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Course Description: Students in the course will read science fiction novels and short stories of various genre and will review films that illustrate these genre. Themes of science fiction are varied and include conflict between social control and personal freedom, fear of people upsetting the balance of nature, fear of war, fear of the unknown, fear of human experimentation, the epic hero who must save society, consequences of the breakdown of social control, and warnings that society is making a mistake. Students will discuss and clarify the social issues. 

Instructors: C. Hartley Miller 155 Ext. 4745, & R. Hickey Miller 123 Ext. 4739.

Meeting: MTWThF Miller 103  10:00 -11:30 a.m. and Anderson 149 1:15-3:15 p.m.

Text:
2001; a space odyssey, Clarke, Arthur C., Penguin, 1993

Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury, Ray, Balentine, 1979

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Adams, Douglas, Ballentine, 1995

The Naked Sun, Asimov, Isaac, Bantam, 1991

The Playboy Book of Science Fiction, Turner, Alice K. Harper Prism, 1999

The War of the Worlds, Wells, H.G., Dover, 1997