Required Texts:

These are the texts that have been ordered from the NYU bookstore, however, any edition – including e-books of the full texts – may be acceptable if you consult me first. I encourage you to find the format that works best for you.

Margaret Atwood. Oryx and Crake. http://www.oryxandcrake.co.uk/home.asp

Kristen Arola, Jennifer Sheppard, Cheryl Ball. Writer/Designer: A Guide to Making Multimodal Projects. http://www.macmillanhighered.com/Catalog/product/writerdesigner-firstedition-arola

Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13259307-fahrenheit-451

E. M. Forster. “The Machine Stops.” (full text online)  http://archive.ncsa.illinois.edu/prajlich/forster.html

Kevin Kelly. What Technology Wants. http://www.amazon.com/What-Technology-Wants-Kevin-Kelly/dp/B004Y6MT6O

Optional texts:

The required selections/excerpts will be provided, however you are encouraged to purchase the full text if financially able and if applicable to your future studies.

Katherine Hayles. How We Think.  http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo5437533.html

Lisa Gitelman. Paper Knowledge: Toward a Media History of Documents.   http://www.amazon.com/Paper-Knowledge-History-Documents-Transmission/dp/0822356570/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407357835&sr=1                 1&keywords=Lisa+Gitelman.+Paper+Knowledge

Lev Manovich. The Language of New Media.  http://www.amazon.com/The-Language-Media-Leonardo-Books/dp/0262632551