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Publisher
Tantor Media
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Mars was a distant shore, and the men spread upon it in waves. Each wave different, and each wave stronger. Bradbury's Mars is a place of hope, dreams, and metaphor. Of crystal pillars and fossil seas, where a fine dust settles on the great, empty cities of a silently destroyed civilization. It is here the invaders have come to despoil and commercialize, to grow and to learn. First a trickle, then a torrent, rushing from a world with no future toward...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Using screen adaptions of Frankenstein, 20,000 leagues Under The Sea, The Time Machine, and The Martian Chronicles, this program illustrates some major themes of science fiction. Students see how this literay form has developed in our century, and why is it so popular. Examples are discussed in terms of their psychological, religious and philosophical contributions.
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