writing : Oxford ADL Tutorial
History of Science Fiction - Retrofutures
The Land Ironclads by H G Wells First World War: Tank Battles , https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/home/
Project: Groups
Mars and Man
A Martian Odyssey, by Stanley G. Weinbaum Resources: Listen to the radio broadcast (1938) , A Martian Odyssey (WIKI) The effect of the broadcast,
A Martian Odyssey (1934) (wonder stories volume 6)
State Control & Overpopulation
Text: “A Criminal Act” (1967) by Harry Harrison, notes are here,
A Criminal Act (1967) (Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 1967)
Living in a Dystopia
Billenium by J G Ballard, Billenium (1961) (New Worlds) ,
Resources: The Unrealized horrors (article on 1960s population bomb), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wave_science_fiction, https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sf_magazines (the magazine era - 1920 - 1960) ,
Text: Karl and the Ogre by Paul J McAuley , notes are here
Movie to watch: District Nine ,
Resources: http://larsschmeink.de/?p=4866&lang=en, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopunk
Lesson 8: Alternative Societies (Animals and Man)
Text: "Second Dawn" by Arthur C Clarke, notes are here