Overview

The first monograph on the Strugatskiis to be published in English in nearly twenty-five years. Connected to a renewal of interest in the Strugatskiis in English translation-witness the recent efforts of Chicago Review Press in retranslating key works. Useful in university courses on the Strugatskiis; readings can be targeted, as most chapters focus on just one of their books. Interdisciplinary subject matter: an intersection of literary studies and science studies; of science fiction, astronomy, and cosmology. Connected to popular interest in astronomy, cosmology; to the tradition of Sagan, deGrasse Tyson, etc. Grounded in the classics of Russian literature, with particular reference to Pushkin's poetry. Grounded in the wider context of world science fiction, with particular reference to H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.

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Author:   Kevin Reese
Publisher:   Academic Studies Press
Imprint:   Academic Studies Press
Weight:   0.333kg
ISBN:  

9781618119797

ISBN 10:   1618119796
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   04 July 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A note on the names of our “author” The Strugatskiis’ Pushkinian Cosmology Chapter 1: A Biography through Astronomy Chapter 2: Minor Planets: the Strugatskiis’ Earlier Experiments in Cosmology Chapter 3: The Hell of the Ignorant: The Second Martian Invasion Chapter 4: Poincaré’s Starless Hell: The Inhabited Island Chapter 5: Exceptions to the Laws of Thermodynamics: Roadside Picnic Chapter 6: “Long live darkness!”: A Billion Years Until the End of the World Chapter 7: The Island Universe and the Copper Doorknob: The Doomed City Chapter 8: Chronic Bewilderment and Astronomical “Fact”: Those Burdened by Evil Coda: “Day and night my Man in Black gives me no peace…”: The Yids of the City of Peter Afterword Bibliography Appendix I: The Altitude of Vega

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Crowning two decades of research on the nearly 30 science fiction works of 20th-century writers Arkadii Strugatskii and Boris Strugatskii, this book presents detailed analyses of the brothers' symbolic, subtextual, and literary sources. Reese (also the Strugatskiis' astute translator) writes that the authors' experiences (biographical, political, and emotional) under the Soviets were at the heart of their work--be they in disguise or evident; in fact, they were communicating the human trauma Stalin (or any totalitarian ruler) created. ... This book is interesting reading. ... Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. --D. Hutchins, CHOICE Reviews

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Kevin Reese has been studying the Strugatskii brothers for twenty years. At UNC, he developed a course on Soviet science fiction centered around their works. Currently, he is translating the Strugatskiis' final works-their novel Those Burdened by Evil and their play The Yids of the City of Peter.

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