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Two classic Russian science fiction novels that speak to our own time

Table of Contents

Preface

Fantasy and Revolution: Alexander Bogdanov and the Origins of Bolshevik Science Fiction, Richard Stites

RED STAR: A Utopia

ENGINNEER MENNI: A Novel of Fantasy

A MARTIAN STRANDED ON EARTH: A Poem

Bogdanov's Inner Message, Loren R. Graham

Selected Bibliography

About the Author

Loren R. Graham is Professor of the History of Science at MIT and author of many books on the history of Soviet science. His most recent book is Moscow Stories (IUP, 2006).

Richard Stites is Professor of History at Georgetown University. His most recent book is Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia.

Charles Rougle is Associate Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Albany. He is editor of Red Cavalry: A Critical Companion and translator of many works from Russian.

Reviews

"[A] surprisingly moving story." The New Yorker