Course Schedule

Week 1 (Sept 2): Course Introduction: Cybernetics to cyberspace.

Week 2 (Sept 9): Begin Dick Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Week 3 (Sept 16): finish Do Androids Dream . . .

Week 4 (Sept 23): Film: Blade Runner

Week 5 (Sept 30): Discussion: novel / film. Essay topics

Week 6 (Oct 7): Essay 1 due. Begin Gibson Neuromancer

Week 7 (Oct 14): Finish Neuromancer

Week 8 (Oct 21): Film: The Matrix

Week 9 (Oct 28): Topic discussion. Hypertext lecture (online).
Moulthrop Hejirascope and The Color of Television (online at http://iat.ubalt.edu/moulthrop/hypertexts/ )

Week 10 (Nov 4): Essay 2 due. Continue hypertexts from Week 9. Cory Doctorow interview in English Matters issue 9.

Week 11 (Nov 11): Begin Doctorow Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Week 12 (Nov 18): Finish Down and Out . . .
Topic discussion.

Week 13 [Thanksgiving recess]: No class

Week 14 (Dec 2): Essay 3 due. Stephanie Strickland Vniverse (online at <http://www.cddc.vt.edu/journals/newriver/strickland/vniverse/index.html>

Week 15 (Dec 9): Final comments. Exam prep.

Final Exam: Thursday Dec 16, 4:30-7:15