ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction ________________________________________ Week 3 Meeting 8: June 13, 2016 Doctor Who (II): The Thirteen Doctors | Screening: “Blink” Meeting 9: June 14, Time (continued—Stories: Robert Silverberg, "When We Went to See the End of the World" (1972) | Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Lucky Strike" (1984) | Connie Willis, "At the Rialto" (1989) | Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life" (1998) | Movie/TV Show of the Day: Looper (2012) | First Writing Assignment Due Meeting 10: June 15, 2016 SFSC 4. Utopias and Dystopias—Stories: Damon Knight, "Country of the Kind" (1955) | Harlan Ellison, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (1965) | Cultural Contexts: William H. Whyte, Jr. From The Organization Man (1956) | Fredric Jameson, "Progress versus Utopia; or Can We Imagine the Future?" (1982) | Movie/TV Show of the Day: Snowpiercer (2013) Meeting 11: June 16, 2016 SFSC 4. Utopias and Dystopias (continued—Stories: Joanna Russ, "When It Changed" (1972) | John Varley, "The Persistence of Vision" (1978) | Mike Resnick, "Kirinyaga" (1988) | Nalo Hopkinson, "Something to Hitch Meat to" (2001) | Movie/TV Show of the Day: Gattaca (1997)
Season 3, Episode 10 Doctor Who Cooperative Center for Study Abroad | London Winter | 12/26/2016-1/8/2017 Meeting 8: June 13, 2016 Doctor Who (II): The Thirteen Doctors | Screening: “Blink”
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Meeting 9: June 14, Time (continued—Stories: Robert Silverberg, "When We Went to See the End of the World" (1972) | Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Lucky Strike" (1984) | Connie Willis, "At the Rialto" (1989) | Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life" (1998) Movie/TV Show of the Day: Looper (2012) | First Writing Assignment Due
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Robert Silverberg, "When We Went to See the End of the World" (1972)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Kim Stanley Robinson, "The Lucky Strike" (1984)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Connie Willis, "At the Rialto" (1989)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life" (1998)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Movie/TV Show of the Day: Looper (2012)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Meeting 10: June 15, 2016 SFSC 4. Utopias and Dystopias—Stories: Damon Knight, "Country of the Kind" (1955) | Harlan Ellison, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (1965) | Cultural Contexts: William H. Whyte, Jr. From The Organization Man (1956) | Fredric Jameson, "Progress versus Utopia; or Can We Imagine the Future?" (1982) | Movie/TV Show of the Day: Snowpiercer (2013)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Damon Knight, "Country of the Kind" (1955)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Harlan Ellison, "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" (1965)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Cultural Contexts: William H. Whyte, Jr. From The Organization Man (1956) | Fredric Jameson, "Progress versus Utopia; or Can We Imagine the Future?" (1982)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Movie/TV Show of the Day: Snowpiercer (2013) Snowpiercer (Bong Joon Ho, 2013)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Meeting 11: June 16, 2016 SFSC 4. Utopias and Dystopias (continued—Stories: Joanna Russ, "When It Changed" (1972) | John Varley, "The Persistence of Vision" (1978) | Mike Resnick, "Kirinyaga" (1988) | Nalo Hopkinson, "Something to Hitch Meat to" (2001) | Movie/TV Show of the Day: Gattaca (1997)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Joanna Russ, "When It Changed" (1972)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction John Varley, "The Persistence of Vision" (1978)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Mike Resnick, "Kirinyaga" (1988)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Nalo Hopkinson, "Something to Hitch Meat to" (2001)
ENGL 2020—006 | Themes in Literature and Culture: Science Fiction Movie/TV Show of the Day: Gattaca (1997)