Apologia, Ogonyok Library 34 (Signed first edition, 1991)

Signed by Kir Bulychev under his real name, Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheyko

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Printing Details

First Russian edition. Small paperback booklet, stapled binding. 16.5 × 12.5cm, 46pp. Russian text.

Signed and dedicated in Russian by Kir Bulychev (under is real name, Igor), "To Brigitte, I am sending this book to you as one historian to another. Yours, Igor. 14.4.91". Brigitte was Brigita Yosifova, a Bulgarian author and journalist.

Published as no 34 in the Ogonyok Library series, Apologia is a collection of historical fantasies. In Bulychev's introduction, he discusses the relationship between history and science fiction. He appears to use this title to explore alternative histories, writing that while a historian deals with facts, a writer of historical fantasy uses those facts to create a warning or lesson. There are six short pieces by Bulychev in this book, blending his writer's imagination, historical fact and political satire.

Kir Bulychev (1934–2003) was a Soviet Russian science fiction writer, critic, translator and historian, perhaps best known for his Alisa Seleznyova series. As a historian, his main field was the medieval history of Burma.

Condition

This copy is in good plus condition. There is some age-toning to the pages, and a small dent to the top corner from the end of the book, but not affecting text.

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01322095