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Kurt Vonnegut’s *Sirens of Titan*: Free Will, Fate, and Cosmic Jokes – Follow the Journeys of Characters Whose Lives Are Secretly Manipulated by Cosmic Forces, Exploring Themes of Free Will, Fate, and the Absurdity of Existence with Vonnegut’s Signature Dark Humor.

Kurt Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan: Free Will, Fate, and Cosmic Jokes – A Lecture (Welcome music fades. A projector displays a picture of Kurt Vonnegut smoking a cigarette. The lecturer…
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Arthur C. Clarke’s *Rendezvous with Rama*: Encountering the Alien Unknown – Explore Humanity’s First Encounter with a Massive, Cylindrical Alien Spaceship Entering the Solar System and the Scientific Exploration of This Mysterious Object, Questioning Our Place in the Universe.

Arthur C. Clarke's Rendezvous with Rama: Encountering the Alien Unknown – A Lecture on Humanity's First Blind Date with a Cosmic Cigar (Lecture Hall ambience with a faint, echoing "Whoa...")…
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Frank Herbert’s *Children of Dune*: The Evolution Continues – Continue the Saga of the Atreides Family and Explore the Next Generation’s Struggle for Survival and Control on Arrakis, Examining Themes of Destiny, Human Evolution, and the Legacy of Power.

Frank Herbert's Children of Dune: The Evolution Continues – Continue the Saga of the Atreides Family and Explore the Next Generation's Struggle for Survival and Control on Arrakis, Examining Themes…
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Philip K. Dick’s *Minority Report and Other Stories*: Predicting the Future, Questioning Free Will – Read a Collection of Dick’s Short Stories That Explore Themes of Reality, Technology, and the Future, Often Featuring Paranoia, Alternate Realities, and Philosophical Questions.

Philip K. Dick's Minority Report and Other Stories: Predicting the Future, Questioning Free Will (Lecture Hall bursts with chatter. A slightly disheveled professor, Dr. Cognito, bounds onto the stage, clutching…
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Italo Calvino’s *Cosmicomics*: Scientific Concepts, Mythological Stories – Explore a Collection of Whimsical and Imaginative Stories That Blend Scientific Ideas with Mythological Narratives, Featuring a Narrator Who Has Lived Since the Beginning of the Universe.

Italo Calvino's Cosmicomics: Scientific Concepts, Mythological Stories – A Cosmic Lecture (Welcome music fades in and out. A graphic appears on screen: a swirling galaxy with a cartoonish version of…