Science Fiction
Dr. Laura L. Hall
Office # 259 College of Business
Office Hours
Tuesday & Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 9:20 a.m.
10:30 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
747-7743
lhall@utep.edu

 

Science Fiction—this is the gateway to which we call the "future". Science fiction has inspired many minds to contemplate, create, and sustain a world that technology is trying to capture. With inspiring writers of yesterday such as the immortal Orson Wells, to the modern contemporaries like the "ever-evolving" talent of George Lucas, science fiction plays a role of the ever-elusive "frontrunner" of technology. Science fiction will always be a step ahead of the game.   In the immortal words of Dorothy of The Wizard of OZ, "We’re not in Kansas Anymore…"

Neuromancer by William Gibson

Neuromancer is known as the cyberpunk bible.  This site will explain the impact of this book and give you access to the work in it's entirity.  You may not be able to finish the entire book but bookmark it for later!

Voyages: Science Fiction Stories with Good Science

This site is part of a program that strives to integrate true science with science fiction stories.  Read two of the short stories. 

 

Activity 1

Write your own short science fiction story.  Describe your day on the Fourth of July, Year 2015.  Post your work in the Board Room.