Description: "The basis of this book is an original and tremendously engaging idea--that science fiction served as a crucial model for national literature in Russia. It made Russian modernity possible. Banerjee treats science fiction not as a genre but as a mode of apprehending the world."--Stephanie Sandler, Harvard University "Making the compelling connection between mass-scale revolutionary technological projects, such as the Trans-Siberian railroad, and the avant-garde campaigns to transform the Russian/Soviet imagination, Banerjee demonstrates how the techno-political and science-fictional imaginations are entwined in the modernization process. This book is an exemplary study in linking the popularization of science with modern literature.""--Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr., author of The Seven Beauties of Science Fiction "The basis of this book is an original and tremendously engaging idea--that science fiction served as a crucial model for national literature in Russia. It made Russian modernity possible. Banerjee treats science fiction not as a genre but as a mode of apprehending the world."--Stephanie Sandler, Harvard University

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