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Week 8: Fairy Tales and Science Fiction & Fantasy


 * Introduction to this week**

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 * Tasks for This Week:**
 * read the handout about Traditional Fantasy (Fairy Tales) here [[file:LIS 401 Traditional Fantasy Handout.doc]]
 * read the handout about Modern Fantasy (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction) here [[file:LIS 401 Modern Fantasy Handout.doc]]
 * read and post your responses to the eClass discussion site for this week's book: //The Hunchback Assignments// by Arthur Slade
 * continue working on the trailfire assignment and post any questions to the eClass discussion site
 * continue reading for the reading log assignment


 * Fairy Tales**

Some resources related to fairy tales:

Fractured Fairy Tales--a great website: []

Here are some of the resources that Gail de Vos recommended in our class on Oct. 27.

SurLaLune Fairy Tales: []

Snopes: []

Eclipse (Mother Goose): []

Oyate: []

Debbie Reese (University of Illinois Champagne/Urbana): American Indians in Children's Literature Blog:[]

//**The Hunchback Assignments**// **by Arthur Slade**

**General Information:** ** Arthur Slade`s Website ** ** Follow Arthur Slade on Twitter ** ** Official Website for //The Hunchback Assignments// ** Interview with Art Slade about his books being turned into audibooks: []

**Information about Steampunk:** ** Wikipedia entry on steampunk ** ** From Roger Ebert`s blog, this post about steampunk. **

Pathfinder for [|steampunk]

**Video Links:** ** Arthur Slade's Virtual Book Tour for //The Hunchback Assignments// (see how a skype author visit works!) ** media type="youtube" key="OvtEBtJHs2I" height="385" width="480" ** Book Trailer ** media type="youtube" key="RY0EMAZeXkE" height="385" width="640" ** Another book trailer ** media type="youtube" key="7eN3qKY4m1c" height="385" width="640" ** Arthur Slade talks about his new book //The Hunchback Assignments// **

media type="youtube" key="IuADJTFOjQU" height="385" width="640" ** Launch of //The Hunchback Assignments// in Saskatoon, SK ** media type="youtube" key="digWkCtcxX4" height="385" width="640" ** Steampunk Exhibition at Oxford University, UK ** media type="youtube" key="5i9ZX10iM64" height="385" width="640" ** What is Steampunk? ** media type="youtube" key="b75vrsoT8qM" height="385" width="480"