Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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American Lit Chalkboard Wonders: Vonnegut Ends (*sadface*)

I’ve been meaning to post this for you all to see.  I finished teaching Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five the week before last.  The following images are from the last day of lecture on the novel: I’ll have more lovely chalkboard images to show you all later, including some related to science fiction and great writers of […]

Question: What interests you about military science fiction?

As many of you know, I’ve been teaching The Forever War by Joe Haldeman in my Survey in American Literature course at the University of Florida.  Yesterday was the last day of discussion, which led me to wonder what so many science fiction readers find appealing about military SF. I wouldn’t consider myself a big […]