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Taught by Professor Gary K. Wolfe | 30 min | Categories: Literature & Language
Aliens are another icon and staple of science fiction. Often depicted as hostile and representing the unknown “other” as well as our fears about ourselves, aliens have been examined (and have examined us) in a variety of stories. Journey through the portrayal of aliens in important works by Robert A. Heinlein, John W. Campbell, Jack Finney, Larry Niven, Stanislaw Lem, and Karen Joy Fowler....
24 Lectures
1
Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction
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of 31 min
2
Science Fiction in the 19th Century
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of 31 min
3
Science Fiction Treatments of History
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of 34 min
4
Evolution and Deep Time in Science Fiction
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of 34 min
5
Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares
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of 32 min
6
The Rise of the Science Fiction Pulps
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of 32 min
7
The Golden Age of Science Fiction Stories
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of 33 min
8
The Spaceship As a Science Fiction Icon
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of 32 min
9
The Robot: From Capek to Asimov
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of 32 min
10
The Golden Age of the Science Fiction Novel
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of 31 min
11
From Mars to Arrakis: The Planet
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of 33 min
12
The Science Fiction Wasteland
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of 31 min
13
Invasions, Space Wars, and Xenocide
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of 31 min
14
Religion in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
15
Science Fiction's New Wave
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of 30 min
16
Encounters with the Alien Other
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of 30 min
17
Environmentalism in Science Fiction
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of 33 min
18
Gender Questions and Feminist Science Fiction
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of 31 min
19
Cyberpunk and the 1980s
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of 32 min
20
The 1990s: The New Space Opera
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of 29 min
21
The Artifact as a Science Fiction Icon
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of 29 min
22
Science Fiction's Urban Landscapes
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of 28 min
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Science Fiction in the 21st Century
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of 30 min
24
The Future of Science Fiction
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of 31 min
