Tag Archives: communism

IT AIN’T NECESSARILY SO (2020, 5,000 words)

Posted on 2 August 2020 by darkosuvin

Introduction to my book Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism, ed. Eric D. Smith, 2 Vols., P. Lang, Oxford 2021. Abstract: A somewhat autobiographically inclined introduction to a new book of articles and … Continue reading →

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PARABLES AND USES OF A STUMBLING STONE (2017, 11,880 words)

Posted on 13 April 2017 by darkosuvin

THE AUTHOR HASN’T UPLOADED THIS PAPER. THOSE INTERESTED CAN WRITE AND REQUEST IT (SEE CONTACT AT BOTTOM OR WRITE dsuvin@gmail.com) Darko Suvin […]

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THE USE OF LUCIO MAGRI (2014, 3,290 words)

Posted on 15 April 2014 by darkosuvin

Magri, Lucio. The Tailor of Ulm: Communism in the Twentieth Century, translated by Patrick Camiller (London: Verso, 2011). Magri, born 1932, was a leading member of the Manifesto group which was kicked out of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in … Continue reading →