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Article: Sonja Fritzsche. Science Fiction Literature in East Germany.(Book review)
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- Utopian Studies
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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Sonja Fritzsche. Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. Bern: Peter Lang, 2006. 333 pp. $64.95
For the most part, this is a thorough and informative study of the history and development of science fiction in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). The author's overriding concern is "to provide a multifaceted understanding of East German society (279)" by focusing on the historical, methodological, and literary study of GDR science fiction in its struggle for legitimacy and recognition (15). In the process, Fritzsche provides a broad overview of the major developments of East German popular literature during the country's short forty-year existence and raises ...