Class Materials For Engl 356
Science Fiction

• Campbell and Frye on  Heroes and Myths
• H.G. Wells and The Time Machine
• Utopia Materials and Links
• Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Herland
• Robert Heinlein and Starship Troopers
• Thematic Bibliographies (Aliens, Catastrophes, Time Travel, Psionics)
• Philip K. Dick and Blade Runner
• Ursula K. LeGuin and Left Hand of Darkness
• James Tiptree, Jr. a.k.a. Alice Sheldon
• Gender in/and SF
• Cyberpunk Materials
• Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars

Background Materials

• Reading Guide for Myth, Mode, and Hero Materials
• Chart of the Hero's Journey from Joseph Campbell
• Campbell's Quest in Star Wars
• The Monomyth in Metropolis
• Versions of the Hero's Quest
• The Female Hero's Journey
• Chart Comparing Dorothy to Luke Skywalker

 

 

H.G.Wells

• Study Guide for The Time Machine
• H.G. Wells Biblio & Links

Links and Materials on Utopias

• Edward Bellamy and William Morris
• Outline of Characteristics to Look for in Utopias and Dystopias
• Utopia/ Dystopia Biblio
• A Bibliography of Imagined Sexual Futures
• Links to Sites About Utopias
• Link to SF FIlm Pages on Metropolis and The Shape of Things to Come

 

 

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

• Reading and Study Guide for Herland
• Charlote Perkins Gilman Biblio and Links

Robert Heinlein

• Reading and Study Questions for Starship Toopers
• Dave Wiskochil's Bibliography on Heinlein

Thematic Biblios

• A Selective, Chronological, Thematic Reading List on Aliens
• Various Cosy Catastrophes and Dreadful Dooms
• Time Travel: Paradoxes, Police, Alternate Realities, and Parallel Worlds
• A Reading List of SF Books on Psionics

Philip K. Dick

• Reading and Discussion Questions on Blade Runner
• The Hero's Journey in Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream 
• Class Chart Comparing Characters in Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream 
• My Biblio of Works by P.K. Dick
• My Biblio of Works about P.K. Dick 
• My Biblio of Works Dealing with Blade Runner, Total Recall, and other PhilDickian Cinema 
• Blade Runner and P.K. Dick Links




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Ursula K. Le Guin

• Reading and Discussion Questions on Left Hand of Darkness
• le Guin's Future History -- An Internal Chronology of Her Science Fiction Works
• Le Guin Links

James Tiptree, Jr. a.k.a. Alice Sheldon 

• A Pretty Complete Bibliography of Fiction by Tiptree -- Books and Short Stories
• Non-Fiction by Tiptree -- Interviews and Introductions
• Works About Tiptree -- Links and Critical References




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Gender in/and SF 

• A Bibliography of Imagined Sexual Futures
• SF and Feminism on the Web
• Critical/Academic Work on Gender and SF

 

 
 

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Cyberpunk Materials 

• Lists of Cyberpunk Fiction
• Cyberpunk Links
• Critical Works About Cyberpunk
• A Donna Haraway Bibliography




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Kim Stanley Robinson 

• Materials on Red Mars
• The Gift Economy
• A Kim Stanley Robinson Bibliography
• Kim Stanley Robinson Links




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