House of Wanderers
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It was a brotherhood of friends in spirit—a fantastic spirit of freedom that suddenly blew over the country in the legendary 1960s. They would gather at Ariadna Gromova's apartment near the zoo—Arkady Strugatsky, the life of the party, Sever Gansovsky, Roman Podolny, Anatoly Dneprov, a young Dmitry Bilenkin, and even Stanislav Lem on his rare visits from Poland—and, to the cries of animals outside the window, to the frenzied strings of Vysotsky ("Across space-time we are traveling on a starship..."), a frequent guest in the house, over tea or something stronger, they would talk about science fiction, think about science fiction, and believe in it. The clever Alexander Mirer, a regular participant at these gatherings, whose opinions were valued and respected here, put it aphoristically and precisely: "Science fiction is the most honest and observant witness in the court of history." Because fantasy and reality, especially Russian reality, were inseparable for people of this circle.
In fantasy, Alexander Mirer is, first and foremost, a researcher. The subject of his research is the manipulation of human consciousness. The capture and enslavement of the mind ("House of Wanderers"), external control of the brain leading to the collapse of civilization ("I Have Nine Lives"), the conflict between the natural and the imposed ("Madagascar")... These themes are always relevant, and certainly never secondary—even though times change, the people in them are essentially the same as they were yesterday and the day before.
In fantasy, Alexander Mirer is, first and foremost, a researcher. The subject of his research is the manipulation of human consciousness. The capture and enslavement of the mind ("House of Wanderers"), external control of the brain leading to the collapse of civilization ("I Have Nine Lives"), the conflict between the natural and the imposed ("Madagascar")... These themes are always relevant, and certainly never secondary—even though times change, the people in them are essentially the same as they were yesterday and the day before.
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