Author Archives: aparkerd

The House of the Scorpion is similar to other novels we have read because people like El Patron, manipulate their bodies to suit their needs.  We’ve seen this in Neuromancer where Molly has blades under her fingernails, enhanced reflexes, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

We descended in Rorschach, the grunts assembled around me.  I let them loose, wires uncoiling in different directions to scope.  Keeton hovered, unconsciously staying close, never going as far as they could go.  I always objected to the restriction, 90 meters never … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I am reading Blindsight from a nook so the page number may be different.  This is towards the end of part 2.  Sarasti says this to Siri when he is going to send Siri back. I thought this was an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dear Diary, There has been a lot of commotion in Phoenix over the past couple of days. Other resisters came, bringing a baby boy with them.  A baby boy!  They are so precious now.  Tate and Gabe bought him.  It’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I thought it was interesting to analyze how Lilith interacted with Jdahya who is an extraterrestrial called Oankali.  As she spends more time with Jdahya, she goes from being completely terrified of him to being able to accept him despite … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I wanted to analyze page 43 in WE3.  This was the page I traced in class today and doing that activity made me think a lot more now that I’ve looked at it a second time.  It shows Tinker the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of the ideas we continue to bring up in class with these science fiction novels is what science fiction does that other genres fail to do.  We looked for lines that were being crossed, like the racial boundaries in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My post today is commenting from Ashley’s post.  I definitely agree that science fiction is a fitting genre for “The Comet.”  Like Ashley said, this genre enabled DuBois to present how society has constructed racial issues but through a different … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While reading Frankenstein I noticed that the word “wretch” was used repeatedly to describe either the monster or Frankenstein.  Wretch can either mean “a deplorably unfortunate or unhappy person” or “a person of despicable or base character” (dictionary.com).  I think … Continue reading → Continue reading →

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, there are a lot of similarities between Walton and Frankenstein that stems from their thirst for knowledge.  This leads them to strive to achieve something that mankind has not done before.  Frankenstein finds how to create … Continue reading → Continue reading →