Suggestions for your final project

Here are some works I have seen/read and enjoyed and/or have some information about. Many have dystopian/utopian themes which will be good choices for writing about social message. One thing you may want to consider doing would be to evaluate a story/novel/comic book and its film/television version, or two works of any genre by the same author. Most of these works are science fiction, but a few are fantasy. Don't forget to have one person in your group email me with the names of your group members and the works you'll be examining by tomorrow. I encourage you to ask me about any of these works if you have questions! Also, contact me if you want me to make a specific recommendation for something I think you'd like.

Films

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Clockwork Orange

Alphaville

A Scanner Darkly

Barbarella

Dune

Edward Scissorhands

Gattaca

Jonny Mnemonic

La Jetée

Mad Max

The Matrix

Metropolis

Minority Report

Paycheck

Soylent Green

Space Is the Place

Spirited Away

Star Trek

Star Wars

The Time Machine

V for Vendetta

Wall-E

Short Stories/Novellas

"Aye, and Gomorrah" by Samuel R. Delany

“Burning Chrome” - William Gibson

"Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" by James Tiptree, Jr.

“Johnny Mnemonic” - William Gibson

“The Last Question” - Isaac Asimov

“Paycheck” - Philip K. Dick

“There Will Come Soft Rains” - Ray Bradbury

“The Star Pit” - Samuel R. Delany

“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” - Philip K. Dick

Novels

A Clockwork Orange – Anthony Burgess

A Unicorn is Born – Trinie Dalton

Beloved – Octavia Butler

The Dispossessed – Ursula K. Le Guin (part of the same cycle as Left Hand)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick (or anything else by him – this is the novel version of the film Bladerunner)

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom – Cory Doctorow

Man in the High Castle – Philip K. Dick

Minority Report – Philip K. Dick

Neuromancer – William Gibson

Parable of the Sower – Octavia Butler

Slan – A.E. Van Vogt

Trouble on Triton – Samuel R. Delany

Ubik – Philip K. Dick

We – Yevgeny Zamyatin

Graphic Novels

V for Vendetta

Watchmen

Television Series

Battlestar Galactica

Doctor Who

Mystery Science Theater 3000

Sliders

Star Trek

The Twilight Zone