Clark 2016-17 Syllabus for Studies in Science Fiction -- Semester 1 Syllabus for More Studies in Science Fiction -- Semester 2 Historical Perspective: “Decades” Unit Videos Fantastic Voyage: Evolution of Science Fiction Short Stories “The Stolen Bacillus” 1890s “The Disintegration Machine” 20s “The Mad Moon” 30s *“Thunder and Roses” 40s “The Exiles” 50s *“Repent, Harlequin” 60s “Engine at Heartspring’s Center” 70s “Rock On” 80s Historical Perspective: “Decades” Unit Videos Metropolis Short Stories “The Crystal Egg” “Metal Man” “Misfit” “That Only a Mother” “Death Between the Stars” “The Electric Ant” late 1800s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s Thematic Perspective Thematic Perspective Possible Human Futures - 1 Utopia/Dystopia - 4 Videos Short Stories “The Pedestrian” *“The Cold Equations” *“The Sentinel” “Jamboree” Videos 2001: A Space Odyssey Gravity Children of Men Novels Parable of the Sower Brave New World Blade Runner Excerpt from Frankenstein Minority Report Brazil (Black Mirror) Novels The Handmaid’s Tale Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep *The Left Hand of Darkness excerpt Short Stories *“Harrison Bergeron” “Burning Chrome” *“The Terminal Beach” Time Travel - 2 Genetic Engineering/Science - 5 Short Stories “Arena” *“Tricentennial” *“All You Zombies” *“Mimsy Were the Borogroves” Videos Stephen Hawking documentary Twelve Monkeys The Time Machine (original) Other Readings TBD Video Fringe “Unleashed” Novels Blood Music Short Stories “Macs” “The Golden Helix” “*BD* 11 1 86” Other Readings TBD Aliens - 6 Robots/Artificial Intelligence - 3 Videos Short Stories *“Fondly Fahrenheit” *“Who Can Replace A Man?“ *“I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream“ *“Masks” Videos The Matrix AI: Artificial Intelligence StarTrek:NG “The Measure of the Man” Novel I, Robot (Short story collection) Doctor Who “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances” Invasion of the Body Snatchers Alien (The Day the Earth Stood Still) Novels Childhood’s End Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Short Stories “Homelanding” “Each an Explorer” “The Man Who Devoured Books” *“Critical Factor” (Beat the Author: “The Perfect Woman“) (Beat the Author: “Patterns” & “They’re Made Out of Meat”) Personal Outside Reading -- 1 selection of science fiction or fantasy Personal Outside Reading -- 1 selection of science fiction or fantasy *Syllabus originally created by Gretchen Edelen; adapted in 2016 by Ms. Clark