and don't forget the classic play by Kapek, RUR. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Cousins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 9:52 AM Subject: Re: ecological sci-fi
> Kate, "Ecotopia" is by Ernest Callenbach (1975). He also wrote "Ecotopia > Emerging" a few years later. > > You might also want to consider: "Frankenstein" (Mary Shelley, 1818), > "The Island of Dr. Moreau" by (H G Wells ,1896), "Stand on Zanzibar" > (John Brunner ,1968), "Always Coming Home" (Ursula Le Guin, 1985), "The > Space Merchants" (Frederick Pohl, 1987), "Zodiac" (Neal Stephenson > ,1988), or "The Parable of the Sower" (Octavia Butler, 1993). > > There are also classic films like "Silent Running" (1971), Soylent > Green" (1973), "The Quiet Earth" (1985), and "Princess Mononoke" > (1999). > > If you want to discuss how poorly Hollywood depicts genuinely important > environmental issues, I'd suggest "Day After Tomorrow," or "On Deadly > Ground." > > Finally, although it's not exactly *science* fiction, I'd highly > recommend the classis "The Man Who Planted Trees" by Jean Giono (1953). > The CBC produced a 30-minute animated film based on it in 1987 (it won > an Acacemy Award that year). > > Hope this helps! > > K > > Ken Cousins > Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda > Department of Government and Politics > 3114 P Tydings Hall > University of Maryland, College Park > T: (301) 405-6862 > F: (301) 314-9690 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/kcousins > > "The important thing is not to stop questioning. > Curiosity has its own reason for existing." > Albert Einstein > > >>> > Ecotopia is an interesting one (not sure if that would classify as > Sci-fi per se), don't know the author, but a colleague of mine teaches > that one with success. >
