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Worlds of Speculative Fiction
Welcome To The Worlds Of Speculative Fiction Class
A Personal Welcome To The Class (2:25)
The Story of the Series
This Class Site - A Work In Progress
If You'd Like To Support My Work
Authors Covered In the Series (So Far)
Authors We Are Covering in 2023
Introduction to the Worlds of Speculative Fiction Series (January 2016)
Video of Session 1 - Philosophy, Fantasy, and Science Fiction: Introduction to the Series
Downloadable Handout - Science Fiction vs. Fantasy
Some Passages Mentioned During the First Session
Session 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien's Saga of Middle Earth (February 2016)
Why I Picked J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth Books For The Series (7:29)
Video of Session 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien's Saga of Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkein's Narrative World and Philosophical Themes
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - Tolkein's Story of the Creation in the Silmarillion
Session 3 - A.E. Van Vogt's World of Null-A (March 2016)
Why I Picked A.E. Van Vogt's Null-A Books For The Series (4:22)
Video of Session 3 - A.E. Van Vogt's World of Null-A
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - 5 Ideas From General Semantics
Downloadable Handout - Two Critical Assessments of The World of Nul-A
Session 4 - C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy (April 2016)
Why I Picked C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy Books For The Series (4:24)
Video of Session 4 - C.S. Lewis' Space Trilogy
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - The Field of Arbol
Session 5 - Isaac Asimov's Foundations Galaxy (May 2016)
Why I Picked Isaac Asimov's Foundations Books For The Series (3:36)
Video of Session 5 - Isaac Asimov's Foundations Galaxy
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - The Timeline of The Foundation Galaxy
Session 6 - Frank Herbert's Dune Universe (June 2016)
Why I Picked Frank Herbert's Dune Books For The Series (4:22)
Video of Session 6 - Frank Herbert's Dune Universe
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - Main Powers and Factions in Dune
Session 7 - Roger Zelazny's Amber and Chaos (July 2016)
Why I Picked Roger Zelazny's Chronicle of Amber Books For The Series (3:35)
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Video of Session 7 - Roger Zelazny's Amber and Chaos
Downloadable Handout - Amber and Chaos
Session 8 - Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Universe (August 2016)
Why I Picked Ursula K. LeGuin's Hainish Stories Books For The Series (3:53)
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Video of Session 8 - Ursula K. Le Guin's Hainish Universe
Downloadable Handout - The Hainish Cycle
Session 9 - Michael Moorcock's Multiverse and the Eternal Champion (September 2016)
Why I Picked Michael Moorcock's Cornelius Chronicles Books For The Series (3:08)
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Video of Session 9 - Michael Moorcock's Multiverse and the Eternal Champion
Session 10 - Philip K. Dick's Alternate America (October 2016)
Why I Picked Philip K. Dick's Books For The Series (1:47)
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Video of Session 10 - Philip K. Dick's Alternate America
Session 11 - Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy (December 2016)
Why I Picked Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Books For The Series (2:17)
Video of Session 11 - Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast Trilogy
Downloadable Handout - The Groan Family
Session 12 - George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire (December 2016)
Why I Picked George R.R., Martin's Song of Ice and Fire Books For The Series (3:00)
Video of Session 12 - George R.R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire
Session 13 - Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld (January 2017)
Why I Picked Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld Books For The Series (2:37)
Video of Session 13 - Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Interesting and Useful Links
Session 14 - Madeline L'Engle's Time Quintet (February 2017)
Why I Picked Madeline L'Engle's Time Quintet Books For The Series (2:19)
Video of Session 14 - Madeline L'Engle's Time Quintet
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Interesting and Useful Links
Session 15 - Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker Galaxy (March 2017)
Why I Picked Douglass Adam's Hitchhiker's Guide Books For The Series (1:47)
Video of Session 15 - Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker Galaxy
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 16 - Anne McCaffrey's World of Pern (April 2016)
Why I Picked Anne McCaffrey's Pern Books For The Series (2:47)
Video of Session 16 - Anne McCaffrey's World of Pern
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - Social Order in Pernish Society
Interesting and Useful Links
Session 17 - Orson Scott Card's Enderverse (May 2017)
Why I Picked Orson Scott Card's Enderverse Books For The Series (1:52)
Video of Session 17 - Orson Scott Card's Enderverse
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - The Hierarchy of Foreignness
Interesting and Useful Links
Session 18 - Iain Banks Culture Series Galaxy (June 2017)
Why I Picked Iain Banks' Culture Series Books For The Series (2:43)
Video of Session 18 - Iain Banks Culture Series Galaxy
Session 19 - H.P. Lovecraft's Universe of the Elder Gods (August 2017)
Why I Picked H.P. Lovecraft's Books For The Series (2:13)
Video of Session 19 - H.P. Lovecraft's Universe of the Elder Gods
