Imagine That! Science Fiction as a Learning Motivation
Val Ontell, Librarian Emeritus
San Diego Mesa College
val@ontell.org
INDIVIDUAL WORKS CITED/DISPLAYED
Adams, Richard. Watership Down.
Aesop. Fables.
Alexander, Karl. Time After Time.
Alexander, Lloyd. The Black Cauldron.
----. The High King.
Andersen, Hans Christian. Fairy Tales.
Andreadis, Athena. To Seek Out New Life: The Biology of
Star Trek.
Anonymous. Beowulf.
Aragones, Sergio. Buzz & Bell, Space Cadets.
Asimov, Isaac. Fantastic Voyage.
Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale.
Barrie, Sir James M. Peter Pan.
Bates, Harry. "Farewell to the Master." They Came From
Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. Or Reel Future.
Ed. by Forrest J. Ackerman and Jean Stine..
Baum, L. Frank. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Benford, Gregory and Martin H. Greenberg, eds. What Might
HaveBeen (2 volumes)
Bloch, Robert. Psycho.
Booker, M. Keith. Alternate Americas: Science Fiction Film
and American Culture.
Boule, Pierre. Planet of the Apes.
Bove, Ben. City of Darkness.
---. Through Eyes of Wonder: Science Fiction and Science.
Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451.
---. The Martian Chronicles.
Bronowski, Jacob. The Ascent of Man.
Callenbach, Ernest. Ecotopia.
---. Ecotopia Emerging.
Campbell, John W. Jr. "Who Goes There?" They Came From
Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. Or Reel Future.
Ed. by Forrest J. Ackerman and Jean Stine.
Card, Orson Scott. Ender’s Game.
Carroll, Lewis. Alice in Wonderland.
Chute, Nevil. On the Beach.
Clapp, Patricia. Jane-Emily.
Clarke, Arthur C. "The Sentinal." They Came From Outer
Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski. New York: Doubleday:
1980. 293-305. Or Reel Future. Ed. by Forrest J.
Ackerman and Jean Stine.
Clute, John and John Grant. The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.
Clute, John and Peter Nicholls. The Encyclopedia of Science
Fiction.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.
"The Rime of the Ancient
Mariner."
Coville, Bruce. Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher.
—. My Teacher is an Alien.
Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain.
---. Jurassic Park.
Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Danziger, Paula. This Place Has No Atmosphere.
Davies, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street.
Dick, Philip K. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.
(Reprinted as Blade Runner)
---. The Man in the High Castle.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol.
Dickerson, Matthew T. From Homer to Harry Potter: A
Handbook on Myth and Fantasy.
Doctorow, Cory. Little Brother.
Dubeck, Leroy W., Suzanne E. Moshier, and Judith E. Boss.
Fantastic Voyages: Learning Science Through Science
Fiction Films.
Ellison, Harlan. "A Boy and His Dog." They Came From
Outer Space. Ed. by Jim Wynorski.
---. Shatterday.
Finney, Jack. Time and Again.
Gaiman, Neil. The Graveyard Book.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. Herland.
Glassy, Mark C. The Biology of Science Fiction Cinema.
Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. Fairy Tales.
Gunn, James. The Science of Science Fiction Writing.
Havens, Candace. Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy.
Heinlein, Robert A. Various titles.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave New World.
Jenkins, Susan and Robert. The Biology of Star Trek.
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Jones, D.F. Colossus.
Jones, Diana Wynne. Howl’s Moving Castle.
Kennedy, DayAnn M., Stella S. Spangler, and Mary Ann
Vanderwerf. Science & Technology in Fact and
Fiction : A Guide to Children’s Books.
Kern, Edmund M. The Wisdom of Harry Potter: What Our
Favorite Hero Teaches Us About Moral Choices.
King, Stephen. Carrie.
---. The Eyes of the Dragon.
Kotzwinkle, William. The Bear Went Over the Mountain.
Krauss, Lawrence M. Beyond Star Trek: From Alien
Invasions to the End of Time.
---. The Physics of Star Trek.
LeGuin, Ursula. The Left Hand of Darkness.
L'Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time.
Leroux, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera.
Longyear, Barry. "Enemy Mine." Reel Future. Ed. by Forrest
J. Ackerman and Jean Stine.
Lovecraft, H.P. Various titles.
