#70 = Volume 23, Part 3 = November 1996
Addendum: The Books Most Widely Assigned.
1. Le Guin, Left Hand of Darkness 103
2. Wells, Time Machine 93
3. Shelley, Frankenstein 74
4. Gibson, Neuromancer 59
5-6. Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz 52
5-6. Huxley, Brave New World 52
7. Clarke, Childhood's End 50
8. Le Guin, Dispossessed 49
9. Wells, War of the Worlds 47
10. Dick, Do Androids Dream of...? 44
11. Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale 41
12. Herbert, Dune 36
13. Lem, Solaris 32
14. Dick, Man in the High Castle 31
15. Zamyatin, We 29
16. Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four 28
17. Piercy, Woman on the Edge of Time 27
18. Heinlein, Moon is a Harsh Mistress 25
19-20. Pohl & Kornbluth, Space Merchants 22
19-20. Asimov, Robot collections 22
21. More, Utopia 21
22-24. Bradbury, Martian Chronicles 19
22-24. Russ, Female Man 19
22-24. Gilman, Herland 19
25. Butler, Dawn 18
26. Tepper, Gate to Women's Country 17
27-28. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange.... 16
27-28. Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 16
29-31. Heinlein, Starship Troopers 15
29-31. Asimov, Caves of Steel 15
29-31. Wells, Island of Doctor Moreau 15
32-37. Gibson, Burning Chrome 14
32-37. Haldeman, Forever War 14
32-37. Morris, News from Nowhere 14
32-37. Bellamy, Looking Backward 14
32-37. Piercy, He, She, and It 14
32-37. Tolkien, Hobbit 14
38-42. Asimov, Foundation 13
38-42. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea 13
38-42. Benford, Timescape 13
38-42. Pohl, Gateway 13
38-42. Burgess, A Clockwork Orange 13
43-45. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet 12
43-45. Stoker, Dracula 12
43-45. Robinson, Red Mars 12
46-48. Dick, Ubik 11
46-48. Card, Ender's Game 11
46-48. Crichton, Jurassic Park 11
48-53. Vonnegut, Sirens of Titan 10
48-53. Stevenson, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 10
48-53. Sturgeon, More than Human 10
48-53. Bear, Blood Music 10
48-53. Ballard, Drowned World 10
54-57. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring 9
54-57. Slonczewski, A Door into Ocean 9
54-57. Butler, Parable of the Sower 9
54-57. Stephenson, Snow Crash 9
58-65. Burroughs, A Princess of Mars 8
58-65. Clarke, 2001 8
58-65. Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle 8
58-65. Le Guin, Lathe of Heaven 8
58-65. Willis, Doomsday Book 8
58-65. Skinner, Walden Two 8
58-65. Heinlein, Puppet Masters 8
58-65. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama 8
66-71. Twain, A Connecticut Yankee... 7
66-71. Blish, A Case of Conscience 7
66-71. Delany, Babel-17 7
66-71. Stapledon, Last and First Men 7
66-71. Brunner, Stand on Zanzibar 7
66-71. Hoban, Riddley Walker 7
72-82. Swift, Gulliver's Travels 6
72-82. Bradley, Mists of Avalon 6
72-82. Beagle, Last Unicorn 6
72-82. Brin, Postman 6
72-82. Plato, Republic 6
72-82. Stewart, Earth Abides 6
72-82. „ apek, R.U.R. 6
72-82. Stapledon, Star Maker 6
72-82. Niven, Ringworld 6
72-82. Tolkien, Return of the King 6
72-82. Brunner, Shockwave Rider 5
83-105. Poe, Collections 5
83-105. Tolkien, Two Towers 5
83-105. Niven & Pournelle, Mote in.... 5
83-105. Callenbach, Ecotopia 5
83-105. Le Guin, Tehanu 5
83-105. Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide.... 5
83-105. Wells, A Modern Utopia 5
83-105. Dick, A Scanner Darkly 5
83-105. Silverberg, Down to Earth 5
83-105. Borges, Collections 5
83-105. Lovecraft, Collections 5
83-105. Verne, A Trip Around the Moon 5
83-105. Verne, Journey to the Centre... 5
83-105. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings 5
83-105. Bester, Stars My Destination 5
83-105. Cadigan, Synners 5
83-105. Shakespeare, Tempest 5
83-105. Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under...Sea 5
83-105. Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five 5
83-105. Stapledon, Sirius 5
83-105. Clement, Mission of Gravity 5
83-105. Robinson, Pacific Edge 5
83-105. Lewis, Perelandra 5
ANTHOLOGIES
1. Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1 42
2. SFRA Anthology 36
3. Norton Book of Science Fiction 25
4. Mirrorshades 22
5-6. Year's Best Science Fiction, 11th ed. 10
5-6. Women of Wonder 10
7. Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories 8
8. Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories 7
9. Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology 6
ADDENDUM. THE AUTHORS MOST WIDELY ASSIGNED
1. Le Guin 207
2. Wells 159
3. Dick 101
4. Gibson 97
5. Heinlein 91
6. Shelley 83
7. Clarke 80
8. Huxley 64
9. Miller 53
10. Butler 47
11-12. Bradbury 46
11-12. Piercy 46
13. Atwood 45
14. Lem 44
15-16. Russ 40
15-16. Herbert 40
17. Vonnegut 36
18-19. Asimov 34
18-19. Zamiatan 34
20. Orwell 32
21. Tolkien 31
22-23. Lewis 27
22-23. More 27
24. Delany 26
25-27. Ballard 22
25-27. Tepper 22
25-27. Pohl/K'bluth 22
28-30. Morris 20
