paper topic

ehhh.. I forgot to post a new topic instead of commenting thrice

My topic concerns the thesis for The Baum Plan for Financial Independence (novel, not short story)

I don't know what the thesis of the novel is. However, I know it specifically identifies two things: the constructed nature of gender and the human desire to tap into an infinite resource.

If anyone has some ideas as to what the thesis might be, please post for discussion.

Paper Topic

I am really struggling trying to find a good topic for our paper. Right now I am leaning towards apocalypses and peoples' reaction to them

My paper topic

For my second SF paper, I want to examine the integration of renewable energy sources or devices in SF stories. I can examine the fundamental theories the authors used to come up with these new SF idea, and also what are the fallacies in the plans right now that keeps each idea as a SF idea and not viable in the real world.

Some of the SF ideas I was considering to use are the Zero Point Energy concept in River of Gods and the Faulelt Engine in Powerless. I am also considering looking at the fabrikator in Kiosk and the QSNA in The Juniper Tree.

What do y'all think? Are these SF ideas we have read about good ideas to write about? Is there any better examples out there, especially in the Lunar Quartet we read?

And now for something completely different...

Kidding, just another paper topic idea.

I was considering doing a paper on the roles of children within science fiction. It seems as if children usually fill some sort of mystical, supernatural, or super human role within science fiction stories, such as Ender in Ender's Game and the Brahmins in River of Gods, and I think it be interesting to examine different instances of this phenomenon as well as why it exists.

Thoughts? Questions? Concerns?

Potential paper topic

It's pretty simple. I think I'll just do a paper comparing and contrasting the roles technology plays in WALL-E and Stanley Kubrick's 2001. I think I mentioned this some time a while back, and I still like the idea. Any thoughts/ suggestions for things you think I should mention?

My Potential Topic

There were several topics that I kept toying with in my head, but the one that I can't seem to stray from is the exploration of how the future is imagined in science fiction. I'm thinking about looking at science fiction from the past and seeing how wrong or right they were about today's setting, as well as what perhaps motivated them in making that prediction. I would also look at today's science fiction (using the material from class) and compare/contrast its depiction with past science fiction. And finally, I might try to imagine how the genre will evolve in the years coming concerning its depiction of the future.

Thoughts? Opinions? I'm not in love with it, but I've just had a hard time wrapping my head around anything else about which I could write 2000 words.

A bunch of random stuff

Firstly, I almost forgot to post this week. Remembered at the last minute. =)

Secondly, I think I'd like to write my paper using Kessel's Stories for Men and/or Sunlight or Rock. I've got a few different ideas but most likely it'll center on Erno (just because his character fascinated me)

Thirdly, in my Anthropology class today, we talked about the third gendered( as in neither male nor female) caste group in India (known as the Hijra). Reminded me of the Nutes in River of Gods.

And Lastly, Does anyone else notice that the more advanced a group (mostly an alien group if you're watching scifi) is, the more arrogant they are? Seriously, I always find it frustrating to hear some advanced alien say "But that's impossible" You'd think they'd be advanced enough to think outside the box. Apparently it's hard to advance beyond arrogance.