Princess of Earth! You will not defy NORGOL THE GREAT!
Ooh, definitely Bradbury! I loooove "The Green Morning" from The Martian Chronicles!
Yes. If nothing else, those stories stay.
Hitchhiker! Of course! Because it has so many things to say about sci-fi! And Futurama, for the same reasons!
Metaaaaaaa....
Have you read any H.P. Lovecraft? Very excellent, but more horror-that-happens-to-be-sci-fi than real sci-fi.
I haven't read much, but I've heard that it's more horror, yes. Still...potential...
Speaking of which, somebody mentioned Doctor Who Yes! Specifically, "Silence in the Library" (the latest one Moffat wrote) or "Midnight." Both non-Earth-centric!
Ooooh! Although it might be difficult getting them in ways students can view. I think the department tends to frown on class materials from sketchy internet sources...
I haven't seen Serenity yet (arg, must Netflix!), but definitely something Firefly-ish would be good, as an example of mixing genres.
Yeah, I like the mixing genres aspect. And also it would be good as a counterpoint to Star Trek--the ideas aren't completely dissimilar, but what a difference fifty years can make. (BTW, the movie is better than the show. Rent it!)
Have you seen Hyperdrive? It's not uniformly awesome, but it's sci-fi satire (hits Star Trek pretty hard), and has many lols. Also, points for non-American.
That sounds magical. But again, legal ways of grabbing it...
Robert A. Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel is Old Skool YA sci-fi, cute and thoughtful and a quick read.
I remember reading that not long ago and being kind of "eh." But that was probably because of his ever-present overtone of pedophilia. *shudder*
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Date: 2009-03-07 03:56 am (UTC)Princess of Earth! You will not defy NORGOL THE GREAT!
Ooh, definitely Bradbury! I loooove "The Green Morning" from The Martian Chronicles!
Yes. If nothing else, those stories stay.
Hitchhiker! Of course! Because it has so many things to say about sci-fi! And Futurama, for the same reasons!
Metaaaaaaa....
Have you read any H.P. Lovecraft? Very excellent, but more horror-that-happens-to-be-sci-fi than real sci-fi.
I haven't read much, but I've heard that it's more horror, yes. Still...potential...
Speaking of which, somebody mentioned Doctor Who Yes! Specifically, "Silence in the Library" (the latest one Moffat wrote) or "Midnight." Both non-Earth-centric!
Ooooh! Although it might be difficult getting them in ways students can view. I think the department tends to frown on class materials from sketchy internet sources...
I haven't seen Serenity yet (arg, must Netflix!), but definitely something Firefly-ish would be good, as an example of mixing genres.
Yeah, I like the mixing genres aspect. And also it would be good as a counterpoint to Star Trek--the ideas aren't completely dissimilar, but what a difference fifty years can make. (BTW, the movie is better than the show. Rent it!)
Have you seen Hyperdrive? It's not uniformly awesome, but it's sci-fi satire (hits Star Trek pretty hard), and has many lols. Also, points for non-American.
That sounds magical. But again, legal ways of grabbing it...
Robert A. Heinlein's Have Spacesuit, Will Travel is Old Skool YA sci-fi, cute and thoughtful and a quick read.
I remember reading that not long ago and being kind of "eh." But that was probably because of his ever-present overtone of pedophilia. *shudder*