Other Worlds, Other Seas: Science-Fiction Stories from Socialist Countries

by Darko Suvin

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Darko Suvin

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Darko Suvin. Ph.D. (1970) Zagreb University, is Professor Emeritus at McGill University He has published 21 books on literature, dramaturgy, culture and political epistemology; also poetry. Major publications include Metamorphoses of Science Fiction, To Brecht and Beyond, and Defined by a Hollow.