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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): April 2015
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Monday, April 27, 2015. A few ECU Defense Paper Resources. A few ECU library sources to consider for your Defense Paper:. Brian Aldiss, Trillion Year. The History of Science Fiction. Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson, The Lord and the Rings and Philosophy. L Sprague De Camp, Science Fiction Handbook. Samuel Delany, The Jewel-Hinged Jaw: Notes on the Language of Science Fiction. Neil Isaacs, Tolkein and the Critics: essays on J.R.R. Tolkein. Science Fictio...
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): March 2015
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Friday, March 27, 2015. For Tuesday: Lord Dunsany, Tales of Fantasy and Reality. For Tuesday: Lord Dunsany, In The. Answer 2 of the 4 questions. 1 Many of these stories seem to cross numerous genre boundaries, from ghost stories to mysteries and folk legends. Given this diversity, why might we consider each one part of the larger genre of “fantasy” literature? Is he being a more "adult" writer here? Where else can we see Dunsany mocking the pretensions of.
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): For Thursday: The Hobbit, Chs.5-7
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Tuesday, April 7, 2015. For Thursday: The Hobbit, Chs.5-7. For Thursday: Tolkein, The Hobbit. As always answer 2 of the following…. A work which Tolkein not only translated but was highly influenced by, the phrase “wyrd” is often used, which translates to fate or chance. In one significant passage, Beowulf claims, “Wyrd saves oft/the man undoomed if he undaunted be” (lines 572-573). How does fate (or luck? Seem to function similarly in The Hobbit. 4 How ...
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): For Tuesday: Tolkein's The Hobbit (at last!)
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Thursday, April 2, 2015. For Tuesday: Tolkein's The Hobbit (at last! For Tuesday: Tolkein, The Hobbit. Answer 2 of the following questions (and don’t rely on the movie to answer them for you—the book is a bit different! In what way might we consider The Hobbit. And/or the character of Bilbo Baggins a variation (or revision) on several of Lord Dunsany’s stories of Fantasy and Reality such as “The Wonderful Window,” etc? He had eaten most, talked most, and...
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): For Tuesday: Clarke, 2001: Chs.1-11
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Friday, April 17, 2015. For Tuesday: Clarke, 2001: Chs.1-11. For Tuesday: Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Chs1-11, pp.9-69). Answer TWO of the following…. Why might we read the date ‘2001’ really as ‘1968,’ the year it was written? 2 According to the first chapters set in the extremely distant past, what makes us ‘human’? How does the Monolith teach ancient ape-man to evolve into something more reminiscent of modern man? April 20, 2015 at 7:28 AM. 3 The ...
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015): For Thursday: Finish The Hobbit!
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British Science Fiction and Fantasy (Spring 2015). Tuesday, April 14, 2015. For Thursday: Finish The Hobbit! For Thursday: The Hobbit. Answer 2 of the following (I've given you 5 questions this time! How is Smaug a lot like the dwarves (especially Thorin) as well as some of the Men (and Hobbits! Though he is a great dragon and a creature of old, how has his heart been corrupted by a lack of fantasy and a narrow view of “business? Bilbo exclaims to himself, “Now I am a burglar indeed! At the very end of t...
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Every Penguin Classic: The First Penguin: E.V. Rieu's The Odyssey
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Sunday, February 8, 2015. The First Penguin: E.V. Rieu's The Odyssey. 1 Homer, The Odyssey. Translated by E.V. Rieu. Fittingly, this is one of the first Penguin Classics I purchased, way back in 1992 at a used bookstore in. With its well-knit plot, its psychological interest, and its interplay of character, is the true ancestor of that long line of novels that have followed it. And though it is the first, I am not sure that it is not still the best. Let the reader decide for himself.”. This translation i...
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Every Penguin Classic: H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man (1897)
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Saturday, February 14, 2015. HG Wells, The Invisible Man (1897). HG Wells, The Invisible Man. 1897), Introduction by Christopher Priest. Strangely enough, Penguin didn’t elect H.G. Wells to the status of “classics” until 2005, when most of his novels entered the fold, including the four early classics, The Time Machine, The. The Invisible Man,. And The War of the Worlds. Etc) and Asimov ( I, Robot. And in every supervillain’s. 1818) and the more recent Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1886)—that we all hav...
