From Here To Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature

From Here To Infinity: An Exploration of Science Fiction Literature is a course on science fiction as literature. Drout devotes an entire lecture to Heinlein, while relegating Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Douglas Adams and others to a penultimate chapter on "satarists". He doesn't like the term "speculative fiction", and prefers S.F. or "science fiction". The lectures summarize a number of key books in the genre and serves as a good jumping off point for further exploration in science fiction.