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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Concluding Aliens and Feminist SF, Review for Exam 2
Exam 2 review notes on the chalkboard. In today’s class, we finished watching James Cameron’s Aliens and discussed how it fits into our earlier discussions on feminist SF (Ripley as strong female hero,...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Revised Schedule for Last Week of Class
This is the last week of my Science Fiction class. I decided to make some changes to the final week of class to cover the necessary material and to strike out into new territory. Here’s the revised...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Cyberpunk, William Gibson, and Retrocomputing Demo
After my students took their second exam yesterday, I lectured on cyberpunk to accompany their readings: William Gibson’s “Burning Chrome” and Bruce Sterling’s “Preface” to Mirrorshades. I talked about...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Global Perspective Unit on Taiwanese SF and Review...
Taiwanese SF lecture notes on the chalkboard. In today’s class, I introduced my Science Fiction students to Taiwanese SF. For class, they read David Uher’s “Trends in the Development of Science Fiction...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: All Good Things: Last Day of Class, Haptic...
The excellent group of students (and me in the back right) in my Science Fiction class holding up their SF-inspired Lego creations. Photo by Carol Senf. Today, unfortunately, was the last day of my...
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Science Fiction, LMC3214: Final Paper Topics Were On a Broad Spectrum of SF...
I just finished grading my students’ final paper projects. Their task was to use several definitions of SF from a list that I had prepared for them (or others that they found on their own and properly...
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Brittain Fellowship Year Two, Fall 2013: ENGL1101 (English Composition I) and...
A year has passed since I began my three year tenure as a Marion L. Brittain Postdoctoral Fellow in Georgia Tech’s Writing and Communication Program of the School of Literature, Media, and...
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Science Fiction Writer Kiini Ibura Salaam Visits Georgia Tech Today:...
Kiini Ibura Salaam’s Website On Thursday, October 24, 2013, science fiction writer Kiini Ibura Salaam will visit Georgia Tech’s Stephen C. Hall Building to give a reading, signing, and interview. Lisa...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Science Fiction Final Paper, Exploring SF...
This is my inaugural post in a new series titled, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate Thesis, Networks of Science, Technology, and...
This is the eighth post in a new series titled, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider interesting...
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Recovered Writing: MA in SF Studies, Special Author: Ursula K. Le Guin, Final...
This is the sixteenth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: MA in SF Studies, Utopias Module, James Tiptree, Jr.’s...
This is the seventeenth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: MA in SF Studies, Genre Definitions Module, Notes on New...
This is the eighteenth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: MA in SF Studies, Genre Definitions Module, Notes on Hugo...
This is the nineteenth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: Undergraduate SF Lab Project, “Development of AI in...
This is the twenty-eighth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Recovered Writing: My First Professional, Academic Presentation, “Monstrous...
This is the thirtieth post in a series that I call, “Recovered Writing.” I am going through my personal archive of undergraduate and graduate school writing, recovering those essays I consider...
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Europa Report Free Film Screening and Discussion with Me, Scientists,...
Free Europa Report Screening and Panel Discussion! On Friday, March 28, 2014 from 5:00PM to 8:00PM at the Atlanta Science Festival, I will join moderator Gil Weinberg (Georgia Tech, Physics), Marcus...
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Photos from Europa Report Screening Panel at the Atlanta Science Festival
Europa Report panel: from left to right: Marcus, Gil, Sidney, and me. After the screening of Europa Report on March 28, 2014 at Kennesaw State University as part of the Atlanta Science Festival, Gil...
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Interview with Producer, Writer, and Director of the 1977 Educational...
Photo courtesy of Paul Lally. Late last year on October 3, 2013, I had the pleasure of interviewing Paul Lally, the producer, writer, and director of an educational program from 1977 called “Space...
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Science Fiction, LMC 3214, Summer 2014: Definitions of SF and Ted Chiang’s...
During Wednesday’s class, we will continue laying groundwork for our work in Science Fiction, LMC 3214 this summer. First, we will discuss the assigned reading: Ted Chiang’s “The Truth of Fact, the...
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