English 1818
Schedule
Schedule
The following schedule is subject to change according to the demands of the class. I will announce changes to it in class when the need presents itself.
| T | August 31 | Introduction |
| Th | September 2 | H. G. Wells, Time Machine, chs. I-VI |
| T | September 7 | Wells, chs. VII-X |
| Th | September 9 | Wells, XI-Epilogue |
| T | September 14 | QUIZ ON WELLS
Online discussion of The Time Machine (1960) |
| Th | September 16 | Online workshop: comparative time machines |
| T | September 21 | Stanislaw Lem, Solaris, The Arrival, The Solarists, The Visitors, Sartorius |
| Th | September 23 | Lem, Rheya, "The Little Apocrypha," The Conference |
| T | September 28 | Lem, The Monsters, The Liquid Oxygen |
| Th | September 30 | Lem, Conversation, The Thinkers, The Dreams, Victory, The Old Mimoid |
| T | October 5 | PART ONE EXAMINATION ON WELLS AND LEM |
| Th | October 7 | William Gibson, Neuromancer, chs. 1-4 |
| T | October 12 | Gibson, chs. 5-11 |
| Th | October 14 | Gibson, chs. 12-16 |
| T | October 19 | Gibson, chs. 17-24 Discussion of The Matrix |
| Th | October 21 | QUIZ ON GIBSON AND THE MATRIX
Octavia Butler, Clay's Ark, Part One |
| T | October 26 | Butler, Part Two |
| Th | October 28 | Fall Break |
| T | November 2 | Butler, Parts Three and Four |
| Th | November 4 | Butler, Part Five |
| T | November 9 | PART TWO EXAMINATION ON GIBSON, WACHOWSKIS, AND BUTLER |
| Th | November 11 | Padmanabhan's Harvest, Act One |
| T | November 16 | Padmanabhan, Act Two |
| Th | November 18 | Padmanabhan, Act Three DRAFT OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS DUE FOR PEER-EDITING |
| T | November 23 | QUIZ ON PADMANABHAN
Becky Chambers, A Long Voyage to a Small, Angry Planet, pp. 1-85 |
| Th | November 25 | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| T | November 30 | Chambers, pp. 86-190 FINAL DRAFT OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS DUE |
| Th | December 2 | Chambers, Kedrium, pp. 233-270 |
| T | December 7 | Chambers, October 26, pp. 303-337 |
| Th | December 9 | Chambers, Hedra Ka, pp. 360-378 Seven Hours, pp. 379-389 Hard Reset, pp. 390-403 |
| Th | December 16 | FINAL EXAM (CUMULATIVE), 8-9:50AM |
28 November 2021