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“In the palace of the god Indra is a net, which is hung by some marvelous artisan in such a way that it extends infinitely in all directions. Each jewel in this net is clear and bright, and in each jewel are reflected all the other jewels in the net, infinite in number. In each of the reflected jewels are seen again all the others, and this goes on infinitely.”

Flower Ornament Scripture: A Translation of the Avataṃsaka Sūtra by Thomas Cleary (Shambhala, 1993) Book 35 (The Wondrous Adornments of the Ruler of the Universe)

This course is hommage to PhDr. Ľubica Gabrišková, CSc. (✝ 12. 2. 2008) whose courses on science-fiction at Charles University's Faculty of Humanities and cosmology I had the highest honor to follow.

decide whether You want to validate the course as Studium Generale or Wissenschaften / Theorie

2 ECTS for passive participation (>67% attendance)

3 ECTS for active participation (referat about one sci-fi book You will read during semester and/or contribution to the Congress)

for Art&Media students, the 3 ECTS conditions apply

Hausarbeit possible

10:00 c.t. (cum tempore); 10:15:00 video/music starts; 10:30:00 door closes

always have a sheet of paper and pen or pencil(s)

please leave Your phones in the "actually box"

AIs allowed (&welcome !)

We are going to visit MANY (N~67) different worlds.

There will be benign forces and there will be daemons. There will be drugs, there will be weapons and there will be artefacts and rituals You Yourself are to deploy and create.

There will be metatextual references to HERE & NOW.

You have been warned: Fasten Your seat-belts or leave the ship until You can.