One week to go! In June I will be offering my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-5T-td38

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #Apocalyptic #PlagueLit #PandemicFiction #Books #Bookstodon

June is almost here! Next month I will be offering my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-5T-td38

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #PandemicFiction #Books #Bookstodon

#FreeTalk this Saturday! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. If you register, you'll also have access to the recording afterward. This talk is part of the SPACE Showcase and previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: https://youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTmQW-W6_w7mG

Info on the May 3 talk: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #Books #Bookstodon #OnlineEvent

#happybirthday #haydenchristensen #actor #anakinskywalker #starwars #attackoftheclones #therevengeofthesith #returnofthejedi #TheCloneWars #obiwankenobi #Ahsoka #jumper #shatteredglass #TheVirginSuicides #LifeasaHouse #NewYorkILoveYou #Awake #Takers #Vanishingon7thStreet #Outcast #AmericanHeist #90MinutesinHeaven #LittleItaly #TheLastMan #DisneyPlus

#FreeTalk! On May 3 from 2-2:30pm Eastern, I'll be giving a #free online talk on #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. This talk previews my month-long "Meet The Last Man" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity, which is scheduled for June 2025. This is part of the SPACE Showcase day of programming.

Everyone is invited!

Teaser: https://youtu.be/tzV-5T-td38?si=19zzTmQW-W6_w7mG

Info on the May 3 talk: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/events/2025-spring-space-showcase/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #Books #Bookstodon #OnlineEvent

To my delight, my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzV-5T-td38

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #Books #Bookstodon

To my delight, my month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity has been confirmed. It will run in June 2025.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now, and I can't wait to discuss it with students!

Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2EcVRnhii0

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit #Books #Bookstodon

I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help decide the scheduling of the live discussion sessions.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now.

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

Teaser: https://youtu.be/k2EcVRnhii0?si=8YY6U3PHo2C2rc3u

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #PlagueLit

I'm delighted to say that it's back! My month-long "Meet #TheLastMan" module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity is currently a candidate for June 2025. Voting runs through May 1. Early voters will help decide the scheduling of the live discussion sessions.

This #MaryShelley novel is one of the most relevant books we can read right now.

More info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/iteration/2011/

Teaser: https://youtu.be/k2EcVRnhii0?si=8YY6U3PHo2C2rc3u

#ScienceFiction #Dystopia #EcoGothic #Gothic #SFF #Books

And of course, this little bit of wisdom:

" 'This,' I thought, 'is power!' Not to be strong of limb, hard of heart, ferocious, and daring; but kind, compassionate and soft.' — The Last Man, Chapter 2."

#Book #Literature #TheLastMan #MaryShelley #Quote

This quote felt particularly poignant:

"It is a strange fact, but incontestible, that the philanthropist, who ardent in his desire to do good, who patient, reasonable and gentle, yet disdains to use other argument than truth, has less influence over men's minds, than he who, grasping and selfish, refuses not to adopt any means, nor awaken any passion, nor diffuse any falsehood, for the advancement of his cause. — The Last Man, Chapter 25"

#Book #Literature #TheLastMan #MaryShelley

Finished "The Last Man" by Mary Shelley. A beautiful, if somewhat dense and long-winded, story about the slow death of humanity due to a plague. Published in 1826 but set in the 2090s, Shelley probably couldn't have possibly imagined what the 21st century would actually look like, but it's clear that not much has changed in terms of human behavior despite our technological advancement.

#Book #Literature #TheLastMan #MaryShelley

2024 Wrap-Up: Talks

Some of my talks from this year are available online.

* Why You Should Read #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley
Link: https://youtu.be/_k9pH0dNPVg

* Why You Should Read #Frankenstein by #MaryShelley
Link: https://youtu.be/19gOThR5dZw

* A Fortnight in the Wilderness with #Tocqueville
Link: https://youtu.be/OaT-17hgAFU

* “Missing Students & Their Fictional Afterlives: #TrueCrime, #CrimeFiction, & #DarkAcademia" (given at the Popular Culture Research Network’s “Guilty Pleasures: Examining #Crime in #PopularCulture” conference)
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q221yilebjot8zb6yn8a1/Missing-Students-and-Their-Fictional-Afterlives-presentation.mp4

#SFF #ScienceFiction #History #Literature #19thCentury #IntellectualHistory #Books

A wonderful book list here, starting with a favorite of mine, #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. I’ve had the privilege of teaching six of these novels in class. Recommended!

From #plague to planetary crisis: #ClimateFiction before #CliFi | The BMJ
#SFF #ScienceFiction #Climate

https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2583

#CINEMA Voilà une collaboration qu'on avait pas vu (re)venir...

Le légendaire #SnoopDogg s’apprête à conquérir le grand écran avec #TheLastMan, un #film de science-fiction réalisé par #LucBesson. Ce #projet audacieux, fruit de leur seconde #collaboration après Arthur et les #Minimoys (2006), mêlera l’univers unique de Snoop Dogg à la vision cinématographique de Besson. Le tournage est prévu pour 2025. ActuaNews vous en dit plus...

↪️ Lire l'article ICI…

http://actuanews.fr/2024/12/16/snoop-dogg-et-luc-besson-reunis-pour-une-epopee-de-science-fiction-the-last-man/

My "Why You Should Read #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley" episode just dropped with The McConnell Center #podcast from the University of Louisville. I'm delighted to have the chance to recommend this brilliant novel.

Here is the link: https://mcconnellcenterpodcast.libsyn.com/why-you-should-read-mary-shelleys-the-last-man-with-dr-amy-sturgis

#PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction #SFF #Dystopian #Gothic #Books #Bookstodon

One of the most relevant works we can read today was written in 1826.

In the video linked below, I make my case for why you should read #TheLastMan by #MaryShelley. (This is part of the "Why You Should Read ___" series from the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville.)

Watch my talk here:
https://youtu.be/_k9pH0dNPVg?si=r87HCo1Rk1kzeJWJ

#SFF #Books #Bookstodon #EcoFiction #Dystopia #PostApocalyptic #ScienceFiction #Gothic #PoliticalFiction

“Men love a prop so well, that they will lean on a pointed poisoned spear…”
#MaryShelley #TheLastMan

#happybirthday #haydenchristensen #actor #anakinskywalker #starwars #attackoftheclones #therevengeofthesith #returnofthejedi #TheCloneWars #obiwankenobi #Ahsoka #jumper #shatteredglass #TheVirginSuicides #LifeasaHouse #NewYorkILoveYou #Awake #Takers #Vanishingon7thStreet #Outcast #AmericanHeist #90MinutesinHeaven #LittleItaly #TheLastMan #DisneyPlus

I’m teaching this brilliant book right now! #MaryShelley #TheLastMan #ScienceFiction #Dystopia

https://lithub.com/a-woman-out-of-time-rebecca-solnit-on-mary-shelleys-dystopian-sci-fi-novel-the-last-man/