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On the impossibility of not-telling – Joanna Russ: ‚We who are about to…‛ (1976)
An astronaut is stranded alone on an alien planet and fights for his survival. With technical know-how, inventiveness and a good portion of colonial power, he finally succeeds in doing…
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Freedom or Happyness? The insoluble equation in Yevgeny Zamyatin’s ‚We‛ (1920)
It is the first book to be officially banned in the Soviet Union. Three years previously, Zamyatin had fought on the side of the Bolsheviks in the February and October…
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Between activism and eco-kitsch – ‚Silent Running‛ by Douglas Trumbull (1972)
More glass domes! While the iconic building form in dystopian science fiction often serves as a prison for totalitarian control societies (see Logan’s Run), Douglas Trumbull’s 1972 film Silent Running…
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An outright retrotopia: Michael Anderson’s ‚Logan’s Run‛ (1976)
Logan is running. He is in a hurry. Holding his hand is a pretty lady whose name doesn’t matter, because her only function in the entire film is to like…

