| Date | Topic |
| 8 August | SCIENCE FICTION– general introduction |
| 9 August | Public holiday, no tutorial. |
| 15 August | SF and postmodernism
Reading: Le Guin introduction to Norton Book of Science Fiction |
| 16 August | Howard Schoenfeld, "Build Up Logically"
Ray Bradbury, "Usher II" |
| 22 August | Samuel R. Delaney, "Time considered as a helix of semi-precious stones" |
| 23 August | Philip K. Dick, "The Electric Ant"
Eileen Gunn, "Stable Strategies for Middle Management" |
| 29 August | SPACE OPERA – general intro.
Reading: Patricia Monk article
MSubmit 500-word exercise |
| 30 August | James Tiptree Jr, "I'll be waiting for you when the swimming pool is empty." |
| 5 September | Iain M. Banks, Player of Games |
| 6 September | Iain M. Banks, Player of Games
MFIRST ESSAY: General SF topic due |
| 8-16 September: | 10-DAY VAC |
| 19 September | Iain M. Banks, Player of Games
Reading: Baudrillard, "Simulacra and Simulations" |
| 20 September | CYBERPUNK - general intro
Reading: Larry McCaffrey, "The Desert of the Real"
MSubmit 500-word exercise |
| 26 September | William Gibson, "Burning Chrome" |
| 27 September | Charles Stross, "Lobsters" |
| 1 October | MFIRST ESSAY: Space opera topic due, by 3.30pm. |
| 3 October | Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash |
| 4 October | Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash |
| 10 October | Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash |
| 11 October | FEMINIST SF - intro
Readings: Le Guin, "American SF and the Other"; Patricia Waugh, extracts from Ch. 1 and Ch. 5 of Feminine Fictions.
MSubmit 500-word exercise. |
| 17 October | James Tiptree, Jr, "The Women Men Don’t See"
Joanna Russ, "A Few Things I Know About Whileaway" |
| 18 October | Ursula K Le Guin, "Forgiveness Day" from Four Ways to Forgiveness
MSECOND ESSAY: Cyberpunk topic due |
| 24 October | Sheri S. Tepper, Grass |
| 25 October | Sheri S. Tepper, Grass |
| 30 October | MSECOND ESSAY: Feminist SF topic due
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| 1-5 November | Study Week |
