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Jan 24, 2007 22:23

After recommending hieronymousb Michael Crichton's "Timeline" yesterday, I thought that perhaps there are Russian sci-fi books which I might also recommend her. I thought of Alexander Belyaev, with his excellent "Professor Dowell's head" or "The man that found his face"...alas. When I searched the Amazon for English translations, I found only that of "The ( Read more... )

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rvade January 25 2007, 02:17:27 UTC

"died... in 1942, while Germans occupied Moscow..."

You mean the town named Pushkin, in the Leningrad suburbs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Beliaev).

all_who_i_am January 25 2007, 08:25:26 UTC

Thanx, fixed that.

rvade January 26 2007, 05:33:21 UTC

I hate to nitpick, put the germans didn't occupy Leningrad either... they wished! Instead it was besieged for almost two and a half years during which up to a million of people died: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Leningrad.

all_who_i_am January 26 2007, 07:58:03 UTC

Please nitpick! It's totally ok. Learning something new is my way of living :D I am not very familiar with the topic, plus I believe I misused the word "occupied".

marilena_r January 25 2007, 07:08:13 UTC

Thanks for the links! I put the entry in my memories to read when I finish my job and some listening exercices...