Session One: In the beginning: The Time Machine and Childhood's End

Session Two: The alien peril: The War of the Worlds and The Puppet Masters

Session Three: The human condition: The Caves of Steel and Dune

Session Four: Thought experiments: Mission of Gravity and The Left Hand of Darkness

Session Five: Evolution continues: The World of Null-A and More than Human

Session Six: Invoking the social sciences: The Demolished Man and The Languages of Pao

Session Seven: SF and the mainstream: The Sirens of Titan, Dying Inside, and The Listeners

Session Eight: Dystopia and beyond: Stand on Zanzibar and Gateway

Session Nine: Tinkering with history: The Man in the High Castle and Timescape

Session Ten: The biological imperative: Darwin's Radio and Dawn

Session Eleven: Cyberpunk and the Singularity: Neuromancer and Accelerando

Session Twelve: Looking backward and forward: Perdido Street Station and Consider Phlebas

The Center holds a few copies of some of these books, so if you are local to Lawrence or are in town for our other summer programs, check with us to see if we can lend you a copy. These are available on a first-come, first-served basis, and our little library is supplied by previous students donating copies after completing their course.