Agenda
1. Bester Discussion
2.RE-orientation- where we are -where we are heading
3. Next Assignment
Writing texts, How to summarize and write a synopsis.
Asimov’s “Reason” (1941) how to describe, what happens, what are some themes and issues in the story
The coming to self consciousness of the robot (QT, Cutie)
Science and Religion / Advancement of machine learning/ master/slave dialectic
Allegory of the Cave : Plato c5th century BCE Ignorance vs truth and representation
Descartes : QT quotes Meditations “I think, therefore I am.”
Jean Jacque Rousseau, “the social contract” – The rights of man
Astounding SF John C. Campbell Editor.
Golden Age- Very heavy in Hard SF
Can time travel be considered Hard SF?
Why is superman not Hard sf?
Teleportation at the the atomic level now exists
“Quantum Entanglement” physics
“Fondly Fahrenheit” and “Reason” are Hard SF
Myth- is not really the domain of SF, but it is related to SF
HUBRIS, SENTIENT< MEGATEXT VS CANON
Megatext_ Writer-ly term. writers response to other writers, reflections, connections, relationships between texts
Canon- Critical term – Outlined by a larger community
Media- Medium
Literary Studies SF Studies Media Studies
Writing/ print/ verbal language
Material culture
Photography emerges in mid 19th century
9th Century BCE writing—>Plato Homer–>0–>15th c printing press—>1840 photography–>1880 telphone–>1900 Film Electricity 1994 1914 WW1
Lester Del Rey “Helen O’Loy” 1938
Robert A Heinlein “Universe” 1941
Works discussed/referred too
Martian
Jurassic Park
Life
AI (2001)
Wolverine
Passenger
The Arrival
Star Wars -Space Opera
Dragon Ball Z
Wayward Heights
