There are days when the world feels too small, too polite, too neatly folded into its own predictable geometry.
And then there are days like September 5, 2026, when Nieuw-Vennep (New-Vennep, a town and residential-commercial center in the Dutch province of North Holland, situated within the municipality of Haarlemmermeer) cracks open like a cosmic egg and something incandescent spills out across the Linquenda community...
MINISTRY OF TRUTH — DEPARTMENT OF TEMPORAL CORRECTION
OFFICIAL COMMUNIQUÉ No. 2026‑ALT‑HIST‑001
Citizens of the Literary Dominion, Subjects of the Chronological Order, and Loyal Consumers of Approved Fiction,
The Ministry of Truth is delighted to announce the triumphant conclusion of the Sidewise Awards 2026, the Empire’s most prestigious ceremony dedicated to honoring works of "alternate history," a genre we have carefully redefined to mean any narrative containing...
“’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...
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...
"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" (Russian: Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa) is a 2014 Russian animated short film directed and written by Konstantin Bronzit. It is produced...
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, 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
Stockholm Culture House (Stockholm Kultur Huset)
When the Scandinavian SF Association - "SFSF"...
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,...
Little, alas, have drawn our attention concerning the month of November to come. The editorial program looks cluttered by series and franchises. But here...
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...
