Red Star, 9780253203175
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Focuses on the communist society on Mars, the Russian revolution, and class struggle on two planets. While portraying a harmonious and rational socialist society, this work sketches out the problems that face industrialized nations, whether socialist or capitalist.

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    272 pages

  • Release Date

    21 June 1984

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Summary

[A] surprisingly moving story.” -The New YorkerBogdanov’s novels reveal a great deal about their fascinating author, about his time and, ironically, ours, and about the genre of utopia as well as his contribution to it.” -Slavic ReviewBogdanov’s imaginative predictions for his utopia are both technological and social… Even more farsighted are [his] anxious forebodings about the limits and costs of the utopian future.” -Science Fiction StudiesThe contemporary reader will marvel at [Bogdanov…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780253203175
ISBN-10:0253203171
Series:Soviet History, Politics, Society, and Thought
Author:Alexander Bogdanov, Loren R. Graham, Richard Stites, Charles Rougle
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Imprint:Indiana University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:21 June 1984
Weight:413g
Dimensions:235mm x 156mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

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

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

About The Author

Alexander Bogdanov

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.

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