Class Materials For Engl 356
Science Fiction

Chronological Chart | CEPA Chart | Background Materials on Heroes, Myth, and Romance | H.G. Wells and The Time Machine | Utopia Materials and Links | Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Herland | Robert Heinlein and Starship Troopers | Aliens | Catastrophes | Time Travel | Psionics | Philip K. Dick and Blade Runner | Ursula K. LeGuin and Left Hand of Darkness | James Tiptree, Jr | Gender in/and SF | SF and Enviornmental Issues | Cyberpunk Materials | Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars

Background Materials

• Reading Guide for Myth, Modes, and Romance Materials
• Romance
• Chart of Character Functions According to Northrop Frye
• Chart of the Hero's Journey from Joseph Campbell
• Versions of the Hero's Quest
• Campbell's Hero Quest in Star Wars
• Campbell's hero Quest in Metropolis
• The Female Hero's Journey
• Dorothy and Luke-- Chart Comparing the Hero's Quest in Wizard of Oz and Star Wars

H.G.Wells

• Study Guide for The Time Machine
• H.G. Wells Biblio & Links
• Gliederung of Time Machine
• Campbell Chart of Time Machine
• Vizualization of the Plot of Time Machine

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
•   Gliederung/ Plot Summary of Starship Troopers
• 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
• Gliederung/ Plot Summary of Blade Runner
• The Hero's Journey in Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream 
•   Class Notes on Blade Runner and  Ddck
• Class Chart Comparing Characters in Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream 
•  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
• My Le Guin Bibliography
• le Guin's Future History -- An Internal Chronology of Her Science Fiction Works
• Le Guin Links
• Class Notes on Le Guin (3/03)
• Gliederung (Chapter Outline) of Left Hand of Darkness
• Themes and Dichotomies in The Left Hand of Darkness
• The Campbell Quest in Left Hand

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
• Study Guide/ Reading Questions on Tiptree

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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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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• Bibliography of Books on Ecological Issues in Science Fiction

Kim Stanley Robinson 

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

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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