Most of us are familiar with the Strugatsky Brothers and one or two other Russian writer — but most of the science fiction create in Russia during the 20th century stay a mystery . That ’s about to change .
Cornell University Professor Anindita Banerjee and University of Richmond Professor Yvonne Howell are lay out a whole record book of Russian SF called Red Star Tales : A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction . Theyhad a successful Kickstarter crusade this dusk , which raise more than the stretch goal , and the book is out soon . And you may still get a copy !
Here ’s the TV from the Kickstarter campaign :
Talking to the Cornell Chronicle , Banerjee explicate why these level are so great and worth learn :
“ What I detect particularly compelling about Russian SF – and it ’s true of all non - Western traditions of SF – is this dynamic where it is hyper aware of skill and applied science ’s role in global modernity , but then it refashion that relationship and produces its own specific example , ” pronounce Banerjee .
In Russia , skill fabrication writers were public intellectuals with considerable influence , according to Banerjee . “ Their parallel use was as thinkers of modernism , showing people how to record the present and future and how to imagine the U.S. , Russia and the rest of the earth – and they were prominent as voices of moral sense . ”
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