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Note: Sign up has now closed. See the official list on the Moodle website! <s>No more than three people may sign up for one question. Sign up is on a first-come first-served basis. Please put your name in box at the end of the question if you'd like to do that question - unless, of course, three people have already signed up for it! Note that "assigned reading" is one of the major stories from the anthology, and not one of the quick stories I give in class.</s>
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|In “Nightfall” and “The Cold Equations” does the author believe man is superior to nature? Or nature to man?
|Parisa Behvar, Raphael Faraldo, Tristan Bettencourt
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|What do “Helen O'Loy” and “Nightfall” say about the role of science in society?
|Steven Luu, Nick Roberts
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|Several of the assigned readings we looked at were considered to be “ground-breaking”. Pick two stories and explain how they broke new ground in SF.
|Michael Sousa, Rae Ramballack
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|How has SF grown and matured as a literary genre? Use two of the assigned readings to illustrate the growth – you may also refer to works that preceded the ones you are talking about to illustrate the growth.
|Francesco
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|Is science a necessary element of a ''science fiction'' story? Defend your argument using at least two of the assigned readings.
|John MacDonald, Mahad Ismail, Elyssa Kornienko
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|What is the author saying about men's expectation of women in “Helen O'Loy” and “His Vegtable Wife”?
|Nicole Zirngibl, Szymon Ahmed, Harman Grewal
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|Is “It's a Good Life” science fiction?
|Tan,Weijun, Chantal D'Silva, David Benford
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|Ideas often take precedence over characterization in SF stories. Illustrate this using two of the assigned readings.
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|SF stories often turn things around so that we see them in a new way. Describe how this technique is used in two of the assigned readings.
|Andrea Woodford, Derek Swanton, Kin On Lam
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|Since SF stories can be set in any place or time, most begin by establishing the setting. Illustrate how this is done in three of the assigned readings.
|T.J. Bukoski, Jason Luska
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|By setting stories on other planets or using other races, the author is often holding a mirror up to our society or to human psychology. What is Murphy saying about society in “His Vegetable Wife”?
|Phil Darlington, Clarissa Marcelly, Andrew Rosentsveig
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|Science fiction stories often have to deliver a lot of information to the reader, but don't want to deliver it in a tedious way (i.e. as a dry lecture). Describe and illustrate the techniques used to do this in two of the assigned readings.
|Bianca de Guzman, Mihael Adler
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|Is "Helen O'Loy" a sexist story? Be sure to explain any terms you might use, especially the term "sexist".
|Raymond Murchison, Florian Baranger, Mike Buta
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