Russian Science Fiction Literature and Cinema: A Critical Reader - Paperback

by Anindita Banerjee (Editor)

The first collection of essays devoted to the rich tradition of Russian science fiction on the page and the screen from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. A resource for classroom instruction as well as research, it provides a comprehensive overview of science fiction's important role in Russian society, politics, technology, and culture.

Author Biography

Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and a Faculty Fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University. She is the author of "We Modern People: Science Fiction and the Making of Russian Modernity" (Wesleyan University Press, 2013), winner of the Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Book Prize.