So in July I will be teaching Science Fiction. I have officially placed my bookorder, and my desk copies of the novels are on the way (I hope)! The books I'm requiring are:
Gunn, James The Road to Science Fiction #2: From Wells to Heinlein
Gunn, James The Road to Science Fiction #3: From Heinlein to Here
Heinlein, Robert The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Moon, Elizabeth The Speed of Dark
The anthologies are expensive together, but the two of them equal the price of the "standard" academic textbooks--except, apparently, the Norton anthology, but as they didn't get a copy to me after I requested one TWICE... I can't say I necessarily would have chosen it anyway. There still seem to be some omissions. "The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke is one that I would like to see included, and I would like to teach Bradbury's 'The Veldt," but at least I do that in my Intro to Lit course. Keyes' "Flowers for Algernon" (the short version) is one I will have to have as a supplement. It and Vonnegot's "Harrison Bergeron" will make for interesting discussion with The Speed of Dark. I admit that I have not yet read The Speed of Dark, but it comes highly recommended; it might be possible to have the author talk to the class; the author is a Texas author, contemporary, a woman, and well, the book sounds interesting. Also, book orders are due. Like, 10 days ago.
So, any thoughts??
1 comment:
Looks like a fun class.
I went through a huge Heinlein phase when I was a teenager and The Moon is a Harsh Mistress was probably my favorite of his novels. Can't count how many times I read it!
I've never read any Moon, so I can't be any help there.
It's actually been a while since I read any SF.
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