Tag: russian science fiction
‘Extraction 2’ Has Wrapped Filming After 5 Months of Snowy Sets
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
GLAAD Media Awards Honors Hacks, Eternals, and More in 2022 Ceremony
Actor and comedian Jim Carrey says that the fastest he ever said yes to a role was 1998’s The Truman Show, in which he played mild-mannered insurance salesman Truman Burbank. The dramatic comedy tells the story of a man whose day-to-day life is secretly fabricated for a TV audience. Everything from Truman’s wife to his friends to the neighborhood he lives in is part...
Ivan Tverdovski’s Film “Zoology” (Russia)
“’Zoology’ (2016) is a genuine oddity: bizarre, surprising and affecting. If it's meaning is muddled, Natalia Pavlenkova's central turn makes the tale - and...
The Lost Empire – From Dystopias to Documentaries by Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
In Russian literature, the major trend has been dystopian fiction. It reflects the aftermath of the "lost Soviet empire".So said Stockholm University professor of...
“The Doomed City” by Arkady Strugatsky & Boris Strugatsky (Russia)
"First English translation of a political SF novel, written in the early 1970s and not published in Russia until 1988-89. It’s about an experimental...
„We Can’t Live Without Cosmos” – A 2016 Academy Awards Nomination For The Best Short Animated Film
"We Can't Live Without Cosmos" (Russian: Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa) is a 2014 Russian animated short film directed and written by Konstantin Bronzit. It is produced...
Dmitry Glukhovski’s Book Signing French Marathon : 2nd of October – 10th of October 2015
The Russian SF Writer Dmitry Glukhovsky ("Metro 2033", "Metro 2034", "Sumerki"/"Dusk") is touring France for the signings of his novel FUTU.RE published by L'Atalante...
Viktor Pelevin’s Novels “S.N.U.F.F.” and “Empire V” translated into English
“Viktor Pelevin, full name Viktor Olegovich Pelevin (born Nov. 22, 1962, Moscow, U.S.S.R.), Russian author whose novels, often reminiscent of fantasy or science fiction,...
The Russians in Stockholm : Russian SF presented in the Stockholm Culture House – Ahrvid Engholm (Sweden)
The Russians in Stockholm : Russian SF presented in the Stockholm Culture HouseStockholm Culture House (Stockholm Kultur Huset)When the Scandinavian SF Association - "SFSF"...
Roskon 2014 (27th – 30th of March ), Lesnye Dali, near Moscow, Russia
The fourteenth Roskon is being held at the Polyani Hotel, located 28 km from Moscow's Rublevo-Uspensky highway, on the banks of the Moscow River.GoHs : Sergei Lukyanenko,...
Russkaya Fantastika, New Russian Language SF&Fantasy Titles, November 2013 by Patrice and Viktoriya Lajoye (France)
Little, alas, have drawn our attention concerning the month of November to come. The editorial program looks cluttered by series and franchises. But here...
Russkaya Fantastika, New Russian Language SF&Fantasy Titles & News, October 2013– Patrick & Viktoriya Lajoye
As expected, many notable things are to be published this month in the Russian science-fiction and fantasy domain. But we retain just a few.Let's...
Russkaya Fantastika, New Russian Language SF&Fantasy Titles & News, September 2013– Patrick & Viktoriya Lajoye
Many, many things are to be released on the russophone market in the month of September 2013. It seems that the phenomenon of “la...
New Russian Language SF&Fantasy Titles, August 2013 – Patrice and Viktoriya Lajoye (France)
Few interesting things, this month on the rusophone SF&F publishing market. Maybe because it's summer, but there are many translations available (from English, of...