Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself.
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August 31 |
Introduction |
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September 2 |
H. G. Wells, Time Machine, chs. I-VI |
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September 7 |
Wells, chs. VII-X |
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September 9 |
Wells, XI-Epilogue |
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September 14 |
QUIZ ON WELLS
Online discussion of The Time Machine (1960) |
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September 16 |
Online workshop: comparative time machines |
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September 21 |
Stanislaw Lem, Solaris, The Arrival, The Solarists, The Visitors, Sartorius |
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September 23 |
Lem, Rheya, "The Little Apocrypha," The Conference |
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September 28 |
Lem, The Monsters, The Liquid Oxygen |
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September 30 |
Lem, Conversation, The Thinkers, The Dreams, Victory, The Old Mimoid |
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October 5 |
PART ONE EXAMINATION ON WELLS AND LEM |
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October 7 |
William Gibson, Neuromancer, chs. 1-4 |
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October 12 |
Gibson, chs. 5-11 |
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October 14 |
Gibson, chs. 12-16 |
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October 19 |
Gibson, chs. 17-24
Discussion of The Matrix |
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October 21 |
QUIZ ON GIBSON AND THE MATRIX
Octavia Butler, Clay's Ark, Part One |
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October 26 |
Butler, Part Two |
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October 28 |
Fall Break |
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November 2 |
Butler, Parts Three and Four |
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November 4 |
Butler, Part Five |
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November 9 |
PART TWO EXAMINATION ON GIBSON, WACHOWSKIS, AND BUTLER |
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November 11 |
Padmanabhan's Harvest, Act One |
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November 16 |
Padmanabhan, Act Two |
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November 18 |
Padmanabhan, Act Three
DRAFT OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS DUE FOR PEER-EDITING |
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November 23 |
QUIZ ON PADMANABHAN
Becky Chambers, A Long Voyage to a Small, Angry Planet, pp. 1-85 |
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November 25 |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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November 30 |
Chambers, pp. 86-190
FINAL DRAFT OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS DUE |
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December 2 |
Chambers, 191-270
Chambers, Kedrium, pp. 233-270 |
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December 7 |
Chambers, 271-359
Chambers, October 26, pp. 303-337 |
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December 9 |
Chambers, 360-428
Chambers, Hedra Ka, pp. 360-378
Seven Hours, pp. 379-389
Hard Reset, pp. 390-403
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December 16 |
FINAL EXAM (CUMULATIVE), 8-9:50AM |
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