Since we didn’t have class this week because I was out sick, I’m going to make this blog post optional for extra credit. I’m also going to make the comments for BP 8, which are due at the same time, also for extra credit. This is a good opportunity to do some catching up if you’ve fallen behind on posts and comments.
Our reading for this week was
- Ted Chiang–Story of your life (29 pages.)
- William Hope Hodgson–The Voice in the Night (1907) (11 pages)
This is an open assignment. You are free to write about what you want, but it should be a minimum of three paragraphs and should shed some light on the text. In other words, it should be an analysis of some kind, not a summary. Your analysis should help us understand the readings better because you’ve explored something that isn’t at first obvious. You are free to write about either reading or both. You are also free to go beyond three paragraphs. Make sure, however, that your writing is correct and concise. It should also be clear and flow from one idea to the next. It should show that you’ve spent time revising and editing for correctness and style.
Presentations for 4/9/24
For the presentations, we’re going to go ahead and move everybody down one time slot. You can see the revised schedule on the upper right-hand side. On the 9th we’ll have
- Naheed Reyhad—Vernor Vinge
- Khalil Issa–Brian Aldiss
Readings for 4/9/24
- PaoloBacigalupi-“The People of Sand and Slag” (2004)
- James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Sheldon)—The Girl who was Plugged in. 1973
