Kristen Moss

[Kristen Moss @KMossGT]

Least Favorite book of the semester: Left Hand of Darkness #lmc3214q

[Kristen Moss @KMossGT]

Favorite book of the semester: Queen City Jazz #lmc3214q

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Really like that we read some SF books I had never heard of and would have probably never read otherwise. Opened my perspective #lmc3214q

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betterment of all (also makes it more feminist SF, by common ideals/concepts) (3/3) #lmc3214q

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key element to SF. Reflection is a way of teaching and I think this book teaches a lot about selflessness and (2/3) #lmc3214q

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Oryx and Crake greatly forces the reader to think about the future of humanity and of Earth. I think this reflection is a (1/3) #lmc3214q

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feel more connected to characters. (3/3) #lmc3214q

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And although some developments are more advanced, culture, as well as social and everyday tech is fairly the same. Makes me (2/3) #lmc3214q

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I like how relatable Oryx and Crake is to today’s society as a reader. Many of the topics/ideas are not too far fetched. (1/3) #lmc3214q

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storylines and quotes. Can’t believe Margaret Atwood doesn’t define this as SF (2/2) #lmc3214q

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So many Frankenstein references in Oryx and Crake. Also many correlations with definitions of SF to actual written (1/2) #lmc3214q

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as the story goes on the climate fiction element becomes overshadowed by other story lines (2/2) #lmc3214q

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Oryx and Crake mentions a lot about extreme weather. I wish the cause and events of this would be more extreme. Seems (1/2) #lmc3214q

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cyborgs, we are cultural cyborgs (3/3) #lmc3214q

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tech. This relates a lot to Queen City Jazz, in which people are already cyborgs. Although now instead of biological (2/3) #lmc3214q

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Very interested in the idea in Oryx and Crake that key to human survival is now about changing people rather than changing (1/3) #lmc3214q

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is a method of teaching or providing info which is crucial to SF classification (2/2) #lmc3214q

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The climate fiction genre of SF (like Oryx and Crake) seems to include large levels of warning to readers. I think warning (1/2) #lmc3214q

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ideals. Strong connection and advocacy for other women is a strong feminist idea today (2/2) #lmc3214q

[Kristen Moss @KMossGT]

I think the idea of sisterhood present in Verity and her past selves/ others sent here before her appeals to modern feminist (1/2) #lmc3214q