Lowry, Lois. The Giver.
McKinley, Robin. The Hero and the Crown.
More, Sir Thomas. Utopia.
Nahin, Paul J. Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics,
Metaphysics, and Science Fiction.
New York Public Library. Books for the Teen Age.
Nicholls, Peter, ed. Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of
Essays About the Interface Between Science Fiction
and Reality.
Norton, Andre. Various titles.
O'Brien, Robert C. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.
Orwell, George. 1984.
Peck, Richard. Secrets of the Shopping Mall.
Perrault, Charles. Fairy Tales.
Piercy, Marge. Woman on the Edge of Time.
Pike, Christopher. See You Later.
Pinkwater, Daniel M. Alan Mendelsohn, Boy from Mars.
Poe, Edgar Allan. The Masque of the Red Death.
Polette, Nancy. Teaching Thinking Skills with Fairy Tales and
Fantasy.
Resnick, Mike, ed. Alternate Kennedys.
---. Alternate Presidents.
Roth, Philip. The Plot Against America.
Sanders, Steven M., ed. The Philosophy of Science Fiction
Film.
Sekuler, Robert and Randolph Blake. Star Trek on the Brain:
Alien Minds, Human Minds.
Selden, George. The Cricket in Times Square.
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
Seuss, Dr. Any of his books.
Shakespeare, William. The Tempest.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein.
Shute, Nevil. On the Beach.
Silverberg, Robert. Dying Inside.
---. Time of the Great Freeze.
Silverberg, Robert, ed. Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder.
Sleator, William. Interstellar Pig.
Spinrad, Norman. Pictures at 11.
Steig, William. Shrek!
Stevenson, Robert Louis. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.
Stocker, Jack H., ed. Chemistry and Science Fiction.
Stoker, Bram. Dracula.
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels.
Turtledove, Harry. American Empire: Blood & Iron.
—. The Great War: American Front.
—. The Guns of the South.
—. How Few Remain.
Twain, Mark, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.
Urbanski, Heather. Plagues, Apocalypses and Bug-Eyed
Monsters: How Speculative Fiction Shows Us Our
Nightmares.
Verne, Jules. Various titles.
Vonnegut, Kurt. Player Piano.
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine and other titles.
Westfahl, Gary and George Slusser, eds. Nursery Realms:
Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy,
and Horror.
Wilde, Oscar. The Canterville Ghost.
Yeffeth, Glenn, ed. Seven Senses of Buffy: Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers Discuss Their Favorite Television
Show.
Yeh, Phil. The Winged Tiger.
BOOK SERIES CITED/DISPLAYED
Adams, Douglas. Hitchhikers.
Asimov, Isaac. Foundation.
---. Lucky Starr.
Applegate, K.A. Animorphs.
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games.
Contemporary Authors.
Duane, Diane. Young Wizards.
Gurney, James. Dinotopia.
Haber, Karen. Mutant.
LeGuin, Ursula K. Earthsea.
Lewis, C.S. The Chronicles of Narnia.
McCaffrey, Anne. The Dragonriders of Pern.
---. Harper Hall of Pern.
Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight.
Niven, Larry. Ringworld.
Norton, Andre. Witch World.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers
Pratchett, Terry. Discworld.
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter.
Silverberg, Robert. Majipoor Chronicles (includes Lord
Valentine’s Castle).
Something About the Author.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings.
Various Authors. Babylon 5.
—. Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
—. Enterprise.
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Who’s Who in America.
Wrede, Patricia. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (includes
Dealing with Dragons).
Yolen, Jane. Commander Toad.
Star Trek.
Star Trek: Deep Space 9.
Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Star Trek: Yoyager.
Star Wars.
INDIVIDUAL FILMS CITED/DISPLAYED
(Available on DVD)
Aladdin (Disney)
The Andromeda Strain
Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
The Black Cauldron
Blade Runner
Brave
A Boy and His Dog
Cinderella (Disney)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
The Day The Earth Stood Still
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Enemy Mine
Fahrenheit 451
Fantastic Voyage
Finding Nemo
The Fly
Forbidden Planet
Galaxy Quest
Jurassic Park
King Kong
Miracle on 34th Street
Monsters Inc.
Mulan
Peter Pan (Disney or Mary Martin musical
version)
Plan 9 From Outer Space
Planet of the Apes
Psycho
Shrek!
