NOTES
Science fiction as we know it was born in magazines; therefore many classics of the field are short stories, or novels short enough to be published serially in two or three parts. Using short stories in the classroom makes sense for many reasons, especially when introducing SF to students with little experience with written SF. Short stories take much less investment of time than novels do, thus allowing the reader to experience different subgenres of SF and to distinguish between "I didn't like this story" and "I don't like science fiction".