Sirius: Biblioteka znanstvene fantastike - broj 80
Mikhail Pukhov, Tom Godwin, Henry Slesar, Gerald Kersh, Damir Bajs, Arthur C. Clarke, Borivoje Todorović, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Miroslav Burić, Charles Grant, Harry Harrison
Sirius was a Croatian science fiction magazine. The foundation was proposed by Damir Mikuličić in 1976. In Sirius, the works of domestic authors, as well as translations of foreign SF authors, were published. It was published from 1976 to 1989.
Translation
Ivan Paprika, Zoran Milović, Bruno Ogorelec, Žarko Vodinelić Božidar Stančić
The book is a genre of popular science literature with elements of technological vision and futurism, characteristic of the era in which it was created – the time of the Cold War, the space race, and great expectations from science.
"From Fragile Wings to Spaceship" (1968) by Josip Modly is a popular science book that depicts the development of human flight, from the first attempts to construct aircraft to modern space exploration.
Školska knjiga, 1968.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
4.16 €
British literature • Science Fiction • First editions
Predrag Vuković's book "Star Wars" convincingly and interestingly explains the entire atomic-laser process, from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to "Star Wars", the horrific militarization of space.
Dunav, 1986.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Paperback.
6.98 €
Literature for children • British literature • Fantastic literature • Teen Novels • Science Fiction
J. B. S. Haldane (1892–1964), a British geneticist, evolutionary biologist, and science popularizer, wrote "My Friend Mr. Leakey" in 1937 – a collection of five humorous, fantastic stories for children (and adults).
The motif that Nesvadba has already used in a science fiction context, the FALSIFICATION OF AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND, in "The Showdown with Doctor Dong" serves as a starting point for questioning the RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.
Epoha, 1965.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.