What Is You Definition Of Science Fiction?

Robert A. Heinlein, author and critic:

Science fiction is "realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method" (quoted by Knight in Bishop, Nebula Awards 25, 3).

Theodore Sturgeon, author:

"'A good science-fiction story is a story about human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its science content'" (as quoted in Atheling, More Issues, 12).

George Hay:

"Science fiction is what you find on the shelves in the library marked science fiction."

(Aforementioned quotes were borrowed from Dr. Agatha Taormina's web page): http://www.nvcc.edu/home/ataormina/beyond/

Which of these quotations aligns with your definition of Science Fiction? Please respond thoughtfully using references to class discussion, prior knowledge, science fiction literature, science fiction films, etc... Type using complete sentences. This blog response is due by 2:30p.m. on Friday, August 23rd, 2013.

Time Travel And "The City On The Edge Of Forever?"

Please write a critique of The City On The Edge Of Forever using the Traveling Through Time and/or Carl Sagan Ponders Time Travel articles. Challenge at least one idea within your notes that the article seems to debunk or challenge. Please defend your response and use quotations to support. This blog response is due the day we finish viewing the film...

"Who's Annotating? Cribbing?"

What is your most important annotation you contemplated about how Who's Cribbing? and how it addresses the conundrum of time travel?  Please be specific with reference to the story through quotations or other means.

Robots Or Framkenstein? Should We Choose?

What Frankenstein Complex commentary do the Robot Ads possibly state?  Do you notice any commonalities amongst the projects?  Warnings?  Other ideas?  Please reference what you witnessed during yiour class perusal time.  Specifics are needed.

"Modern Prometheus" or "The Great Mutato?"

What Does The X-Files Episode, Modern Prometheus, make us consider about Frankenstein, the Frankenstein Complex, or ourselves?  Please use specifics whenever possible.  This blog response should be completed at the end of class today.

Ordinances And E.T.?

After reading Denver Ordinance 300, did you think of any Science Fiction short story or class connections? If you can incorporate quotations, reflect, challenge, or discern with keen insight, please do so in your blog post due today.

Frankenstein Complex or "Us In The Machine?"

What does Wesch's short video about "us in the machine" make you think? How might this video connect with The Frankenstein Complex stories to date? Explain and use one quotation from a short story to connect. Reflect, dissect, challenge, etc... Please complete this prompt in class.