IMF 51609 Fiction: Contemporary SciFi & Fantasy Novellas L

Instructor

Gene Pfeiffer

Class Type 

Lit & Craft

Course Description

A short novel or long short story? However you define them, novellas are a popular genre among readers and publishers at the moment. In this course, we will read and explore six novellas成人视频攁ll from the award-winning publisher Tor, home to cutting-edge contemporary science fiction and fantasy.

Our books range from Martha Well成人视频檚 sci-fi murderbot of All Systems Red and Okorafor成人视频檚 galactic university in her Afrofuturist Binti, to Sylvain Nuevel成人视频檚 contemporary dystopian London of The Test and Emily Tesh成人视频檚 old English Green Man of Silver in the Wood, to Sarah Gailey成人视频檚 alternate history, River of Teeth, set in the American bayou and Victor LaValle成人视频檚 the Ballad of Black Tom, an anti-racist Lovecraftian story set in Jazz Age Harlem.

Our focus will be on analyzing the novella structure from a writer成人视频檚 perspective, outlining each book with an eye for elements of craft that pull these pieces beyond the short story and push them towards the novel. Perhaps we will discover elements unique to the novella. Perhaps we will find fractal-like elements that apply to everything from flash to a novel. In our journal exercises we成人视频檒l create an outline of our own novella and write a few scenes from it. Students may also choose to write some sci-fi and fantasy flash fiction. Certainly, we will enjoy some fantasy and sci-fi from one of today成人视频檚 premiere genre publishers.

Textbook

ALL SYSTEMS REDMURDERBOT DIARIES | Edition: 17
Author: WELLS
ISBN: 9780765397539

BALLAD OF BLACK TOM PB | Edition: 16
Author:LAVALLE
ISBN:9780765387868

BINTI
Author: Nnedi Okorafor
ISBN: 9780765385253

SILVER IN THE WOOD
Author: TESH
ISBN:9781250229793

THE EMPRESS OF SALT AND FORTUNE
Author: VO
ISBN: 9781250750303

THE TEST
Author: NEUVEL
ISBN:9781250312839