I have been casting around recently (for reasons that will eventually become clear) in search of Soviet Science Fiction stories written by women – which in English certainly seems to be a small pool! However, with a bit of digging online and after reference to the very wonderful ISFDB, I stumbled upon this:
It’s published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, of whom I’m a great fan and I do seem to have been amassing more of their books recently. Isn’t this title page illustration wonderful?
Interestingly, the book is a softcover with an attached at the spine dustwrapper, and the inside flaps have wonderful pictures and biogs of the authors:
The contents page has the list of intriguing titles:
Apart from the aforesaid female author, the book also has a Strugatsky story so that has to be good. I’m keen to find some time to explore the book, so watch this space…. 🙂
Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings 
Nov 12, 2016 @ 08:20:22
Wow, what a find! Well done, looking forward to hear about it. Although Soviet style literature can be a bit of a drag… (maybe sci fi was better, though).
Nov 12, 2016 @ 09:36:45
I find sci fi was better because it was possible for the authors to obliquely critique the regime – or maybe that’s just me reading too much into it!!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 09:54:09
You bet it was! As was historical fiction. That’s why the censors kept themselves so busy…
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:40:19
🙂 Yes – a good way to sneak things past them…..!
Nov 13, 2016 @ 19:05:50
Are there any studies of the phenomenon that you know of? You seem to be firmly into a specialism here.
Nov 13, 2016 @ 20:46:25
Not that I’ve come across yet! It *is* a little specialist, but I’m enjoying what I’ve read so far! 🙂
Nov 13, 2016 @ 19:09:49
Have you seen this post:
https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/30373/posts/1220709413
Nov 13, 2016 @ 20:47:50
I hadn’t – but I have now, and it might be fun to join in with…. 🙂
Nov 12, 2016 @ 08:23:02
It must have taken yiu a lot of effort to track this down so what a pleasure to get something with a lovely illustration and those bios. Hope it proves a good read too.
Nov 12, 2016 @ 09:36:07
It’s lovely, isn’t it? I have high hopes for the content too!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 08:29:40
What a gorgeous book, hopefully well worth the effort in tracking it down.
Nov 12, 2016 @ 09:35:45
I hope so – it has the Strugatskys so that’s got to be good!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 09:59:15
It’s always so exciting when we find books which suit us so perfectly. That illustration is wonderful and those story titles look interesting even to a non sci-fi reader. Great find.
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:40:03
I’m not necessarily a regular sci fi reader, but I do like it when I read it. And this looks up my street!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 11:29:08
What a beaut! Great find – that cover is so delicious, hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:38:52
Yes, it is *very* lovely – I love a striking, vintage book cover!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 12:11:54
What an exciting find – isn’t it so often the case that a book is so much more than the narrative inside 🙂
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:38:10
It definitely is – I’m superficial enough to like the whole package!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 12:58:56
It is lovely! I love the cover illustration and I’m wondering which story it depicts.
I am also a fan of these old-fashioned author photographs – people not looking straight into the camera.
Looking forward to hearing about these stories!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:37:39
I’m not sure what the picture applies to, but it’s very striking. Let’s hope the contents live up to it!
Nov 12, 2016 @ 14:49:34
Ooh, that’s lovely, and the extra details are great, too – the photographs, the illustrations …
Nov 12, 2016 @ 15:34:26
It’s pretty, isn’t it! 🙂
Nov 14, 2016 @ 17:23:34
Kuhl! It is hard to find Russian SF, or almost any other kind of writing, in English. And what a beautiful book!
Nov 14, 2016 @ 19:08:34
It *is* lovely, I must say – I’m very fond of that retro look!
Nov 14, 2016 @ 17:23:54
Oops, I meant hard to find Russian SF by women!
Nov 14, 2016 @ 19:08:11
It is – I’ve struggled!
Dec 11, 2016 @ 05:35:13
Kaggsy, OMG, what coincidence! I’m prepping your post and I placed an image of this book as the first picture!
(I’ve noticed that a few soviet SF stories by the authors you selected were published in translation much later in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Dec 11, 2016 @ 16:11:42
It’s a very beautiful edition – and I do have a weakness for Russian editions published in English for the overseas market! 🙂
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