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    We Modern People: Science Fiction and the Making of Russian Modernity

    By Anindita Banerjee

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    How science fiction forged a unique Russian vision of modernity distinct from Western models
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWesleyan
    Release dateJan 3, 2013
    ISBN9780819573353
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