LITR 222: Science Fiction (CRN 714)
MWF 12:00-12:50, FITZ 206

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This syllabus is subject to change, and you are responsible for changes announced in class.

  25 Jan—Intro to class—issues in science fiction 27 Jan—Film—more about issues in science fiction
30 Jan—Read War of the Worlds—Angel post due 31st by noon 1 Feb—War of the Worlds 3 Feb—War of the Worlds—sign up for group presentations
6 Feb—Read At the Mountains of Madness (1-110)—Angel post due 7th by noon 8 Feb—At the Mountains of Madness 10 Feb—Read “The Dreams in the Witch-House” (139-77)
13 Feb—Read Foundation Parts I-IV—Angel post due 14th by noon 15 Feb—Read Foundation Part V, chapters 1-10 17 Feb—Read Foundation Part V, chapter 11-end
20 Feb—Read Childhood’s End chapters 1-16—Angel post due 22nd by noon 22 Feb—Read Childhood’s End chapter 17-end 24 Feb—Childhood’s End
27 Feb—Read Bradbury “R Is for Rocket” & “The Big Black and White Game” 29 Feb—Read Bradbury “Uncle Einar” & “The Great Fire” 2 Mar—Read Bradbury “A Sound of Thunder” & “The Murderer”
5 Mar—Star Trek—Article Response due by 5 7 Mar—Read Bradbury “The Dragon”—Angel post due 8th by noon 9 Mar—Read Bradbury “The Time Machine” & “The Sound of Summer Running”
12 Mar—Read The Forever War chapters 1-25—Angel post due 13th by noon 14 Mar—Read The Forever War chapters 26-30 16 Mar—Read The Forever War chapter 31-end
19 Mar—Break 21 Mar—Break 23 Mar—Break
26 Mar—Read Kindred Prologue-The Fight—Angel post due 27th by noon 28 Mar—Read Kindred The Storm 30 Mar—Read Kindred The Rope-end
2 Apr—Read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy chapters 1-21—Angel post due 3rd by noon 4 Apr—Read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy chapter 22-end 6 Apr—Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
9 Apr—Film 11 Apr—Film 13 Apr—TBA
16 Apr—Read Akira pp. 1-207—Angel post due 17th by noon 18 Apr—Read Akira pp 271-285 20 Apr—Read Akira pp. 286-end
23 Apr—Read Artemis Fowl chapters 1-7—Angel post due 24th by noon 25 Apr—Read Artemis Fowl chapter 8-end 27 Apr—presentations
30 Apr—presentations 2 May—presentations 4 May—presentations
7 May—Review/prep for final exam— presentations—Angel post due 8th by noon    

Final Exam: Friday, 11 May, 11:00-1:30

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