
18 Mar 2012, 09:33
I was not sure where to post this but please feel free to delete or move this post if there is a problem.
In the Soviet culture section there is a section for art and a section for films/tv, please can there be a section for books and literature etc?
If there is one already that is not immediatly obvious, please could someone guide me to it via a link or something?
If there is no such section then please could a mod consider creating a section in the soviet culture section?
The main reason i bring this up is i am currently looking for information, recommendations, reviews and links to vendors or opensource (free) books in the sci-fi genre that were written in soviet times. They dont have to have a specificaly communist/socialist theme but it would be nice if they do, to make a change from the western fare of sci fi i am used to.
any help or input would be most appreciated.
^_^

18 Mar 2012, 13:47
Hi omnimercurial,
Nice to have you on the site. I am the moderator of the 'Soviet Culture' section. I basically inherited the division as it was, and in principle I agree with you that if there is a 'film & television' and 'music' section, there could also be a books and literature one. As the division goes today, I'm sure you could create threads in the 'communist art' section, which encompasses all forms of art including literature. The issue with creating a new division is that it might create a very small subforum, given that things like Soviet and other socialist film and literature are more obscure than say music or paintings. This is in large part due to the absence of translations into English of much socialist cultural production, and to the importance of understanding language for those mediums.

19 Mar 2012, 04:22
Ah i see.... Thank you for the welcome and the info Soviet78 ^_^ I will endeavour to make use of the Communist Art section re Books etc.

19 Mar 2012, 04:30
Hello Praxicoide. Thank you for enlightening me on where to post future Forum queries etc. I will try to take your advice to heart in regards to greater levels of participation and discussion, Im hoping others will share my interest in Sci-Fi of the Soviet era. ^_^

19 Mar 2012, 04:32
Hi Red Daughter. Thanks for relocating the thread to the appropriate section for me. ^_^

09 Dec 2013, 22:18
I've just got Path into the Unknown, The Best of Soviet SF. Published by Pan science fiction.
I've not got round to reading it yet but it features short stories by Llya Varshavsky, Vladislave Krapivin, G. Gor and others.
Anyone familar with their works?