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 20 - William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy (September 2017)
Why I Picked William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy Books For The Series (2:05)
Video of Session 20 - William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 21 - C.L Moore's Fantastic Worlds (October 2017)
Why I Picked C.L. Moore's Books For The Series (1:55)
Video of Session 21 - C.L Moore's Fantastic Worlds
Session 22 - Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy (December 2017)
Why I Picked Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Books For The Series (2:14)
Video of Session 22 - Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy
Session 23 - Jorge Luis Borges' Labyrinths and Libraries (January 2018)
Why I Picked Jorge Luis Borges' Short Stories For The Series (2:25)
Video of Session 23 - Borges' Labyrinth's and Libraries
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Downloadable Handout - The Evolution of the Lottery in Babylon
Session 24 - Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Series (February 2018)
Video of Session 24 - Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser Series
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 25 - Robert Heinlein's Novels of the Future (March 2018)
Video of Session 25 - Robert Heinlein's Novels of Humanity's Future
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 25 - L Sprague de Camp's Compleat Enchanter Multiverse (April 2018)
Video of Session 26 - L Sprague de Camp's Compleat Enchanter Multiverse
Reading Selections and Suggestions
Session 27 - Andre Norton's Witch World Series
Video of Session 27 - Andre Norton's Witch World Series
Session 28 - Robert Howard 's Hyborean Age and Conan Stories
Video of Session 28 - Robert Howard's Hyborean Age
Session 29 - Arthur Clarke's Mysterious Cosmos
Video of Session 29 - Arthur Clarke's Mysterious Cosmos
Session 30 - C.J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union Universe
Video of Session 30 - C.J. Cherryh's Alliance Union Universe
Session 31 - Jack Vance's Dying Earth Series
Video of Session 31 - Jack Vance's Dying Earth Series
Session 32 - Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun
Video of Session 32 - Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun
Session 33 - Edgar Allan Poe's Uncanny Universe
Video of Session 33 - Edgar Allan Poe's Uncanny Universe
Session 34 - G.K. Chesterton's Novels of Intrigue and Rebellion
Video of Session 34 - G.K. Chesterton's Novels of Intrigue and Rebellion
Session 35 - Lewis Carroll's Fantastic Lands
Video of Session 35 - Lewis Carroll's Fantastic Lands
Session 36 - Tanith Lee's Flat Earth Series
Video of Session 36 - Tanith Lee's Flat Earth Series
Session 37 - Gordon Dickson's Childe Cycle
Video of Session 37 - Gordon Dickson's Childe Cycle
Session 38 - August Derleth's Universe of the Cthulhu Mythos
Video of Session 38 - August Derleth's Universe of the Cthulhu Mythos
Session 39 - Karl Edward Wagner's Ancient World of Kane
Video of Session 39 - Karl Edward Wagner's Ancient World of Kane
Session 40 - Aldous Huxley's Utopias and Dystopias
Video of Session 40 - Aldous Huxley's Utopias and Dystopias
Session 41 - Bram Stoker's World of Gothic Horror
Video of Session 41 - Bram Stoker's World of Gothic Horror
Session 43 - China Mieville's Bas-Lag Novels
Video of Session 43 - China Mieville's Bas-Lag Novels
Session 44 - Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind
Video of Session 44 - Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality of Mankind
Session 45 - Walter Miller's Post-Flame-Deluge Leibowitz Novels
Video of Session 45 - Walter Miller's Post-Flame-Deluge Leibowitz Novels
Session 46 - Ursula K. Leguin's Earthsea Trilogy
Video of Session 46 - Ursula K. Leguin's Earthsea Trilogy
Session 47 - Ursula K. Leguin's Earthsea Continued
Video of Session 47 - Ursula K. Leguin's Earthsea Continued
Session 48 - Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past
Video of Session 48 - Liu Cixin's Remembrance of Earth's Past
Session 49 - Philip K Dick's Stories of Colonization and Insanity
Video of Session 49 - Philip K Dick's Stories of Colonization and Insanity
Session 50 - R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before
Video of Session 50 - R. Scott Bakker, The Darkness That Comes Before
Session 51 - R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet
Video of Session 51 - R. Scott Bakker, The Warrior Prophet
Session 52 - R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought
Video of Session 52 - R. Scott Bakker, The Thousandfold Thought
Session 53 - Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers (volume 1)
Video of Session 53 - Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers (volume 1)
Session 54 - Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers (volume 2)
Video of Session 54 - Philip Jose Farmer's World of Tiers (volume 2)
Session 55 - A. E. Van Vogt's Isher and Weapons Shops Novels
Video of Session 55 - A. E. Van Vogt's Isher and Weapons Shops Novels
Session 56 - Stanislaw Lem's Solaris (and some other works)
Video of Session 56 - Stanislaw Lem's Solaris (and some other works)
Session 57 - Neil Stephenson's Anathem Polycosm
Video of Session 57
Session 58 - Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy
Video of Session 58
Session 59 - Octavia Butler's Parables of American Dystopia
Video of Session 59
Session 60 - Olaf Stapledon's Cosmic Novels
Video of Session 60
Session 61 - Veronica Roth's Carve The Mark Universe
Video of Session 61
J.R.R. Tolkein's Narrative World and Philosophical Themes
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