Imagine That! Science Fiction as a Learning Motivation
Val Ontell, Librarian Emeritus San Diego Mesa College [email protected]
INDIVIDUAL WORKS CITED/DISPLAYED
Adams, Richard. Watership Down. Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. New York: Doubleday: Aesop. Fables. 1980. 293-305. Or Reel Future. Ed. by Forrest J. Alexander, Karl. Time After Time. Ackerman and Jean Stine. Alexander, Lloyd. The Black Cauldron. Clute, John and John Grant. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. ----. The High King. Clute, John and Peter Nicholls. The Encyclopedia of Science Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Andreadis, Athena. To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. "The Rime of the Ancient Star Trek. Mariner." Anonymous. Beowulf. Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher. Aragones, Sergio. Buzz & Bell, Space Cadets. —. My Teacher is an Alien. Asimov, Isaac. Fantastic Voyage. Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. ---. Jurassic Park. Barrie, Sir James M. Peter Pan. Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Bates, Harry. "Farewell to the Master." They Came From Danziger, Paula. This Place Has No Atmosphere. Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. Or Reel Future. Davies, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street. Ed. by Forrest J. Ackerman and Jean Stine.. Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. (Reprinted as Blade Runner) Benford, Gregory and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. What Might ---. The Man in the High Castle. HaveBeen (2 volumes) Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Bloch, Robert. Psycho. Dickerson, Matthew T. From Homer to Harry Potter: A Booker, M. Keith. Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film Handbook on Myth and Fantasy. and American Culture. Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother. Boule, Pierre. Planet of the Apes. Dubeck, Leroy W., Suzanne E. Moshier, and Judith E. Boss. Bove, Ben. City of Darkness. Fantastic Voyages: Learning Science Through Science ---. Through Eyes of Wonder: Science Fiction and Science. Fiction Films. Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. Ellison, Harlan. "A Boy and His Dog." They Came From ---. The Martian Chronicles. Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. Bronowski, Jacob. The Ascent of Man. ---. Shatterday. Callenbach, Ernest. Ecotopia. Finney, Jack. Time and Again. ---. Ecotopia Emerging. Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book. Campbell, John W. Jr. "Who Goes There?" They Came From Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Herland. Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. Or Reel Future. Glassy, Mark C. The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema. Ed. by Forrest J. Ackerman and Jean Stine. Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Fairy Tales. Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game. Gunn, James. The Science of Science Fiction Writing. Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland. Havens, Candace. Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy. Chute, Nevil. On the Beach. Heinlein, Robert A. Various titles. Clapp, Patricia. Jane-Emily. Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World. Clarke, Arthur C. "The Sentinal." They Came From Outer Jenkins, Susan and Robert. The Biology of Star Trek.
1 Jones, D.F. Colossus. Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America. Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl’s Moving Castle. Sanders, Steven M., ed. The Philosophy of Science Fiction Kennedy, DayAnn M., Stella S. Spangler, and Mary Ann Film. Vanderwerf. Science & Technology in Fact and Sekuler, Robert and Randolph Blake. Star Trek on the Brain: Fiction : A Guide to Children’s Books. Alien Minds, Human Minds. Kern, Edmund M. The Wisdom of Harry Potter: What Our Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square. Favorite Hero Teaches Us About Moral Choices. Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. King, Stephen. Carrie. Seuss, Dr. Any of his books. ---. The Eyes of the Dragon. Shakespeare, William. The Tempest. Kotzwinkle, William. The Bear Went Over the Mountain. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Krauss, Lawrence M. Beyond Star Trek: From Alien Shute, Nevil. On the Beach. Invasions to the End of Time. Silverberg, Robert. Dying Inside. ---. The Physics of Star Trek. ---. Time of the Great Freeze. LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness. Silverberg, Robert, ed. Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder. L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig. Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. Spinrad, Norman. Pictures at 11. Longyear, Barry. "Enemy Mine." Reel Future. Ed. by Forrest Steig, William. Shrek! J. Ackerman and Jean Stine. Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Lovecraft, H.P. Various titles. Mr. Hyde. Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Stocker, Jack H., ed. Chemistry and Science Fiction. McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown. Stoker, Bram. Dracula. More, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels. Nahin, Paul J. Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Turtledove, Harry. American Empire: Blood & Iron. Metaphysics, and Science Fiction. —. The Great War: American Front. New York Public Library. Books for the Teen Age. —. The Guns of the South. Nicholls, Peter, ed. Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of —. How Few Remain. Essays About the Interface Between Science Fiction Twain, Mark, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. and Reality. Urbanski, Heather. Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-Eyed Norton, Andre. Various titles. Monsters: How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. Nightmares. Orwell, George. 1984. Verne, Jules. Various titles. Peck, Richard. Secrets of the Shopping Mall. Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano. Perrault, Charles. Fairy Tales. Wells, H.G. The Time Machine and other titles. Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time. Westfahl, Gary and George Slusser, eds. Nursery Realms: Pike, Christopher. See You Later. Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, Pinkwater, Daniel M. Alan Mendelsohn, Boy from Mars. and Horror. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Masque of the Red Death. Wilde, Oscar. The Canterville Ghost. Polette, Nancy. Teaching Thinking Skills with Fairy Tales and Yeffeth, Glenn, ed. Seven Senses of Buffy: Science Fiction Fantasy. and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television Resnick, Mike, ed. Alternate Kennedys. Show. ---. Alternate Presidents. Yeh, Phil. The Winged Tiger.
