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SINT 34601     Survey of Science Fiction Optional Readings  Spring 2005

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The readings below are optional enrichment for each week.  Enjoy  -- if you wish -- now -- or later.

Prentice = Garyn Roberts, ed. Prentice Hall Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction

Mon. Feb. 7:

Feel free to read any or all of the readings for the week beyond those you are required to do overall or as a part of your group.
Excerpts from A Voyage To The Moon by Cyrano de Bergerac (also titled: The Comical History of the States and Empires of the World of the Moon)  http://www.princeton.edu/~stengel/cyrano.html

Mon. Feb. 14:
U. S.: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (1839) in Prentice  16-28
U. S.: Edgar Allan Poe, "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" (1845) http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_valdem.htma \
England: Mary Shelley, "The Mortal Immortal" (1833) in Prentice  8-16
Hans Christian Anderson, "In a Thousand Years" (1853):  http://wondersmith.com/scifi/1kyears.htm

Mon. Feb. 21:
England: H. G. Wells: "The Star," (1899) Prentice
Poland:  Click here if you wish to read more of Karel Capek RUR  
U. S.: Hugo Gernsback, "Extra Sensory Perfection" (1956) available on WebCT
France: Jules Verne Excerpts from Round the Moon (1870) http://www.princeton.edu/~stengel/RTM.html
Website on Verne:  http://www.fys.ruu.nl/~gdevries/verne/verne.html
France: Jules Verne:  "In the Year 2889" (1885)  http://wondersmith.com/scifi/2889.htm
See Verne/Wells Chronology

Mon. Feb. 28:
U. S.: Clare Winger Harris, "The Fate of Poseidonia" (1927) Prentice  501-515
U. S. Curt Siodmak "The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika" Prentice
U. S. Murray Leinster, "The Mad Planet" (1920)  http://wondersmith.com/scifi/madplan.htm
U. S.: Jack London, "A Relic of the Pliocene" (1901) http://wondersmith.com/scifi/relic.htm
U. S. Saki:  "Tobermory" (1909)  http://wondersmith.com/scifi/toby.htm or http://www.sff.net/people/DoyleMacdonald/l_tober.htm

Mon. Mar. 7:
U. S. Stanley G. Weinbaum: "A Martian Odyssey" (1934)  Prentice
England: Olaf Stapledon:  “The Last Terrestials” from The Last and First Men (1930) available on  WebCT  .

Mon. Mar. 14:
U. S.: Isaac Asimov, "Robbie," (1940) in Prentice  574-587
Canada (Dutch Ancestry): A. E. Van Vogt: "The Weapons Shop" (1942) Prentice 594-625
U. S.: Theodore Sturgeon "Thunder and Roses" (1947) Prentice 644-659

Mon. Mar. 21:
U. S.: Ray Bradbury, "There Will Come Soft Rains" (1950) in Prentice  718-722
U. S. Katherine Maclean "Pictures Don't Lie" (1951) in Prentice  751-763
U. S.: Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Exiles of Tomorrow," (1955) inPrentice  835-839
U. S. Alfred Bester "Fondly Fahrenheit" (1955) Prentice  821-834
U. S. Avram Davison "Or All the Sea with Oysters" (1958) Prentice  852-859
U. S. Hugo Gernsback "Extra Sensory Perfection" (1956) available on  WebCT  .

Mon. Mar. 28:
U. S. James K. Tiptree, Jr. "The Last Flight of Dr. Ain" (1969)  in Prentice 915-922
U. S. Philip K. Dick "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" (on which Total Recall is based) (1966)   in Prentice  880-894
U. S. Kurt Vonnegut "Harrison Bergeron" (1961)  in Prentice  864-868
U. S. Larry Niven "The Jigsaw Man" (1967) in Prentice  907-914
U. S. Frederick Pohl "The Fiend" (1964)  in Prentice
U. S. Fred Saberhagen "Without a Thought" (1963)  in Prentice  869-875

Mon. Apr. 4:
U. S. Harry Harrison "Roommates" (1971) (the story that eventually became Make Room! Make Room! (1966) which in turn was the basis for Soylent Green (1973) in Prentice 931-945
U. S. Orson Scott Card "Ender's Game" (1977)  in Prentice  970-991
U. S. Robert Zelazny "The Engine at Heart Spring Center" (1974) in Prentice  965-970

Mon.  Apr. 11:
U. S. William F. Gibson "Burning Chrome" (1982) in Prentice 1006-1019
U. S. Bruce Sterling "Our Neural Chernobyl" (1988) from Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft. Ed. Robin Wilson. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 229-236. (7 p.) On Reserve.

Mon. Apr. 18:


Mon. Apr. 25:
U. S.: Kim Stanley Robinson.  “Glacier.” (1988) from Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft. Ed. Robin Wilson. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1996. 143-163. (20 p.) On Reserve. and available on  WebCT  .

Mon. May 2:

Mon. May 9:
Poland: Adam Wisniewski-Snerg, "The Angel of Violence," in The Science Fiction Century, ed. David G. Hartman. N.Y.: Tom Doherty, 1997, 242-250. On Reserve