LITR 4632 Literature of the Future
2005 Presentation Schedule
LITR
4632: Literature of the Future
Summer 2005, UHCL
Instructor: Craig White M,T, & Th
9am-noon, Bayou 2230
Office: 2529-8 Bayou
Phone: 281 283 3380 E-mail: whitec@uhcl.edu
Office
Hours: Mondays & Thursdays, 12-1, 6-6:30, and by appointment
Course
webpage: http://coursesite.cl.uh.edu/HSH/Whitec/LITR/4632
Reading
& Presentation Schedule--LITR 4632, Summer 2003
BC = Burning Chrome
FP
= Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias
ed. K. S. Robinson, (1994)
VN = Virtually Now: Stories of Science, Technology and the Future
Tuesday, 31 May: course introduction; narrative: apocalypse. Begin Genesis and Revelation (handouts)
Thursday, 2 June: narrative: apocalypse conclude Genesis and Revelation
Discussion-starter: Mary Kay Clements
Future-vision
presenter:
Kevin Kaup
Web-highlighter:
Bryan Hyde
Monday, 6 June: narrative: apocalypse begin Parable of the Sower
Discussion-starter: Irving Peralta
Future-vision
presenter:
Kayce Kay Goodro
Web-highlighter:
Irene Rodriguez
Tuesday, 7 June: narrative: apocalypse conclude Parable of the Sower;
Discussion-starter: Kayce Kay Goodro
Future-vision
presenter:
Bryan Lestarjette
Web-highlighter:
Mark Anthony Chapa
Thursday, 9 June: narrative: evolution "Stone Lives" (handout) and "Bears Discover Fire" (FP 17-28); "Somebody up there Likes Me" (VN 208-237)
Discussion-starter: Bryan Lestarjette
Future-vision
presenter:
Bryan Hyde
Web-highlighter:
Liavette Peralta
Monday, 13 June: narrative: evolution begin The Time Machine ("Life of H. G. Wells," v-viii; "Introduction," ix-xvi; pp. 1-90 (through ch. 8).
Discussion-starter: Mark Anthony Chapa
Future-vision
presenter:
Liavette Peralta
Tuesday, 14 June: narrative: evolution conclude The Time Machine (90-120; ch. 6 through epilogue; "Afterword," 121-125; narrative: alternative futures Bruce Sterling & Lewis Shiner, "Mozart in Mirrorshades" (handout)
Discussion-starter: Kevin Kaup (The Time Machine)
Discussion-starter: Bryan Hyde (“Mozart in Mirrorshades”)
Future-vision
presenter:
Kayce Kay Goodro
Web-highlighter:
Bryan Lestarjette
Thursday, 16 June: narrative: alternative futures "Garden of Forking Paths" (handout); "The Gernsback Continuum" (BC 23-35); "Better Be Ready 'bout Half Past Eight" (VN 22-47);
Discussion-starter: Lori Nolen
Future-vision
presenter:
Annie McClintock
Web-highlighter:
Jenn House
Monday, 20 June: midterm exam on apocalyptic, evolutionary, and alternative narratives of the future
Tuesday, 21 June: scenario: high tech; virtual reality (style: cyberpunk, anti-romance): "Johnny Mnemonic," (BC 1-22); "Burning Chrome," (BC 168-191); "The Logical Legend of Heliopause and Cyberfiddle" (VN 159-180).
Discussion-starter: Annie McClintock
Future-vision
presenter:
Mark Anthony Chapa
Future-vision
presenter:
Irving Peralta
Thursday, 23 June: low tech (traces of organic human nature and traditional culture in high tech world; style: romance): "The Onion and I," (VN 8-21)."Drapes and Folds," (VN 126-139)."Speech Sounds"(VN 91-108).
Discussion-starter: Jenn House
Future-vision
presenter:
Lori Nolen
Web-highlighter:
Kayce Kay Goodro
Monday, 27 June: scenario: utopia / dystopia / ecotopia: K. S. Robinson, “Introduction” to Future Primitive. "Chocco," (FP 189-214); "House of Bones," (FP 85-110); "They're Made out of Meat," (VN 69-72
Discussion-starter: Irene Rodriguez
Future-vision
presenter:
Mary Kay Clements
Web-highlighter:
Kevin Kaup
Tuesday, 28 June: scenario: off-planet; alien contact & near-contact: "Men on the Moon" (VN 238-247); "Hinterlands" (BC 58-79); "Homelanding," (VN 3-7)."The Poplar Street Study" (VN 140-148); "The Belonging Kind" (BC 43-57).
Discussion-starter: Liavette Peralta
Future-vision
presenter:
Jenn House
Web-highlighter:
Irving Peralta
Thursday, 30 June: final exam (in-class or email)