BOOK SERIES CITED/DISPLAYED
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhikers. Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight. Asimov, Isaac. Foundation. Niven, Larry. Ringworld. ---. Lucky Starr. Norton, Andre. Witch World. Applegate, K.A. Animorphs. Norton, Mary. The Borrowers Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Pratchett, Terry. Discworld. Contemporary Authors. Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter. Duane, Diane. Young Wizards. Silverberg, Robert. Majipoor Chronicles (includes Lord Gurney, James. Dinotopia. Valentine’s Castle). Haber, Karen. Mutant. Something About the Author. LeGuin, Ursula K. Earthsea. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings. Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia. Various Authors. Babylon 5. McCaffrey, Anne. The Dragonriders of Pern. —. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ---. Harper Hall of Pern. —. Enterprise. 2 —. Star Trek. Who’s Who in America. —. Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Wrede, Patricia. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (includes —. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Dealing with Dragons). —. Star Trek: Yoyager. Yolen, Jane. Commander Toad. —. Star Wars.
INDIVIDUAL FILMS CITED/DISPLAYED (Available on DVD)
Aladdin (Disney) Finding Nemo Psycho The Andromeda Strain The Fly Shrek! Beauty and the Beast (Disney) Forbidden Planet Sleeping Beauty (Disney) The Black Cauldron Galaxy Quest Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Blade Runner Jurassic Park (Disney) Brave King Kong Spider-Man 2 A Boy and His Dog Miracle on 34th Street Tangled Cinderella (Disney) Monsters Inc. The Thing Colossus: The Forbin Project Mulan 2001: A Space Odyssey The Day The Earth Stood Still Peter Pan (Disney or Mary Martin musical Who Framed Roger Rabbit? E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial version) Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Enemy Mine Plan 9 From Outer Space The Wizard of Oz Fahrenheit 451 Planet of the Apes Fantastic Voyage
TV/FILM SERIES CITED/DISPLAYED (Available on DVD)
Babylon 5. Warner Brothers. Episodes cited: “Gropos,” “The Reading Rainbow. PBS. Geometry of Shadows.” Rocky & Bullwinkle (includes Mr. Peabody and Sherman). Battlestar Galactica and Caprica. Star Trek. Paramount Pictures. Between the Lions. PBS. Star Trek. Episodes cited: “Amok Time,” “The Cloud Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Minders,” “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.” The Chronicles of Narnia. Disney. Star Trek: The Next Generation. Episode cited: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. “Measure of a Man.” Prince Caspian. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Episode cited: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. “Family Business.” Dollhouse. Star Trek: Voyager. Farscape. Enterprise. Firefly. Star Wars. Lucasfilm/Twentieth-Century Fox. Fringe. Star Wars: A New Hope Harry Potter. Warner Brothers. The Empire Strikes Back. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Return of the Jedi. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. The Phantom Menace. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Attack of the Clones. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Revenge of the Sith Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Stargate. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Stargate SG-1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (two parts). Stargate Atlantis The Hunger Games. Lionsgate. Stargate Universe. Iron Man. Supernatural. The Lord of the Rings. New Line Cinema. Toy Story. Pixar/Walt Disney Productions. Fellowship of the Ring. Toy Story. The Two Towers. Toy Story 2. Return of the King. Toy Story 3. Lost. The Twilight Zone (Old and new series). Episodes cited: Men in Black. “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” “Eye of the Beholder.” The Outer Limits (Old and new series). The X-Files. 3
WEB SITES DISPLAYED MAGAZINES CITED/DISPLAYED
Baen Free Library - www.baen.com/library Aboriginal Science Fiction Center for the Study of Science Fiction - www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/ Analog Science Fiction and Fact Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature - www.dawcl.com Asimov’s Science Fiction Free Speculative Fiction Online - www.freesfonline.de Fantasy & Science Fiction Golden Duck Awards - www.goldenduck.org TV Guide Locus Index to Science Fiction - www.locusmag.com/index//0start.html Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults - http://www.lasfsinc.info///index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 74&Itemid=181 (or tinyurl.com /4gydavh) Michael Swanwicks Periodic Table of Science Fiction – www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.html Reading for the Future - www.readingforfuture.com Reading Rainbow - gpn.unl.edu/rainbow Sci Fi Channel - www.scifi.com Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - www.sfwa.org SF Site – www.sfsite.com Stuff for the Teen Age - legacy.www.nypl.org/books/sta2009/
CONVENTIONS CITED/DISPLAYED
Comic-Con – www.comic-con.org Lunacon – www.lunacon.org Con-Dor – www.condorcon.org World Fantasy Convention – www.worldfantasy.org Conjecture – www.conjecture.org World Science Fiction Convention – www.wsfs.org Loscon – www.loscon.org
VIDEO GAMES DISPLAYED SF CLUBS DISPLAYED American Civil War San Diego Speculative Fiction Society (SanSFiS) - Birth of America www.sansfis.org Final Fantasy New England Science Fiction Society (NESFA) - Rise of Nations www.nesfa.org Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
COMIC BOOKS DISPLAYED BOOKSTORE DISPLAYED Archie Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego) – www.mystgalaxy.com Iron Man Men in Black
PERIODICALS CITED
Bleiler, Richard. “Core Collection: SF/Fantasy Reference Sources.” Booklist 15 May 1999: 1720. Hoffman, Shane Ian. “SF Site: The Homepage for Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Booklist 15 Apr 2000: 1578. Lips, Hilary M. “Using Science Fiction to Teach the Psychology of Sex and Gender.” Teaching of Psychology 17.3 (1990): 197-198.
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