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

[jcu]

Hello,

You might also consider these two YA novels by Erin Bow; 

The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace #1) (2015)
The Swan Riders (Prisoners of Peace #2) (2016) 

joan




On 2016-12-20, at 3:40 PM, Aaron Hung wrote:

> 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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