Writing on Science Fiction: Difference between revisions
From Gerald R. Lucas
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| 2013-08-17 || “[[August 17, 2013|''A Clash of Kings'': Some Thoughts]]” || Some thoughts about the second novel in “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. | | 2013-08-17 || “[[August 17, 2013|''A Clash of Kings'': Some Thoughts]]” || Some thoughts about the second novel in “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. | ||
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| 2013-07-25 || “[[July 25, 2013|''A Game of Thrones'' and the Rise of Fantasy]]” || My first thoughts about George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series. | |||
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| 2013-01-30 || “[[January 30, 2013|Headspace v. Meatspace]]” || Is reality solely a product of meatspace? Some cyberpunks kick meatspace in the nuts. | | 2013-01-30 || “[[January 30, 2013|Headspace v. Meatspace]]” || Is reality solely a product of meatspace? Some cyberpunks kick meatspace in the nuts. | ||
Revision as of 10:30, 1 January 2020
Even before my professional interest in literary studies, I was an avid science fiction reader. Even part of my dissertation addresses the genre. Here are some of my writings about sf (and maybe a couple about fantasy.)
| Date | Title | Note |
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| 2016-08-19 | “Utopian Fiction” | Published as an introduction to a course on utopian and dystopian science fiction. |
| 2013-12-21 | “Cyberpunk” | A three-minute, quick-and-dirty primer on cyberpunk. |
| 2013-08-17 | “A Clash of Kings: Some Thoughts” | Some thoughts about the second novel in “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. |
| 2013-07-25 | “A Game of Thrones and the Rise of Fantasy” | My first thoughts about George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy series. |
| 2013-01-30 | “Headspace v. Meatspace” | Is reality solely a product of meatspace? Some cyberpunks kick meatspace in the nuts. |
| 2010-10-25 | “Clarke’s Utopian Vision” | Considering the science and mysticism of Arthur C. Clarke. |
| 2010-08-30 | “The Dream” | The significance of “the Dream” and reality in Borges, Clarke, and Gibson. |
| 2009-03-15 | “Breaking the Girl” | An examination of misogyny and oppression in Ovid, Poe, and Lem written for the PCA/ACA conference, 2009. |
| 2006-09-19 | “Gibson’s Merging Realities” | William Gibson’s 1981 short story “The Gernsback Continuum” pays homage to sf while bringing it into a new age. |
| 2006-02-02 | “They Should Have Sent a Poet” | Discusses teaching Contact in World Lit. |
| 2004-10-10 | “Three Visions of Science: Lem’s, Tarkovsky’s, and Soderbergh’s Solaris.” | Written for the FSU Literature and Film Conference, Fall 2004. |
| 1995-04-17 | “Toward a Science Fiction Epic” | One of my oldest graduate school essays and my first conference paper, 1995. |
