Science Fiction Virtual Reality: Email

During the semester, the class used an email list to carry on conversations that were started in class and to start new ones. There were no guidelines to the topics of discussion, and most of them actually followed the class discussions!

Following is a list of the subjects and a brief summary of the topics.

Introductions 31 messages dated 8/30/96 to 9/27/96
"obligatory introductory postings", buzzwords of the internet
Consciousness unexplained 8 messages dated 8/31/96 to 9/3/96
more about the internet.
Talk about e-mail overload... 9 messages dated 9/3/96 to 9/4/96
email vs. newsgroups
kids 8 messages dated 9/4/96 to 9/11/96
representation of kids in Ender's Game
Ender's Game and Newsgroup 31 messages dated 9/5/96 to 9/15/96
"stealing" a newsgroup, who really owns it
A tangent to the discussion of the net 5 messages dated 9/5/96 to 9/7/96
print media and the internet
Neuromancer 12 messages dated 9/15/96 to 9/22/96
thoughts about Neuromancer and comparisons to Ender's Game
A proposal 9 messages dated 9/22/96 to 9/28/96
setting up a newsgroup, MOO vs. MUSE
Mona Lisa Overdrive 5 messages dated 10/6/96 to 10/9/96
thoughts about Mona Lisa Overdrive
A few thoughts... 5 messages dated 10/7/96 to 10/11/96
playing with DNA
Blade Runner 8 messages dated 10/8/96 to 10/16/96
is Deckard a replicant
Mona Lisa Overdrive, etc. 27 messages dated 10/8/96 to 10/23/96
the portrayal of the future in books and movies, ESP
Teleportation 8 messages dated 10/10/96 to 10/19/96
making a copy of yourself
Cyborgs-R-Us 5 messages dated 10/18/96 to 10/21/96
what is a cyborg
implants, cyborgs, and the man 7 messages dated 10/18/96 to 10/22/96
being tracked by the man
Bestiary 20 messages dated 10/25/96
class assignment
WARNING: Metavirus 10 messages dated 10/28/96 to 10/30/96
fun with a virus warning, virus vs. trojan horse