After reading the following essay, I can imagine Charlie sitting up in bed and yelling "Eureka!", and then realizing that he was yelling the title to the wrong TV show, yelling "Lost and Fringe!  And Jack Lewis!"

We have all the elements to a great story here- a long forgotten text, a mysterious TV show and a college professor trying to find THE TRUTH.  Too bad we have no budget to hire Tom Hanks.

In this case, though, we do have Dr. Starr's latest Lost essay.  Enjoy!

Yes. Twilight is not Science Fiction.

However, in this short essay before Science Fiction University goes on Winter Break, we'll use this brief foray into fantasy to illustrate an aspect of heroism that has been shoved aside lately:the concept of the Chaste Hero.

Is this important? It may be more important than you think...

Here is Dr. Starr, after the jump.

Does the current rise in shows about Geeks and Geek Culture (like Big Bang Theory, Chuck, etc.) signal something more theological than we thought?

Well, maybe and maybe not... but Dr. Starr is going to dive in anyway!

Since it came up last week, I selected an essay about Meaning to see if we can delve a little deeper into the idea.

This first appeared in in CSL: The Bulletin of the New York C.S. Lewis Society. ed. Robert Trexler. New York: The New York C.S. Lewis Society, May 2005.

For this morning's lecture, Dr. Starr looks at what he's termed "Punk-Gothic" film... which reminds me of my favorite bumper sticker of late:

If you're so Goth, where were you when we were sacking Byzantium?

Which has nothing at all to do with today's edition of Science Fiction University. Join the good Doctor after the jump!

Today's Lesson in the Science Fiction University Classroom is a quick course in "Lost" appreciation. Though he only covers a couple of seasons, it's thought provoking... let the discussion begin!

This Week, Doctor Starr takes a bit more of a speculative turn, as he looks at C.S. Lewis' views on myth and film

So without further ado- click on the link below to join the class!