Needs to be a comparison essay for a single theme in two texts options listed below.
2001: A Space Odyssey. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, performances by Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, and William Sylvester, MGM, 1968.
Asimov, Isaac. Nightfall. Science Fiction Hall of Fame, vol. 1, edited by Robert Silverberg, Doubleday & Co., 1970, pp. 112-143.
Atwood, Margaret. The Year of the Flood. Anchor, 2010.
Bester, Alfred. The Stars My Destination. Vintage, 1996.
Black Panther. Directed by Ryan Coogler, performances by Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, and Lupita Nyongo, Marvel/Disney, 2018.
Blade Runner. Directed by Ridley Scott, performances by Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, and Daryl Hannah, Warner Brothers, 1982.
Bradbury, Ray. The Long Rain. The Illustrated Man, Doubleday, 1951, pp. 77-92.
Butler, Octavia E. Bloodchild. Bloodchild and Other Stories, Seven Stories Press, 2005, pp.1-32.
Children of Men. Directed by Alfonso Cuarn, performances by Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, Universal, 2006.
Delany, Samuel R. Nova. Vintage, 2002.
Deyo, Brian. Ecophobia, the Anthropocene, and the Denial of Death. Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 26, no. 2, Spring 2019, pp. 442-455. doi.org/10.1093/isle/isz030.
Dick, Philip K. Second Variety. Project Gutenberg, 4 May 2011, www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32032#download.
Du Maurier, Daphne. The Birds. Eco-Fiction, edited by Jon Stadler, Simon & Schuster, 1971, pp. 59-84.
Gibson, William. The Gernsback Continuum. Burning Chrome, Eos, 2003, pp. 24-36.
Herbst, Steve. Creation of a Future World in The Tracer. Orbit 13, edited by Damon Knight, Berkley, 1974, pp. 141-147.
Le Guin, Ursula K. The Trouble with the Cotton People. Missouri Review, vol. 7, no. 2, Winter 1984, pp. 86-95. Project Muse, doi:10.1353/mis.1984.0007.
Lovecraft, H.P. The Colour Out of Space. Freeditorial, 10 Feb. 2014, freeditorial.com/en/books/the-colour-out-of-space.
McIntyre, Vonda N. Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand. Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent, Vintage, 1975, pp. 257-285.
Merril, Judith. That Only a Mother. Science Fiction Hall of Fame, vol. 1, edited by Robert Silverberg, Doubleday & Co., 1970, pp. 279-287.
Mitchison, Naomi. Out of the Waters. Nova 4, edited by Harry Harrison, Walker & Co., 1974, pp. 148-154.
Night of the Living Dead. Directed by George A. Romero, performances by Duane Jones, Judith ODea, and Karl Hardman, Image Ten, 1968. Tubi TV, tubitv.com/movies/229885/night_of_the_living_dead.
Pohl, Frederick. Editorial: More Bubbles for Your Bier. Worlds of IF, Sept. 1968, pp. 4-6.
Probe 7, Over and Out. Written by Rod Serling, directed by Ted Post. The Twilight Zone, season 5, episode 9, CBS, 29 Nov. 1963.
Robinson, Frank M. East Wind, West Wind. Nova 2, edited by Harry Harrison, Dell, 1974, pp. 19-49.
Robinson, Kim Stanley. Venice Drowned. The Planet on the Table, Tor, 1986, pp. 1-25.
Russ, Joanna. Nobodys Home. Women of Wonder, edited by Pamela Sargent, Vintage, 1975, pp. 235-256.
Soylent Green. Directed by Richard Fleischer, performances by Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, and Leigh Taylor-Young, MGM, 1973.
Stadler, Jon. Preface. Eco-Fiction, edited by Jon Stadler, Simon & Schuster, 1971, pp. ix-x.
Tsutsui, William M. Looking Straight at THEM!: Understanding the Big Bug Movies of the 1950s. Environmental History, vol. 12, no. 2, Apr. 2007, pp. 237-253. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25473065.
VanderMeer, Jeff. Annihilation. MTI ed., FSG, 2018.
