Red Star Tales: A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction

Contents Introduction Yvonne Howell .................................7 Authors & Translators.....................................21 RED STAR RISING Kurazin: Meteorologist or Meteorurgist Nikolai F. Fyodorov .......31 On the Moon Constantin Tsiolkovsky........................38 Rebellion of the Machines Valery Bryusov....................78 One Evening in 2217 Nikolai Fyodorov ......................86 Mutiny of the Machines Valery Bryusov.....................105 RED STAR IN RETROGRADE Professor Dowell's Head Alexander Belyaev .................113 The Lunar Bomb Andrei Platonov ..........................158 Rays of Life Yuri Dolgushin ..............................181 The Nar-i-Dacht Observatory Ivan Yefremov ...............196 Explosion Alexander Kazantsev ...........................224 RED STAR REFORMING The Spontaneous Reflex Arkady and Boris Strugatsky...........253 Sola-Sun Mikhail Ancharov ...............................275 The Icarus Sergei Drugal .................................332 Mixed Up Vladimir Savchenko .............................352 Jubilee-200 Kir Bulychev .................................399 Those Burdened by Evil Arkady and Boris Strugatsky..........416 Doorinda Daliya Truskinovskaya...........................424 My Dad's an Antihistic Sergei Lukyanenko .................441 Special Thanks............................................464