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In a SURPRISE THIRD INSTALLMENT of our discussion of sci fi and archaeology, we talk about two giants of world building, Octavia E Butler and Ursula K LeGuin. We also talk about a few fictional anthropologists of TV and cinema.

Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot!

Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging

Links
  • Speculative Fiction (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature)
  • Fractured Fairy Tales (Rocky and Bullwinkle Wiki)
  • Indian Epic Poetry & SF Origins (SciFi Fantasy Network)
  • Read Mahabharata as science fiction: C Radhakrishnan (Deccan Chronicle)
  • Vimana Aircraft of India: More Sloppy Scholarship from David Childress (Jason Colavito)
  • Separating fact from ancient Indian science fiction (Live Mint)
  • The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad (Japanese Fairy Tales, via Lit2Go)
  • Hafele–Keating experiment (Wikipedia)
  • The Lucian of Samosata Project
  • Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman (Wikisource)
  • The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin)
  • The Dispossessed (Ursula K. LeGuin)
  • Ursula Le Guin’s Speculative Anthropology: Thick Description, Historicity and Science Fiction (Theory, Culture & Society)
  • How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology (Sapiens)
  • Introduction: Speculative Anthropologies (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
  • The Parable Series (Octavia E. Butler)
  • Thinking Parabolically: Time Matters in Octavia Butler’s Parables (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
  • Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler’s Apocalypse Fiction Right Now (Slate)
  • Octavia Butler (Society for Cultural Anthropology)
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