The student learns how to use science fiction literature to speculate about future examples of ecology, race, gender, philosophy and economics. They gain an understanding of terms in the field such as 'cognitive estrangement,' 'novum' and 'modulation' in order to express how such speculative futures are created. This is achieved through a detailed analysis of texts via a series of contemporary thinkers in science fiction and other areas, including afro-futurism, speculative realism, automated economies, xenofeminism, ecology, and accelerationism.
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- Stars in my pocket like grains of sand., , Delany, S. R., Bantam, 1984.
- Three Moments of an Explosion., , Mieville, C., Del Rey, 2015.
- The moon is a harsh mistress., , Heinlein, R. A., Putnam, 1966.
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- Metamorphoses of science fiction: On the poetics and history of a literary genre., , Suvin, D., Yale University Press, 1979.
- Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture., , Womack, Y., Chicago Review, 2013.
- The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism., , Shaviro, S., University of Minnesota Press, 2014.
- Economic Science Fictions., , Davis, W., Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
- Speculative Realism and Science Fiction., , Willems, B., Edinburgh University Press, 2017.
- Science fiction and cultural theory: A reader., , Vint, S., Routledge, 2016.
- Midnight robber., , Hopkinson, N., Warner Books, 2000.
- Life: A novel., , Jones, G. A., Aqueduct Press, 2004.
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