Readings

Genetics in Literature


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English 273, 02 - Spring 2003

Jay Clayton, Vanderbilt University

 

Books

Students should order their books online. The book covers below contain links that will take you directly to each title at Amazon.com. Feel free to use other book outlets or order used copies.

 

 

Andrea Barrett
Ship Fever
(1996)

Eva Hoffman
The Secret (2002)

Aldous Huxley
Brave New World (1932)



Philip Kerr
A Philosophical Investigation (1992)

Simon Mawer
Mendel's Dwarf (1998)

Mary Shelley
Frankenstein (1818)

Zadie Smith
White Teeth (2000)

James Watson
The Double Helix
(1968)

 

 

Additional reading (novels):

Greg Bear, Darwin's Radio (1999)
Octavia E. Butler, The Xenogenesis Trilogy (1987-89)
A. S. Byatt, Angels and Insects (1994)
Angela Carter, The Passion of New Eve
Robin Cook, Chromosome 6 (1997)

Nancy Kress, Beggars in Spain (1993) and Beggars and Choosers (1994)
John Le Carré, The Constant Gardener (2001)
Ira Levin, The Boys from Brazil (1978)
Adrian Mathews, Vienna Blood (1999)
Roger McDonald, Mr. Darwin's Shooter (1998)

Marge Piercy, He, She, and It (1991)
Richard Powers, The Gold Bug Variations (1991)
Bruce Sterling, Holy Fire (1996)
Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May (1990)

 


 

Films

 

Blade Runner
(1982; Director's Cut, 1992)
Ridley Scott, dir.

Fight Club (1999)
David Fincher, dir.

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Gattaca (1997)
Andrew Niccol, dir.

Internet Movie Database facts

Jurassic Park (1993)
Steven Spielberg, dir.

Multiplicity (1996)
Harold Ramis, dir.

The Sixth Day (2000)
Roger Spottiswoode, dir.

 

Additional viewing:



The Boys from Brazil (1978) Franklin J. Schaffner, dir.
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), John Frankenheimer, dir.
Lebensborn (1997), David Stephens, dir.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Steven Spielberg, dir.
A Modern Affair (1996), Vern Oakley, dir.
Replicant (2001), Ringo Lam, dir.

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), George Lucas, dir.

 

 

Jay Clayton
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt English