Well, I know that my senior year, we read Toni Morrison's _Beloved_ . Quite
a book if I do say so myself. Graphic sex, infanticide, rape, murder,
violence, the whole bit. I would call it excellent literature though.
Becca
-----Original Message-----
From: Stahl, Sheryl <SFStahl@cn.huc.edu>
To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU <FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
Date: Friday, November 14, 1997 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [*FSFFU*] looking for recommendations for course
>Hi,
>While Scott's adventures of Trouble (I dont remember the actual title)
>is a great book and would fit the course description, it does contain
>somewhat graphic lesbian sex scenes ... I don't know what high schoolers
>are reading these days.
>sheryl
>
>> ----------
>> From: Keri Stone[SMTP:Dinnally@AOL.COM]
>> Reply To: For discussion of feminist SF, fantastic & utopian
>> literature
>> Sent: Friday, November 14, 1997 12:02 PM
>> To: FEMINISTSF@LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>> Subject: [*FSFFU*] looking for recommendations for course
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> One of my collegues has asked me for some recommendations for his
>> class next
>> semester. I teach in a private high school (the students are fairly
>> sophisticated readers). He is interested in novels, short stories and
>> essays
>> by women I know that they currently read Gibson and Stephenson and
>> some
>> other cyberpunk novels, and he is disturbed because he does not have
>> any
>> female authors. Although I read a ton of sci-fi, I mostly stay away
>> from
>> cyberpunk so I wasn't sure what to recommend. I guess it doesn't have
>> to be
>> cyberpunk, but it should cretainly focus on technology of the future.
>> I
>> already suggested Melissa Scott and Raphael Carter's Fortunate Fall. I
>> wasn't
>> positive which Melissa Scott would be a good recommedation. Below is a
>> description of his class in case you can think of any good fits. Any
>> suggestions about any authors, particularly feminist ones, would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks Keri
>> PS: I'm sorry if there have been recent posts on this subject already
>> and
>> would appreciate anyone sending me a summary privately.
>>
>> Media and Millennium is a new course that explores a variety of
>> futurist
>> scenarios created by leading storytellers of our time. Readings will
>> include
>> a series of science fiction novels, short stories and essays by
>> prominent
>> writers, scientists and philosophers that explore the impact of
>> technology on
>> our lives beyond the year 2000. The class will also screen a variety
>> of films
>> set in the future and explore the themes they raise. The course will
>> emphasize the role technology plays in shaping these future realities
>> and how
>> it might change or challenge present day boundaries between man and
>> machine.
>> Students will use digital technologies to create a variety of
>> multi-media
>> essays including an internal web site run off the school's CABBS
>> server to
>> document their exploration of the third millennium.
>>
>
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