A lot of you have been asking (in class, on the forum, etc.) for book/film/TV show recommendations, things that we don’t have time to get to in class or in our extra screenings. Before the semester’s done, I plan to post a list of my own personal recommendations, and of course there’s also the SF recommendations discussion forum on ANGEL. In the meantime, though, io9 has a useful syllabus and book list for SF novices. I cosign almost everything on this list, not only as a good second intro to science fiction, but as great stuff all on its own. In particular, I’d enthusiastically second the recommendation for Philip K. Dick’s Man in the High Castle, which is about as crazy and wonderful as it gets.