If I were teaching a class like that, I'd mix it up. Throw in one Verne because it is a classic and some of the students might like it, throw in a couple different eras. And give a list of "if you liked X, here's some more on those lines" kind of thing. Maybe with "read X number of books off the extended reading list" as part of the course requirements or something. Or extra credit.
If I were taking such a class, and got a list like that, I'd probably read most if not all of it.
And I really should go and do the Fuzzy comparison myself! I have the Scalzi. I know I used to have a copy of the Piper, but if I can't find that, it's easily available.
I never took a sci-fi course. We didn't have one in my undergrad and by the time I was in college I had read so much it would probably have just annoyed me anyway. By the time I was in fifth grade, I had completely exhausted all the local library resources for non-adult SF and was well into reading regular adult SF. Which of course wound up with me reading a few things I really wasn't ready for.
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Date: 2013-08-17 04:40 am (UTC)If I were taking such a class, and got a list like that, I'd probably read most if not all of it.
And I really should go and do the Fuzzy comparison myself! I have the Scalzi. I know I used to have a copy of the Piper, but if I can't find that, it's easily available.
I never took a sci-fi course. We didn't have one in my undergrad and by the time I was in college I had read so much it would probably have just annoyed me anyway. By the time I was in fifth grade, I had completely exhausted all the local library resources for non-adult SF and was well into reading regular adult SF. Which of course wound up with me reading a few things I really wasn't ready for.