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\u00a9 Franco Brambilla, “Let’s Go Back to the Alps” (2010)<\/p><\/div>\n

We will be reading a few short stories per class. Some stories are only a few pages long, and no story is longer than 30pp. (most are between 10-15pp).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

You are also welcome to read additional stories from around the world.\u00a0 Many anthologies<\/a> are in the library or my office.\u00a0 Some stories can also be found online: check out Translated SF<\/a>, these magazines<\/a>, and these blogs<\/a>.\u00a0 If you find a story or an anthology that CBB doesn’t have, you can order it through Interlibrary Loan<\/a>.\u00a0 Sometimes, you can find an inexpensive, used copy of an anthology on Amazon, Alibris, Ebay, etc.\u00a0 See also UNZ.org <\/a>for old SF magazines (some issues are fully readable, other just have the tables of contents)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Materials to purchase:<\/strong>
\n-Evans, A. et al., ed. The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction. <\/em>Middletown: Wesleyan\u00a0University Press, 2010.
\n-Cipri, Nino. NY: Defekt<\/em>. Tordotcom, 2021.<\/p>\n

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Assigned stories\u00a0(all US or UK authors) from The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction <\/em><\/strong>
\n<\/em>H. G. Wells, “The Star” (1897)
\nIsaac Asimov, “Reason” (1941)
\nClifford D. Simak, “Desertion” (1944)
\nJudith Merril, “That Only a Mother” (1948)
\nRay Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains” (1950)
\nArthur C. Clarke, “The Sentinel” (1951)
\nAvram Davidson, “The Golem” (1955)
\nHarlan Ellison, “‘Repent Harlequin!’ Said the Tictockman” (1965)
\nJ. G. Ballard, \u201cYou & Me & the Continuum\u201d (1966)
\nP. K. Dick, “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” (1966)
\nSamuel R. Delany, “Aye, and Gomorrah…” (1967)
\nUrsula Le Guin, “Nine Lives” (1969)
\nBrian Aldiss, “Super-Toys Last All Summer Long” (1969)
\nJoanna Russ, “When It Changed” (1972)
\nWilliam Gibson, “Burning Chrome” (1982)
\nOctavia Butler, “Speech Sounds” (1983)
\nPat Cadigan, “Pretty Boy Crossover” (1986)
\nEileen Gunn, “Computer Friendly” (1989)
\nJames Patrick Kelly, “Think Like a Dinosaur” (1995)
\n<\/strong>Ted Chiang, “Exhalation” (2008)<\/p>\n

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Assigned stories not in Wesleyan are on BB (Readings)
\n<\/strong>W.E.B. DuBois, \u201cThe Comet\u201d (USA, 1920)
\nJuan Jos\u00e9 Arreola, “Baby H.P.” (Mexico, 1952)
\nMargaret St. Clair, \u201cPrott\u201d (US, 1953)
\nAndrew North (Alice Mary Norton), \u201cAll Cats are Gray\u201d (US, 1953)
\nArkady & Boris Strugatsky, \u201cThe Strangers\u201d (Russia, 1959)
\n<\/span>Herbert Franke, “Thought Control” (Austria, 1961)<\/span>
\nLino Aldani, “Good Night, Sophie” (Italy, 1963)
\nShinichi Hoshi, “Bokko-chan” (Japan, 1963)
\nLuigi Cozzi, “Rainy Day Revolution No. 39” (Italy, 1965)
\nIlya Varshavsky, “Perpetual Motion” (Russia, 1965)
\n<\/strong>Primo Levi, “Man’s Friend” (Italy, 1966)
\nSaky\u014d Komatsu, “Take Your Choice” (Japan, 1967)
\n<\/span>Tor Age Bringsvaerd, “Codemus” (Norway, 1968)
\nStanislaw Lem, \u201cTale of the Computer that Fought a Dragon\u201d (Poland, 1971)
\n<\/span>Jos\u00e9 B. Adolph, “The Falsifier” (Peru, 1972)
\nJames Tiptree, Jr. (Alice Sheldon), \u201cAnd I Awoke and Found Me Here…\u201d (USA, 1972)
\nYasutaka Tsutsui, \u201cStanding Woman\u201d (Japan, 1974)
\nAlicia Y\u00e1nez Coss\u00ed, \u201cThe IWM 1000\u201d (Chile, 1975)
\nHanmura Ry\u014d, Cardboard Box\u201d (Japan, 1975)
\n<\/span>Sergei Drugal, \u201cThe Exam\u201d (Russia, 1979)
\n<\/span>Federico Schaffler, “A Miscalculation” (Mexico, 1983)
\nOctavia Butler, \u201cBloodchild\u201d (US, 1984)
\nZheng Wenguang, \u201cThe Mirror Image of the Earth\u201d (China, 1980)
\nBraulio Tavares, “Stuntmind” (Brazil, 1989)
\nAng\u00e9lica Gorodischer, \u201cThe Unmistakeable Smell of Wood Violets\u201d (Argentina, 1991)
\nMassimo Mongai, “Galactic Guidebook for the Gourmet” (Italy, 1999)
\nPablo A. Castro, “Exerion” (Chile, 2000)
\nVandana Singh, “Delhi” (India, 2004)
\nAlastair Reynolds, \u201cZima Blue\u201d (USA, 2005)
\nPark Seonghwan, \u201cReadmade Bodhisattva\u201d (Korea, 2005)
\nNnedi Okorafor, “From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7” (Nigeria, 2009)
\nFadzlishah Johanabas, \u201cAct of Faith\u201d (Malaysia, 2010)
\nChen Qiufan, \u201cA History of Future Illnesses\u201d (China, 2012)
\nJake Kerr, “The Alien Invasion As Seen in the Twitter Stream of @dweebless” (USA, 2012)
\nCarmen Maria Machado, \u201cThe Hungry Earth\u201d (US, 2013)
\nHao Jingfang, \u201cFolding Beijing\u201d (China, 2014)
\n<\/span>Lavie Tidhar, “The Smell of Orange Groves”<\/a>\u00a0 (Israel, 2014)
\nAnnalee Newitz, \u201cTwo Scenarios for the \u2026\u201d (US, 2014)
\nCharlie Jane Anders, \u201cThe Day It All Ended\u201d (US, 2014)
\nCatherynne Valente, \u201cThe Future is Blue (USA, 2016)
\nZhraa Alhaboby, \u201cBaghdad Syndrome\u201d (Iraq, 2016)
\n<\/span>Hao Jingfang, \u201cNew Year Train\u201d (China, 2017)
\n<\/span>Vina Jie-Min Prasad, \u201cA Series of Steaks\u201d (Singapore, 2017)
\nNg Yi-Seng, \u201cXingzhou\u201d (Singapore, 2019)
\nDarie Little Badger, \u201cRobo-Liopleurodon (First Nation, 2019)
\nTlotlo Tsamaase, \u201cVirtual Snapshot\u201d (Botswana, 2019)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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View the past assigned stories on BB (not required) here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Questions, suggestions, and recommendations:
\n<\/b>These are welcome and may be sent to Arielle Saiber: <\/span>asaiber@bowdoin.edu<\/span><\/p>\n

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Copyright Information:<\/strong>
\nThe information on this website is licensed under Creative Commons 4.0<\/a>.
\nThe images are \u00a9 Franco Brambilla<\/a>.
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