How do we know what we know? What kind of narrative/narrator do we have?
How does the text build its world? How does it establish its “rules” of science fiction?
Does this text seem to be harkening back to other texts, stories, myths or tropes?
Does the text seem allegorical?
How does the text invite us to understand the contemporary culture or history of its author?
Some key Themes: (choose as many as you want)
The promises and perils of science
The fear of technology, specifically computers and artificial intelligence
The unreliability of reality and the texts that attempt to represent them (Post-Modern)
Afro-futurism – intersections of African diaspora and speculative fiction
The idea of the Fantastic
Magical realism
Allegory
Class critique
Gender (fluidity, deconstruction of concept)
War & conflict,
Racism– the representation of the others
Migration – borders (deconstruction of)
Spirituality & religion in different cultures
Site a passage or two from the book.
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