FYS: Science Fiction

The History of Ideas

Spring 2018

Documents

• Syllabus and Schedule - Updated Stardate 2018.04.02

• Course Policies
• Academic Calendar
• Academic Honesty
• Academic Review Sessions
• Class Pathfinder
• Common Reading LibGuide

Books

• The Distance Between Us -- A Memoir by Reyna Grange
• Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century edited by Orson Scott Card

Assignments

• Writing
• Reaction Paper One - Interstellar Travel
• Reaction Paper Two - Time Travel
• Reaction Paper Three - Questioning Identity
• Research Paper - Here's one example. And here's another example.
• Public Speaking / Presentations
• Personal Introduction
• Teach Us Something
• Scholarly Article
• Media Project and Presentation - Here's an example.

Resources for Assignments

• Writing at Marist
• Writing Center
• Writing Center Workshops
• Proofreading Program
• Resources
• Writing in General
• Editing and Proofreading from UNC Chapel Hill
• The Elements of Style by Strunk and White
• The King's English by H.W. Fowler
• MIT Guide to Capitalization
• Purdue OWL on Capitalization form Purdue Online Writing Lab
• CMOS Shop Talk - For Students Chicago Manual of Style online
• CMOS Shop Talk - home Chicago Manual of Style online
• Advice from Kurt Vonnegut
• Advice from Elmore Leonard
• More Writing Resources
• Writing Reaction Papers
• Writing a Reaction or Response Essay from LEO: Literacy Education Online
• Writing a Reaction Paper from SUNY Empire State College
• Public Speaking
• Power Presenting - by Marist's own Dr. Jennifer Robinette
• Managing Public Speaking Anxiety from the University of Wisconsin
• Sample rubric for evaluating speeches
• Death By Powerpoint - Don McMillan
• Life After Death By Powerpoint - Don McMillan
• 10 Rules for Public Speaking - Ted Gioia
• Information Literacy
• (not really) About Steve Jobs from The Uncyclopedia

Science Fiction Resources

• General Science Fiction
• Project Gutenberg: Science Fiction Bookshelf - Lots of awesome free books!
• Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
• Science Fiction and Fantasy Stack Exchange
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database - Our short story collection is listed there.
• A Basic Science Fiction Library - from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas
• Star Trek
• Mission Log: Discovered Documents
• Star Trek and the Decline of Liberalism
• Alien
• Alien as Abortion Parable
• Technological Environments in the Alien Films
• The ALIEN typography from Typset In The Future
• Primer
• The Primer Universe
• SparkNotes
• Babylon-5
• Babylon-5: Believers - Summary, notes, and analysis
• Babylon-5: Believers - podcast discussion
• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Kubrick's 2001: One Man's Incredible Odyssey

Other Fun Stuff

• IBM Watson Personality Insights
• Cinematic Space Compilation