September 17th, 2004



The Top 10 Courses at
Science Fiction University


10> Music 201: Bass Riffs for Mind Melds

9> Theology 303: “Dealing With Alien Life Forms Who Believe They Are Gods” (Professor Trelane)

8> Linguistics 300: Making Technobabble Work for You

7> Exobiology 101: Basic BEM Design

6> Animal Husbandry 387: Problems of Population Control With Flatcats and Tribbles (Includes several tasty Klingon recipes)

5> Physics 402: “Relativity, Schmelativity — Warping Past the Side Effects of Lightspeed Travel” (Professor Z. Cochrane)

4> Phys Ed 505: Blade Running and Quantum Leaping Without Straining Your Andromeda

3> English 107: “Second Language, English Is Learned As” (Professor Yoda)

2> Theology 259: Reconciling the Author’s Agnosticism With the Fact That Robert A. Heinlein Is God.

and the Number 1 Course at Science Fiction University…

1> Cybernetics 302: The Sentience of AI Species, or Do Electric Sheep Dream of Electric Shears?




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Credits:

Selected from 35 submissions from 9 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 1
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 2, 6
Steve Thomas, Atlanta, GA — 3, 5, 9 (Hat trick!)
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 4, 10
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 7, 8
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Dean of Academics