Interested in science fiction novels, TV shows, films? Check out new class
Interested in science fiction novels, television shows, films, games and more? Then HIST 485: The Past of the Future: A Cultural History of Science Fiction is for you.
In this class, students explore the artifacts of science fiction genre (short stories, novels, pulp fiction, radio shows, film, graphic novels, games, music, and TV shows) and the historical context in which they were produced.
We’ll engage a variety of these throughout the semester with possible SF “artifacts,” including Voltaire’s Micromégas, Shelley’s Frankenstein, Hawthorne’s Rappacini’s Daughter, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues, H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine, A Trip to the Moon (the first SF movie), comics such as Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, War the the Worlds radio show, Godzilla (original film, 1954), the original Star Trek, David Bowie’s Space Oddity, afrofuturism, and lots more!
For more information on this class, contact Paul Otto at potto@georgefox.edu.