Russian Science Fiction Literature and Cinema

Since the dawn of the Space Age when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite and sent the first human into the cosmos science fiction literature and cinema from Russia has fascinated fans critics and scholars from around the world. Informed perspectives on the surprisingly long and incredibly rich tradition of Russian science fiction however are hard to come by in accessible form. This critical reader aims to provide precisely such a resource for students scholars and the merely curious who wish to delve deeper into landmarks of the genre discover innumerable lesser-known gems in the process and understand why science fiction came to play such a crucial role in Russian society politics technology and culture for more than a century. Contributors include: Mark B. Adams Anindita Banerjee Lynn Barker Eliot Borenstein Aleksandr Chantsev Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Stephen Dalton Dominic Esler Elana Gomel Andrew Horton Yvonne Howell Asif A. Siddiqi Robert Skotak Michael G. Smith Vlad Strukov Darko Suvin