Red star tales : a century of Russian and Soviet science fiction / Yvonne Howell, editor ; Anne O. Fisher, translation editor.
| Other author | Howell, Yvonne, editor. |
| Other author | Fisher, Anne O. editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Montpelier, VT : Russian Life Books, [2015] |
| Copyright Date | ©2015 |
| Description | 463 pages ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / Yvonne Howell -- Authors & translators -- Red star rising. Karazin : meteorologist or meteorurge? / Nikolai F. Fyodorov ; On the moon / Konstantin Tsiolkovsky ; Rebellion of the machines / Valery Bryusov ; One evening in 2217 / Nikolai Fyodorov ; Mutiny of the machines / Valery Bryusov -- Red star in retrograde. Professor Dowell's head / Alexander Belyaev ; The lunar bomb / Andrei Platonov ; Rays of life / Yuri Dolgushin ; The Nur-i-Desht Observatory / Ivan Yefremov ; Explosion / Alexander Kazantsev -- Red star reforming. The spontaneous reflex / Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ; Soda-sun / Mikhail Ancharov ; The exam / Sergei Drugal ; Mixed up / Vladimir Savchenko ; Jubilee-200 / Kir Bulychev ; Those burdened by evil / Arkady and Boris Strugatsky ; Doorinda / Daliya Truskinovskaya ; My dad's an antibiotic / Sergei Lukyanenko. |
| Abstract | "For over a century, most of the science fiction produced by the world's largest country has been beyond the reach of Western readers. This new collection aims to change that, bringing a large body of influential works into the English orbit."--P. [4] of cover. |
| General note | Translated from the Russian. |
| LCCN | 2015953223 |
| ISBN | 9781880100387 |
| ISBN | 188010038X |