[Air-L] Recommendations for short literary fiction and films on "digital culture"?

[Aaron Hung]

Hi Emma:

I taught a Philosophy of Technology course last year, tying in fiction to
help more it more accessible. Here's the list I compiled:

*Short Stories*

Asimov, Isaac. (1951) The Fun They Had
Asimov, Isaac. (1958) The Feeling of Power
Bradbury, Ray. (1950) The Veldt
Bradbury, Ray. (1954) All Summer in a Day
Dick, Philip K. (1968) Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Dick, Philip K. (1969) The Electric Ant
Forster, E. M. (1909) The Machine Stops
Vinge, Vernor. (2001) Fast Times at Fairmont High

*Novels*

Abrashkin, Raymond and Jay Williams. (1958) Danny Dunn and the Homework
Machine
Andersen, M. T. (2002) Feed
Asimov, Isaac. (1950) I, Robot
Burgess, Anthony. (1962) A Clockwork Orange
Card, Orson Scott. (1985) Ender’s Game
Cline, Ernest (2013) Ready Player One
Collins, Suzanne (2008) The Hunger Games
Doctorow, Cory. (2008) Little Brother
Doctorow, Cory. (2013) Homeland
Egger, Dave (2013) The Circle
Gibson, William (1990) The Difference Engine
Heinlein, Robert. (1957) Citizen of the Galaxy
Hesse, Hermann. (1943) The Glass Bead Game
Huxley, Aldous. (1931) Brave New World
Le Guin, Ursula. (1976) The Word for World is Forest
McIntosh, Will (2013) Love Minus Eight
Orwell, George. (1949) Nineteen Eighty-Four
Sheffield, Charles and Jerry Pournelle. (1996) Higher Education
Shelley, Mary (1818) Frankenstein
Skinner, B. F. (1948) Walden Two
Stephenson, Neal. (1984) The Big U
Stephenson, Neal. (1995) Diamond Age: or A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
Stephenson, Neal. (2011) Reamde
Vinge, Vernor. (2006) Rainbow’s End
Vonnegut, Kurt. (1952) Player Piano
Wells, H. G. (1895) The Time Machine
Zamayatin, Yevgeny. (1924) We

*Films*

A.I. (2001)
Blade Runner (1982)
Ex Machina (2014)
The Matrix (1999)
WALL-E (2008)

On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:52 PM, Thomas Ball <xtc283 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This BBC documentary titled *The Joy of Data* is a pretty good overview of
> digital culture...
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgp7BIBtPhk
>
>
> A recent *New York Times Magazine* article titled *AI: The Great Awakening
> *has
> a nice, kind of breathless portrait of how digital networks and AI are
> changing culture...
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/magazine/the-great-ai-awakening.html
>
>
> Ted Mooney's book *Easy Travel to Other Planets* contains many digital
> motifs focused around, e.g., information sickness and overload.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Emma Stamm <stamm at vt.edu> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I am putting together a syllabus for an interdisciplinary arts/humanities
> > course that will include a unit on art and culture of the digital age. I
> am
> > currently seeking short literary fiction and films/video clips I can use
> to
> > introduce college students (mostly freshmen and sophomores) to "digital
> > culture" in its various forms and guises.
> >
> > I am particularly interested in works published after 1980, although if
> > anyone can recommend their favorite short stories by Philip K. Dick,
> > William Gibson, women writers and writers of color, I'd be very
> > appreciative.
> >
> > Thank you so much!
> >
> > All the best,
> > Emma Stamm
> >
> > *Emma Stamm, MS*
> > *PhD Student & Instructor, Department of Religion and Culture*
> > *Virginia State Polytechnic University*
> > *www.realyou.me <http://www.realyou.me> | @turing_tests*
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