DAILY ASSIGNMENTS

Thursday, August 30, 2012

• First Class.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

• Email contact information to me at hhalbert@gmail.com.  See handout on Blackboard  for exact information sought and link to template.  PLEASE USE THE TEMPLATE FILE.
• Read, sign, and return your contract.
• Read "How to Really Read This Book" (Handout)
• Read and mark the following selections from Science Fiction: Stories and Contexts (Hereafter called "Masri"):
• "A Brief Introduction to Science Fiction and Its History" (1-10)
• [skim only, no need to mark] "A Selective Guide to Science Fiction Research" (11-16)
• from The War of the Worlds—H.G. Wells (18-32).
• "A Martian Odyssey" –Stanley G. Weinbaum (32-52)
• "The Fact of Blackness"—Frantz Fanon (189-193)
• Read and mark Ender's Game, Chapters 1-5 (pages 1-53)

Thursday, September 6, 2012

• Read and mark the following from Masri's anthology:
• "When I Was Miss Dow"—Sonya Dorman (87-96)
• From The Second Sex—Simone de Beauvoir (179-185)
• Read and mark Ender's Game, Chapters 6-7 (54-96)

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

• Finish reading and marking Ender's Game
• Bring Masri and Ender's Game to class

Thursday, September 13, 2012

• Read and mark "Mars Is Heaven!"—Ray Bradbury (Marsi 73-87)
• Read and mark "Bloodchild"—Octavia E. Butler (Marsi 119-133)

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

• WARNING: Break these readings up over a few days.

• Read and mark "A Cyborg Manifesto"—Donna J. Haraway (Marsi 455-475)
• Read and mark "Liar!"—Issac Asimov (Marsi 282-295)
• Read and mark "Burning Chrome"—William Gibson (Marsi 371-386)

Thursday, September 20, 2012

• Read and mark "The Girl Who Was Plugged In" (Marsi 342-370)

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

• Read and mark "Second Variety" by Philip K. Dick (Marsi 296-331)
• Read and mark "The Algorithms for Love" by Ken Liu (Marsi 415-427)
• We will begin watching Blade Runner in class today.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

• Read and mark "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke (Marsi 915-921)
• Read and mark "'All you Zombies­'"  by Robert A. Heinlein (Marsi 551-561)
• Read and mark "Bear Discovers Fire" by Terry Bisson (Marsi 1194-1202)
• Exam Quotation Assignment Due.  Submit to Blackboard Drop Box.
• We will continue watching Blade Runner in class today.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

• Draft of Paper #1 due.  Bring a copy to class and post a copy in the "Paper #1: Draft" forum of the class discussion board.

Thursday, October 4, 2012

• Read and mark "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman"—Harlin Ellison (Marsi 758-768).
• Read and mark "Ideology and Terror: A Novel Form of Government"—Hannah Arendt (Marsi 850-863)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

• NO CLASS.
• Emailed Copy of Final draft of Paper #1 due by 9:35 AM.  See checklist for details.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

• Midterm Exam.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

• Read and mark Section 1, Chapters 1-8 of 1984. Pages 1-106
• Bring Marsi to class.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

• Read and mark Section 2 of 1984. Pages 107-230.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

• Finish reading and marking 1984. Pages 231-308. You do not need to read the appendix on "The Principles of Newspeak," but you may do so for five points extra credit.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

• Read and mark Chapters 1-4 of Watchmen.  You may find it easier to use large Post-it notes to mark the text.
• Bring 1984.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

• Finish reading and marking Watchmen.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

• Read and mark "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes (Marsi 1110-1132).
• Read and mark "How the World Was Saved" by Stanislaw Lem (Marsi 937-941).

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

• Read and mark Chapters 1-10 of Starship Troopers. Pages 1-145
• We will start watching a film (TBA) in class.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

• Read and mark Chapters 11-12 of Starship Troopers. Pages 146-201
• We will continue watching the TBA film..

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

• Finish reading and marking Starship Troopers, including Historical Note on last page. Pages 202-264
• We will review the research project today.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

• Read and mark Chapters 1-17 of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

• Finish The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
• Absence counts double.

Thursday, November 22, 2012
NO CLASS: Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

• Research project prewriting due.  Post a copy to the discussion board in the "Research Paper: Prewriting" forum.
• Meet in the library (in College Hall) to do research.  Sign in with Dr. H in the lobby of the library.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

• NO CLASS.
• Annotated Bibliography Due at 9:35 AM.  Post a copy to the "Research Paper: Bibliography" forum.
• I will be in my office (PH 441) during our normal class time if you want to discuss your upcoming paper.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

• Draft of Paper #2 Due.  Post a copy and bring two copies to class.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

• LAST CLASS.
• Quote Assignment Due. Submit to Blackboard's Drop Box.
• Print, read, and mark "The Star" by Arthur C. Clark (http://web.archive.org/web/20080718084442/http://lucis.net/stuff/clarke/star_clarke.html)  A backup copy is in the "Course Documents" section of the class web page.

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

• NO CLASS.
• Paper #2 Due.  See checklist for details.

Final exam date to be announced.