Powers Beyond the Ordinary: ‘Super’ Women and Men in Science Fiction and Fantasy - an online course

[joshwriting]

This January, assuming enough students sign up for it, I will start teaching a 15 week course through GHF Online (Gifted Homeschoolers Forum). (See link at bottom.)
Powers Beyond the Ordinary: ‘Super’ Women and Men in Science Fiction and Fantasy
In addition to the titles/topics listed, I am interested in your thoughts on what would be good works to

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[siderea]

Ender's Game

A Wrinkle in Time

Dune

A Wizard of Earthsea?

Darkover? (Honestly, the best example may be neither book nor movie.)

Deryni?

Call of Madness, et al by Julie Dean Smith

[joshwriting]

Ender's Game is Week 13.

I thought about A Wrinkle in Time. I guess I felt that we didn't get much of a look at how either Meg or Charles Wallace are viewed as much as in some of the later books, but I'll give it a reread.

Dune is an interesting thought - and if Dune, then Stranger in a Strange Land? There are certainly some other interesting Heinlein pieces, as well. I concluded that Lazarus Long was a bit much for this group. :-)

AWoE is another for which my memory doesn't have how his society treated him, but which might just be my memory, not the story. I'll review it.

I love Horse Tamer's Daughter and it is perfect in its presentation of how the Wizards are viewed... and their reaction to her, then the townspeople's as well.

Deryni's a good option - it presents both the X-Men view and a bit of the McCaffrey psi-power world, with acceptance, depending on the era --> but with some always resenting, regardless.

Thanks for the input!

OT

[siderea]

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thoughts...

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Thinking it might be nice to have some "new" material...

I think every young person should be reading the newest run of Ms. Marvel. G. Willow Wilson is an outstanding writer.

Another possible fit is Unrooted from Naomi Novik.