28-30. Gilman 20
28-30. Robinson 20
31-32. Card 18
31-32. Pohl 18
33-35. Verne 17
33-35. Bellamy 17
33-35. Stapledon 17
36-37. Benford 16
36-37. Haldeman 16
38. Bear 15
39-42. Sturgeon 14
39-42. Stoker 14
39-42. Burgess 14
39-42. Brunner 14
43. Sterling 13
44-49. Plato 12
44-49. Tiptree 12
44-49. Poe 12
44-49. Brin 12
44-49. Stephenson 12
44-49. Crichton 12
50-51. Burroughs 11
50-51. Willis 11
52-56. Ellison 10
52-56. Stevenson 10
52-56. Slonczewski 10
52-56. Bradley 10
52-56. „ apek 10
ADDENDUM. THE FILMS MOST WIDELY ASSIGNED
1. Blade Runner 37
2. 2001 17
3. Metropolis 13
4. Day the Earth Stood Still 12
5-6. Alien & sequels 9
5-6. Terminator & sequel 9
7-9. Invasion Body Snatchers 8
7-9. Forbidden Planet 8
7-9. Things to Come 8
10-13. Handmaid's Tale 6
10-13. Brazil 6
10-13. Them! 6
10.13. 1984 6
14-16. 2010 5
14-16. Lawnmower Man 5
14-16. Frankenstein 5
17-22. Fahrenheit 451 4
17-22. Time Machine 4
17-22. On the Beach 4
17-22. Star Wars & sequels 4
17-22. Total Recall 4
17-22. War of the Worlds 4
22-30. Soylent Green 3
22-30. The Thing 3
22-30. Star Trek & sequels 3
22-30. Dune 3
22-30. Clockwork Orange 3
22-30. Planet of the Apes 3
22-30. Solaris 3
22-30. Close Encounters 3
Aristotle University, Thessaloniki
Amer. Lit. 477 Science Fiction. The course examines a popular and rapidly growing genre of 20th-century American literature. It covers the genre's origins, its development, and its maturation into a significant literary discourse. It introduces students to a variety of texts from the Golden Age, New Wave, Cyberpunk, and Feminist science fiction. The class also explores themes such as the impact of science and technology on society, the human being's relationship with the machine and/or the alien, the role of the scientist, the concepts of time travel and space travel, the dangers of nuclear war and of ecological disasters, the creation of alternative fictional worlds and socio-political systems, and the conceptualization of new gender relationships. TEXTS: Allen, ed., Science Fiction: The Future; Bellamy, Looking Backward; Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451; Gibson, Neuromancer; Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin and Attebery, eds., The Norton Book of Science Fiction; Mitchison, Solution Three; Tiptree, The Starry Rift; Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan.—Domna Pastourmatzi, Aristotle University, School of English, Thessaloniki, 54006 GREECE, Fax +30 31 99 74 32; "pastourmatzi@ccf.auth.gr".
ADDENDUM. THE M.A. PROGRAM AT LIVERPOOL
The Department of English Language and Literature of the University of Liverpool offers a full-time taught MA in Science Fiction Studies. The Purpose of The Course: We are aiming to build on the interest in science fiction shown by students, who will be asked to consider the formal and thematic aspects of a broad range of works from this exciting and varied body of writing. At the heart of science fiction lies a speculative energy which we examine in relation to such issues as gender and the limits of the genre. The course material will be mainly twentieth century and mainly written in English although we will include such Continental writers as Yevgeny Zamyatin or Stanislaw Lem.
We want to provide a relaxed but intellectually rigorous forum for discussing the many issues raised by science fiction. We welcome applicants from graduates of any age with a good honors degree (i.e. upper second and first, or their equivalent) in literature or a related subject. It is important for applicants to have some prior knowledge of science fiction.
The Structure of the Course. The course will be offered on a full-time basis and will run for one full academic year. The first two semesters (i.e. 24 weeks) will consist of a consecutive sequence of 8 modules to be taken by all students. There will be a requirement of four course essays and students will also be expected to give at least one presentation to the group on a topic of their choice. Tuition will also be given on research methods and students will have an opportunity to attend lectures on the History of Science in the Physics department.
In addition to this central teaching a number of viewings of science fiction films will be organized and there will be a regular program of visits by leading authors and critics of science fiction. Students will have an opportunity to give feedback on the course as it progresses, and also to meet their fellows on the other M.A. courses.
The last section of the course will consist of supervised individual work on a dissertation of 15,000 words. This will be due in by the end of September and will be the major assessed element of the course, counting for 75% while the better three course essays will count for 25%.
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