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AboutSF, founded in 2005, is the educational outreach arm of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction and is a joint-project of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Science Fiction Research Association. Our mission is to encourage librarians, educators, and individuals to promote, teach, read and share Science Fiction, the literature of speculation and change. Read more »

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application/msword iconAlienness and Humanity in "Lament of the Keeku Bird" by Kathleen Sky (doc)
application/msword iconCritique of the Detective Genre in the SF Genre: "The Big Dream" by John Kessel (doc)
application/msword iconTransition from Western to Eastern Culture in "The Asian Shore" by Thomas Disch (doc)
application/msword iconMemory as the Basis of Identity in "Sketches among the Ruins of My Mind" by Philip José Farmer (doc)
application/pdf iconScience, Fiction and Curriculum Innovation (pdf)
application/msword iconUses and Misuses of Intelligence in "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes (doc)
application/msword iconRobert Silverberg's Sailing to Byzantium (doc)
application/msword iconBeauty and Futility in Legends from the End of Time by Michael Moorcock (doc)
application/msword iconThe Meaning of Friendship in "The Only Neat Thing to Do" by Alice Sheldon (James Tiptree, Jr.) (doc)

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