This semester, I'm teaching a literature class at the University at Buffalo on selected science fiction. I want it to focus on recent, envelope-pushing, diverse science fiction. Apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, gaming, socially relevant, comics, disturbing, weird, unexpected literature. I wanted to keep the list reasonable and enjoyable, and I wanted to blow students' minds and leave them wanting more. Learning about literature within the classroom is important for students, but so is sparking that NEED to read/learn more on their own. Here's the list:
Required Reading for English 254
The Giver by Lois Lowry
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Blood Child by Octavia Butler
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned
The Three by Sarah Lotz
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor
