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The Heart of the Serpent [a:Ivan Yefremov|18189974|Ivan Yefremov|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
Novella. Compare to "To Be Taught, If Fortunate."
Siema [a:Anatoly Dnieprov|1391849|Anatoly Dnieprov|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] (aka Dneprov)
Compare to "Murderbot."
The Trial of Tantalus [a:Victor Saparin|17167670|Victor Saparin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
Compare to Covid-19.
Stone from the Stars [a:Valentina Zhuravleva|2082217|Valentina Zhuravleva|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
Compare to a certain part of show more "A Wrinkle in Time."
Six Matches [a:Arkady Strugatsky|1159886|Arkady Strugatsky|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1519335066p2/1159886.jpg] and [a:Boris Strugatsky|7170730|Boris Strugatsky|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1373635599p2/7170730.jpg]
Um, compare to whatever myth of hubris you choose.
The thing is, I can see, that these authors had to work within the political climate. Communism had to be shown as a good thing. Utopia, or at least improved society, were to be depicted as natural outcomes of current USSR programs. But still there's a subtle wink of satire in some, irony too.... These stories are well worth reading.
I would love to find more by any of the authors and have added a couple of other anthologies of Soviet SF to my list because I found them on openlibrary.org. show less
Novella. Compare to "To Be Taught, If Fortunate."
Siema [a:Anatoly Dnieprov|1391849|Anatoly Dnieprov|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] (aka Dneprov)
Compare to "Murderbot."
The Trial of Tantalus [a:Victor Saparin|17167670|Victor Saparin|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
Compare to Covid-19.
Stone from the Stars [a:Valentina Zhuravleva|2082217|Valentina Zhuravleva|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]
Compare to a certain part of show more "A Wrinkle in Time."
Six Matches [a:Arkady Strugatsky|1159886|Arkady Strugatsky|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1519335066p2/1159886.jpg] and [a:Boris Strugatsky|7170730|Boris Strugatsky|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1373635599p2/7170730.jpg]
Um, compare to whatever myth of hubris you choose.
The thing is, I can see, that these authors had to work within the political climate. Communism had to be shown as a good thing. Utopia, or at least improved society, were to be depicted as natural outcomes of current USSR programs. But still there's a subtle wink of satire in some, irony too.... These stories are well worth reading.
I would love to find more by any of the authors and have added a couple of other anthologies of Soviet SF to my list because I found them on openlibrary.org. show less
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Isaac Asimov was born in Petrovichi, Russia, on January 2, 1920. His family emigrated to the United States in 1923 and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where they owned and operated a candy store. Asimov became a naturalized U.S. citizen at the age of eight. As a youngster he discovered his talent for writing, producing his first original fiction at show more the age of eleven. He went on to become one of the world's most prolific writers, publishing nearly 500 books in his lifetime. Asimov was not only a writer; he also was a biochemist and an educator. He studied chemistry at Columbia University, earning a B.S., M.A. and Ph.D. In 1951, Asimov accepted a position as an instructor of biochemistry at Boston University's School of Medicine even though he had no practical experience in the field. His exceptional intelligence enabled him to master new systems rapidly, and he soon became a successful and distinguished professor at Columbia and even co-authored a biochemistry textbook within a few years. Asimov won numerous awards and honors for his books and stories, and he is considered to be a leading writer of the Golden Age of science fiction. While he did not invent science fiction, he helped to legitimize it by adding the narrative structure that had been missing from the traditional science fiction books of the period. He also introduced several innovative concepts, including the thematic concern for technological progress and its impact on humanity. Asimov is probably best known for his Foundation series, which includes Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation. In 1966, this trilogy won the Hugo award for best all-time science fiction series. In 1983, Asimov wrote an additional Foundation novel, Foundation's Edge, which won the Hugo for best novel of that year. Asimov also wrote a series of robot books that included I, Robot, and eventually he tied the two series together. He won three additional Hugos, including one awarded posthumously for the best non-fiction book of 1995, I. Asimov. "Nightfall" was chosen the best science fiction story of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America. In 1979, Asimov wrote his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green. He continued writing until just a few years before his death from heart and kidney failure on April 6, 1992. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- This reprint of the original anthology, The Heart of the Serpent, contains an introduction by Isaac Asimov. This work also does not contain the footnotes of the original work. For now (March 1, 2016) they are separate... (show all) for these reasons.
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