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If you are into science fiction here are some science fiction books from Russia for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
As the Galactic Empire declines, psychohistorian Hari Seldon and his band of psychobiologists form the Foundation, designed to be the nucleus of an eventual ideal universal ruling corporation.
LEIA ANTES A SAGA ÉPICA QUE INSPIROU A NOVA SÉRIE DA APPLE TV+, FUNDAÇÃO, QUE ESTREIA EM SETEMBRO DE 2021 +Obra-prima de Isaac Asimov, a trilogia da Fundação recebeu o histórico prêmio Hugo de Melhor série de ficção científica e fantasia de todos os tempos. O trabalho confirmou seu autor como um dos maiores escritores do gênero e influenciou outras mentes geniais, como Carl Sagan, George Lucas e o Nobel de economia Paul Krugman. Há doze mil anos, o Império Galáctico reina, absoluto, sobre todos os mundos habitados. Mas esse reinado ignora um futuro terrível: uma crise levará a humanidade a uma... continue
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those misfits who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his mutant daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that he makes his last tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile territory.
A spellbinding novel set in the universe of Isaac Asimov’s classic Galactic Empire series and Foundation series Due to circumstances within our control . . . tomorrow will be canceled. The Eternals, the ruling class of the Future, had the power of life and death not only over every human being but over the very centuries into which they were born. Past, Present, and Future could be created or destroyed at will. You had to be special to become an Eternal. Andrew Harlan was special. Until he committed the one unforgivable sin—falling in love. Eternals weren’t supposed to have feelings. But Andre... continue
We is a dystopian novel written by Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin. Originally drafted in Russian, the book could be published only abroad. It was translated into English in 1924. Even as the book won a wide readership overseas, the author's satiric depiction led to his banishment under Joseph Stalin's regime in the then USSR. The book's depiction of life under a totalitarian state influenced the other novels of the 20th century. Like Aldous Huxley's Brave New World and George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four, We describes a future socialist society that has turned out to be not perfect but inhum... continue