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Readings

Texts

Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. New York: Anchor Books, 1998. ISBN: 038549081X.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Del Rey, 1987. ISBN: 0345410017.

Goldbarth, Albert. "The Future." In Great Topics of the World: Essays. New York: Picador USA, 1994, pp. 171-89. ISBN: 1567920179.

Haraway, Donna. "A Cyborg Manifesto." In Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge, 1991, pp. 149-81. ISBN: 0415903874.

LeGuin, Ursula. "Science Fiction and the Future." In Dancing at the Edge of the World. New York: Harper and Row, 1990, pp. 142-43. ISBN: 0060972890.

. The Word for World is Forest. New York: Penguin, 1976. ISBN: 0425051854.

Orwell, George. 1984. New York: Signet, 1990. ISBN: 0451524934.

Films

Scott, Ridley. Blade Runner. 1982.

Wachowski, Andy, and Larry. The Matrix. 1999.

Writing Guide

Lunsford, Andrea. Easy Writer. 2nd ed. New York: Bedford Books, 2001. ISBN: 0312400551.