Final exam Flashcards
Author of “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”?
Philip K. Dick
Author of “Sentinel”?
Arthur C. Clarke
Author of “Out of all them Bright Stars”?
Nancy Kress
Author of “American SF and the Other”? (not sure if its relevant or not but im not risking it)
Ursula Le Guin
Author of “Bloodchild”?
Octavia Butler
Author of “The Heat Death of the Universe”?
Pamela Zoline
Author of “When it Changed”?
Joanna Russ
Author of “And I awoke and found me here on the cold hills side”?
James Tiptree jr.
Author of “Red Mars”?
Kim Stanley Robinson
Author of “Burning Chrome”?
William Gibson
Author of “Pretty Boy Crossover”?
Pat Cadigan
Author of “Computer Friendly”?
Eileen Gunn
Big Dumb Object (BDO)?
Any mysterious object which generates an intense sense of wonder
Cyberpunk?
SciFi Sub Genre: 1980s Near Future, high technology in low life settings. usually deals with cybernetics, social revolution, and fighting the power.
New Wave SciFi?
SciFi Sub Genre: 1960-1975 defined by its use of experimental writing and dealing with the science of the self (looking inside as opposed to looking outwards). dealt with social and political ideologies of the time ie feminism eg: The Heat Death of the Universe
Hard SciFi?
Traditional SciF that defined the genre up until the early 1960s. relies on real world science, and goes into indepth descriptions about the science behind everything. eg: Red Mars
Utopia?
an idyllic community that is defined by its high ideals and perfect qualities.
Dystopia?
Opposite of Utopia: defined by society in decay. protagonist usually dies. Worlds run by overbearing corporations.
Critical Utopia?
1960s and 1970s: “utopian revival”
Open-ended
Self-reflexive
Feminism & identity politics
Critical Dystopia?
Late 1980s
Ambiguous, open endings
Utopian enclaves
Genre-blurring
Posthuman?
see tuesday
Transhuman?
see tuesday
Cyborg?
A human being who has been grafted with machinery: usually in the form of replacement limbs.
Android?
A robot built to resemble a human being: ranges from basic human resemblance to indistinguishable from regular humans
Robot?
an automatic mechanical device that are able to operate free from human input. Can resemble humans or animals.
Terraforming?
the act of changing a planets environment to make it habitable for humans.
Waldo
From Red Mars, large excavators,controlled through “teleoperation”/ remote control. have to confirm Pg 373 & 283
