Comments on: Science Fiction and Politics Syllabus https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/science-fiction-and-politics-syllabus/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/science-fiction-and-politics-syllabus/comment-page-1/#comment-1110235 Isegoria Sat, 25 Jan 2014 01:41:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34110#comment-1110235 It’s hard to imagine a list of political SF without Starship Troopers, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Brave New World, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, etc.

]]> By: T. Greer https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/science-fiction-and-politics-syllabus/comment-page-1/#comment-1110198 T. Greer Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:06:18 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34110#comment-1110198 What i found most interesting was the books and TV series he chose to highlight. Here is the full list:

Collins, The Hunger Games (book)

Moore, Watchmen (graphic novel)

Note: to be read with sections of Plato’s Republic, and with suggested readings being

The Dark Knight (film)
Joss Weedon, The Astonishing X Men Omnibus (comic serial) Alan Moore, V for Vendetta (graphic novel)

Stross, Halting State (book)

William Gibson, Neuromancer (book)

To be read with sections on Schmidt’s political philosophy

Battlestar Galatica (TV series)

Ian Banks, Player of Games (book)

With recommended readings being:

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Iain M. Banks, “Notes on the Culture”
Iain M. Banks,Use of Weapons (and the rest of theCulture series)

Ken MacLeod,Cosmonaut Keep, Dark Light
, and Engine City

Robert Charles Wilson, Spin

Avatar (Film)

Flynn, Eifelheim (book)

Miéville, Embassytown (book)

Ashby, Vn (book)

Recommended fiction: The many Ghost in the Shell anime (films and series)

Hebert, Dune (book)

To be read with sections of Machiavelli and Weber

Le Guin, The Dispossessed (book)

Stephenson, Anathem (book)

So is this a good collection? Any great ‘political’ science fiction works that deserve to be on the list – and any of these that do not?

]]> By: Purpleslog https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/science-fiction-and-politics-syllabus/comment-page-1/#comment-1110107 Purpleslog Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:47:17 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34110#comment-1110107 After taking a science fiction class at UW-Madison in the 1980s, I stopped reading it for a year or so. The prof made me hate it. This is similar to the Russian drama/lit prof who turned me into a lifelong hater of Chekhov.

]]> By: Toddy Cat https://www.isegoria.net/2014/01/science-fiction-and-politics-syllabus/comment-page-1/#comment-1110074 Toddy Cat Fri, 24 Jan 2014 19:50:54 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=34110#comment-1110074 “Popular Culture, Science Fiction, and World Politics: Exploring Intertextual Relations,”

Boy doesn’t that sound like fun? Is there any subject that academics can’t make boring, PC, and dry as dust?

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