This term we embark on an eclectic series of fantastic voyages: we will be carried by migratory birds to meet the man in the moon, fall underground to wonderland, travel to Mars on a magic carpet, and pilot a miniature craft into the vessels of the human body.Copies of the set readings will be placed in the Science and Literature Reading Group boxfile in the Whipple Library.
We meet on Mondays from 7.30-9pm in the upstairs seminar room at Darwin College – all are welcome to join us for the adventure!
Further details, news/updates and relevant links will be added here over the coming months.
Organised by Melanie Keene (HPS) and Daniel Friesner (Science Museum).
27th April
Francis Godwin, The Man in the Moone (1638)
Online text here.
11th May
Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures Under Ground (1864)
Online text here, and scanned original manuscript here.
18th May
Edwin Lester Arnold, Lieutenant Gullivar Jones: His Vacation (1905)
Online text here.
1st June
Isaac Asimov, Fantastic Adventure II: Destination Brain (1987)
Followed by screening of Fantastic Adventure (1966)
24th June
Trip – late-night opening at the Science Museum
We journey to the wilds of South Kensington…
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