During today’s class, I lectured briefly on the film Forbidden Planet and we watched approximately the first half of the film. Reflect on what you saw in the film and how it relates to what I told you during lecture. Summarize your lecture notes and what you saw in the film thus far, and post your summary as a comment to this blog entry.

Before we meet again next Monday to begin watching Forbidden Planet, type up your summary of Tom Godwin’s “The Cold Equations” and the lecture notes from today’s class. Copy-and-paste them into a comment to this blog post.

Before our class on Monday next week, write a summary of your reading of Robert A. Heinlein’s “All You Zombies–” and the lecture notes from today’s class. Post your summaries to a comment on this blog entry.

Continuing the Golden Age of SF, leave a substantial comment to this blog post that includes summary of your lecture notes from Monday’s class and a summary of your reading of Ray Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.”

Last week, we began discussing the Golden Age of SF. For this after class writing assignment, you should summarize your notes and your reading of Asimov’s “Reason.” We will turn our attention to Ray Bradbury on Monday.

There is no after class writing assignment for our previous lecture on science fiction film serials. Of course, the material will be on the exam, but I wanted to give everyone a break so that you all can study for the Monday exam. Good luck!

Post your after class summary of “Shambleau” and Monday’s class lecture in a comment to this blog entry. Remember, the first exam is on Monday! Good luck studying!