Hi Class,

I hoped you liked Shakespeare in Love. I forgot to tell you that it won 7 Academy Awards in 1998–including best picture, best actress, and best supporting actress.

Homework for Nov 17:

  1. Define these terms: science fiction, empathy, artificial intelligence, and ethics (as a bonus, be able to define Mercerism)
  2. Read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick–up to page 84.
  3. Prepare for Quiz 3 (over the above terms and up to page 84). Be sure to know major characters, setting, and plot.

Cheers,

Sean

 

 

Through this University of Kansas website, we can learn quite a lot about science fiction:

http://www.sfcenter.ku.edu/SF-Defined.htm

 

See especially the Wikipedia definition page for science fiction and the history of science fiction poster by Ward Shelly

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