Sleeping Beauty (Disney)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Disney)
Spider-Man 2
Tangled
The Thing
2001: A Space Odyssey
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Wizard of Oz
TV/FILM SERIES CITED/DISPLAYED
(Available on DVD)
Babylon 5. Warner Brothers. Episodes cited: “Gropos,” “The
Geometry of Shadows.”
Battlestar Galactica and Caprica.
Between the Lions. PBS.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
The Chronicles of Narnia. Disney.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Prince Caspian.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Dollhouse.
Farscape.
Firefly.
Fringe.
Harry Potter. Warner Brothers.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (two parts).
The Hunger Games. Lionsgate.
Iron Man.
The Lord of the Rings. New Line Cinema.
Fellowship of the Ring.
The Two Towers.
Return of the King.
Lost.
Men in Black.
The Outer Limits (Old and new series).
Reading Rainbow. PBS.
Rocky & Bullwinkle (includes Mr. Peabody and Sherman).
Star Trek. Paramount Pictures.
Star Trek. Episodes cited: “Amok Time,” “The Cloud
Minders,” “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.”
Star Trek: The Next Generation. Episode cited:
“Measure of a Man.”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Episode cited:
“Family Business.”
Star Trek: Voyager.
Enterprise.
Star Wars. Lucasfilm/Twentieth-Century Fox.
Star Wars: A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back.
Return of the Jedi.
The Phantom Menace.
Attack of the Clones.
Revenge of the Sith
Stargate.
Stargate SG-1.
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate Universe.
Supernatural.
Toy Story. Pixar/Walt Disney Productions.
Toy Story.
Toy Story 2.
Toy Story 3.
The Twilight Zone (Old and new series). Episodes cited:
“Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” “Eye of the Beholder.”
The X-Files.
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WEB SITES DISPLAYED
MAGAZINES CITED/DISPLAYED
Baen Free Library - www.baen.com/library
Aboriginal Science Fiction
Center for the Study of Science Fiction - www2.ku.edu/~sfcenter/
Analog Science Fiction and Fact
Database of Award-Winning Children’s Literature - www.dawcl.com
Asimov’s Science Fiction
Free Speculative Fiction Online - www.freesfonline.de
Fantasy & Science Fiction
Golden Duck Awards - www.goldenduck.org
TV Guide
Locus Index to Science Fiction - www.locusmag.com/index//0start.html
Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society Recommended Reading for Children and Young Adults http://www.lasfsinc.info///index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id= 74&Itemid=181 (or tinyurl.com /4gydavh)
Michael Swanwicks Periodic Table of Science Fiction – www.scifi.com/scifiction/periodictable.html
Reading for the Future - www.readingforfuture.com
Reading Rainbow - gpn.unl.edu/rainbow
Sci Fi Channel - www.scifi.com
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - www.sfwa.org
SF Site – www.sfsite.com
Stuff for the Teen Age - legacy.www.nypl.org/books/sta2009/
CONVENTIONS CITED/DISPLAYED
Comic-Con – www.comic-con.org
Con-Dor – www.condorcon.org
Conjecture – www.conjecture.org
Loscon – www.loscon.org
Lunacon – www.lunacon.org
World Fantasy Convention – www.worldfantasy.org
World Science Fiction Convention – www.wsfs.org
VIDEO GAMES DISPLAYED
American Civil War
Birth of America
Final Fantasy
Rise of Nations
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun
SF CLUBS DISPLAYED
San Diego Speculative Fiction Society (SanSFiS) www.sansfis.org
New England Science Fiction Society (NESFA) www.nesfa.org
COMIC BOOKS DISPLAYED
Archie
Iron Man
Men in Black
BOOKSTORE DISPLAYED
Mysterious Galaxy (San Diego) – www.mystgalaxy.com
PERIODICALS CITED
Bleiler, Richard. “Core Collection: SF/Fantasy Reference Sources.” Booklist 15 May 1999: 1720.
Hoffman, Shane Ian. “SF Site: The Homepage for Science Fiction and Fantasy.” Booklist 15 Apr 2000: 1578.
Lips, Hilary M. “Using Science Fiction to Teach the Psychology of Sex and Gender.” Teaching of Psychology 17.3
(1990): 197-198.
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