The Women Men Don't See Part Deux

Because last week's class was cancelled, we will be reading The Women Men Don't See (1979) by James Tiptree Jr for this coming class, Friday March 1st.

See you then.

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SCIFI CLASS 4: The Women That Men Don’t See by James Tiptree Jr.

“Tip’ was a crucial part of modern SF's maturing process (...)‘He’(...) wrote powerful fiction challenging readers' assumptions about everything, especially sex and gender.”—Suzy McKee Charnas, The Women's Review of Books

“Certainly my inner world will never be a peaceful place of bloom; it will have some peace, and occasional riots of bloom, but always a little fight going on too. There is no way I can be peacefully happy in this society and in this skin. I am committed to Uneasy Street. I like it; it is my idea that this street leads to the future, and that I am being true to a way of life which is not here yet, but is more real than what is here.” –James Tiptree Jr.

For our next class we will read and discuss The Women That Men Don’t See (1973) by James Tiptree Jr.

Here is a link to an online version of the text

If you would like a pdf version, search for “the women that men don’t see” in quotes on google. The first option that will come up should be a link to the pdf.

Please let me know if you have any trouble.

SCIFI CLASS 3: Asteroid 2012 DA14's Friday Flyby

This Friday February 15th an asteroid about half the size of a football feild will make a close encounter with Earth, "...the 150-foot-wide (45 meters) asteroid 2012 DA14 will be just 17,200 miles (27,000 kilometers) from Earth — the closest encounter with such a large space rock that researchers have ever known about in advance."

For this Friday's class I am going to try and plan a field trip to the UNO observatory to watch this awesome event. If not we will meet at Sycamore at 6pm and go up to City Park and stargaze. Bring maps, telescopes, clipboards, papers, and pens. A writing workshop may occur on this mysterious night...

What if the asteroid did hit Earth?

SCIFI CLASS 2: Heat Death

 "The stories we tell ourselves are whatever is necessary for going on." (From "Instructions for Exiting a Building in Case of Fire", in Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories by Pamela Zoline, 1967).

For our next reading we will be discussing The Heat Death of the Universe  (1967) by Pamela Zoline. The text is readily available online in different formats. Click the link above for a pdf version.

The next class will be at Sycamore House at 6pm Friday February 8th.

I look forward to seeing you all then!