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Cindy Smith replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoIn Georgia the only college or university that I know teaches science fiction literature as a class is Georgia Tech. As far as I know, it isn’t taught at Georgia State University or the University of Georgia. If it’s taught anywhere else, I don’t know about it. I’d like to take an online course in science fiction. In fact, I’d like to get a P…[Read more]
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Cindy Smith replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoWhy is it that every time I post here I get a 504 Gateway Timeout message?
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Cindy Smith replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoHmm, I received a 504 error and thought it didn’t post, so I re-submitted, but apparently both posts went through. I edited the second post a bit for clarity. I’ve also noticed that a lot of sff writers and readers believe that science fiction and religion don’t mix. This, of course, is nonsense. I have a list of religious science fiction sto…[Read more]
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Cindy Smith replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoGloria: That reminds me of Galileo as the poster child of the oppressed scientist when he brought a lot of it on himself by making fun of the Pope, calling him Simplicio in a dialogue. I’m not saying what Galileo’s exile was right, but experiencing negative effects from tweaking the nose of the most powerful man in Europe is as unsur…[Read more]
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Cindy Smith replied to the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoGloria: That reminds me of Galileo as the poster child of the oppressed scientist when he brought a lot of it on himself by making fun of the Pope, calling him Simplicio in a dialogue. I’m not saying what Galileo’s exile was right, but experiencing negative effects from tweaking the nose of the most powerful man in Europe is as unsurprising as W…[Read more]
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Cindy Smith started the topic Science Fiction Readers Demographics in the forum
Science Fiction and Utopian and Fantastic Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 9 months agoScience Fiction and Fantasy readers traditionally range from the well educated to the very well educated and coincidentally from the highly intelligent to the very highly intelligent. According to some figures I’ve read, around 50% of sff readers have a Bachelor’s degree or higher and around 25% have graduate degrees. These figures, of course, d…[Read more]