# Science Fiction Studies

- Institution: Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Gigy J Alex
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106887)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109106887)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Introduction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/f20dd9bebcdf) (Video)
2. [Introduction to Science Fiction Studies](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/279e525a8713) (Video)
3. [Origin and Development of Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/31d46b075d49) (Video)
4. [Precursors to Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/109fe68e90ad) (Video)
5. [Definitions of Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/feb5ca30abd5) (Video)
6. [Theoretical Foundations of Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/be5acf1c7bc1) (Video)
7. ["The Copernican Revolution"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/8595be7a9d59) (Video)
8. ["The Gothic Origins of Science Fiction"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/be83c80e651d) (Video)
9. ["Science Fiction"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/63c5494dc21e) (Video)
10. [Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/10757d23ac06) (Video)
11. [Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/d91ef17b5bc7) (Video)
12. [Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus - III](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/3abb8daeb2af) (Video)
13. [Moxon's Master](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/e4ac242c939a) (Video)
14. ["Introduction: A History of Social Science Fiction"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/8a4cca51b0a0) (Video)
15. ["Science Fiction and Cultural History"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/382db3211b62) (Video)
16. ["The Flowering"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/470abd440a4e) (Video)
17. ["2 B R 0 2 B"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/65d7d9487d0b) (Video)
18. [Science Fiction and Cultural History](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/ff26010f7cbc) (Video)
19. ["Cinematic Fantasies of Becoming-Cyborg"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/f29f0911a3c9) (Video)
20. [La Jetee](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/75663557ed73) (Video)
21. [2001: A Space Odyssey](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/df208e9d110d) (Video)
22. [Solaris](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/e410932b150d) (Video)
23. [Interstellar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/8857cb6a8160) (Video)
24. [Mason's Rats](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/d55e39b6ee21) (Video)
25. [The Convergence of Postmodern Innovative Fiction and Science Fiction: An Encounter with Samuel R. Delany’s Technotopia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/4b50772e7bdf) (Video)
26. [Racism and Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/edbe120163e9) (Video)
27. [Gattaca](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/6c6d2fea134c) (Video)
28. [Bloodchild](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/34df118f0e79) (Video)
29. [Come Home to Atropos](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/2f46560b81c6) (Video)
30. [Gender Identity and Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/b43de5a8b87f) (Video)
31. ["The Matter of Seggri"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/f8608ff98fd1) (Video)
32. ["All You Zombies"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/130f1a13b3dc) (Video)
33. ["Sophia the Robot Contemplates Beauty"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/3ab96a08feff) (Video)
34. [Gender in Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/10442330d5b3) (Video)
35. [Colonizing the Universe: Science Fictions Then, Now, and in the (Imagined) Future](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/0e8c499326ab) (Video)
36. [District 9](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/dc0a26bb29d4) (Video)
37. [Harvest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/bd4508df393c) (Video)
38. [The Calcutta Chromosome](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/07d7bc58f72f) (Video)
39. [Post-Colonial Perspectives of Science Fiction](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/c1a6c83c65c0) (Video)
40. ["The Critical Reception of Speculative Fiction"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/c04c9b88f506) (Video)
41. ["Science Fiction as Mythology"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/4dee2884b1b0) (Video)
42. ["Sita’s Descent"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/02edc4fa0271) (Video)
43. [Black Panther](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/f67634adeeb5) (Video)
44. [Fahrenheit 451](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/8fd4292c59de) (Video)
45. ["If Only We Had Taller Been" & "A Martian Sends a Postcard Home"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/d5ee35dd40f9) (Video)
46. [Introduction to Science Fiction and Post Humanism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/f0809a7c1e27) (Video)
47. ["Dystopia, Science Fiction, Posthumanism, and Liquid Modernity"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/21b92efcdbe0) (Video)
48. [Akira](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/71d64d660cea) (Video)
49. [Big Hero 6](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/7b13b0ed33fd) (Video)
50. [Klara and the Sun](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/ec7b6f3dc3fc) (Video)
51. ["Cyborg Manifesto"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/4c1aa57ceaa8) (Video)
52. ["Cyborg Manifesto" Continued](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/c6084a2a3d09) (Video)
53. ["Bodies That Matter: Science Fiction, Technoculture, and the Gendered Body"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/cb1385cdc9c8) (Video)
54. [Her](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/03dbfc6d7fc9) (Video)
55. ["Poem Rocket" & "Robot Baby"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/b6775c4151b9) (Video)
56. ["From Science Fiction to Reality: How Digital Humans are Forging New Realities"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/8ee75b1f536f) (Video)
57. ["Nosedive"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/bef8d29a7bb9) (Video)
58. ["Bandersnatch"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/cf4cb0308f16) (Video)
59. [The Matrix](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/fbc6cae8f3e3) (Video)
60. ["Augment"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/1c27e3d3ceb3) (Video)
61. ["Post-Capitalist Futures: A Report on Imagination"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/0392eaa8c77b) (Video)
62. [Avatar](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/b260dc8d1716) (Video)
63. ["A Different Sea"](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/3848df3c2243) (Video)
64. [Oryx and Crake](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/296bdb5c95c7) (Video)
65. [Conclusion](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109106887/6700b2a62450) (Video)