The Syllabus - Regular Semester Sessions

(For both Summer Session and Winter InterSession Classes See Below)

WEEK 1: FIRST LECTURE. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
WEEK 2: From the Earth To the Moon - Jules Verne.
WEEK 3: The Time Machine - H. G. Wells.

Readings from the Anthology:

WEEK 4: SECOND LECTURE. "Fessenden's Worlds" - Edmund Hamilton (1937), "Who Goes There?" John W. Campbell, Jr. (1938).
WEEK 5: "They" - Robert A. Heinlein (1941); "Nightfall" - Isaac Asimov (1941).
WEEK 6: "The Weapon Shop" - A. E. Van Vogt (1942); "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" - Lewis Padgett (1943).

WEEK 7: THIRD LECTURE. "Desertion" - Clifford D. Simak (1944); "First Contact" - Murray Leinster (1945); "Thunder and Roses" - Theodore Sturgeon (1947).
WEEK 8: "That Only a Mother" - Judith Merril (1948); "To Serve Man" - Damon Knight (1950); "The Sound of Thunder" - Ray Bradbury (1952).
WEEK 9: "Critical Factor" - Hal Clement (1953); "The Nine- Billion Names of God" - Arthur C. Clarke (1953); "It's a Good Life" - Jerome Bixby (1953).

WEEK 10: FOURTH LECTURE. "The Cold Equations" - Tom Godwin (1954); "Fondly Fahrenheit" - Alfred Bester (1954).
WEEK 11: "The Game of Rat and Dragon" - Cordwainer Smith (1955); "A Work of Art" - James Blish (1956)
WEEK 12: "Pilgrimage to Earth" - Robert Sheckley (1956); "Flowers for Algernon" - Daniel Keyes (1959).
WEEK 13: "Harrison Bergeron" - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1961); "The Streets of Ashkalon" - Harry Harrison (1962). .

WEEK 14: FIFTH LECTURE. "The Watch-towers" - J. G. Ballard (1962); "The Great Slow Kings" - Roger Zelazny (1963).
WEEK 15: "Slow Tuesday Night" - R. A. Lafferty (1966); "Day Million" - Frederick Pohl (1966). "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" - Philip K. Dick (1966); "Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman" - Harlan Ellison (1967). MAJOR PAPER DUE - 12 PAGES

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Winter InterSession Syllabus

(Note: You may read as many of the stories in the anthology as you wish and use any of the unassigned stories in your Discussion Board responses. The stories listed below are the most essential for this course.)

First Week: Read Lectures One and Two. The Novel, The Time Machine. "Fessenden's Worlds", "Who Goes There?", "They", "Nightfall", "First Contact".

Second Week: Read Lectures Three and Four. "That Only a Mother", "To Serve Man", "The Sound of Thunder", "The Nine Billion Names of God", "It's a Good Life", "The Cold Equations".

Third Week: Read Lecture Five. "Fondly Fahrenheit", "Flowers For Algernon", "Harrison Bergeron", "Day Million", "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", "'Repent, Harlequin!', Said the Ticktockman".

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Summer Session Syllabus

(This is for any 5 week session.)

First Week: Read Lecture One. The Novel: The Time Machine. "Fessenden's Worlds", "Who Goes There?" "They".

Second Week: Read Lecture Two. "Nightfall", "The Weapon Shop", "Mimsey Were the Borogroves", "Desertion". "First Contact".

Third Week: Read Lecture Three. "Thunder and Roses", "That Only A Mother", "To Serve Man", "The Sound of Thunder", "Critical Factor".

Fourth Week: Read Lecture Four. "The Nine Billion Names of God", "It's a Good Life", "The Cold Equations", "Fondly Fahrenheit", "Flowers for Algernon".

Fifth Week: Read Lecture Five. "Harrison Bergeron", "The Watch-Towers", "The Great Slow Kings", "Slow Tuesday Night", "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale", "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman".

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