The subjective dictionary of science fiction. Arbitman R.E.

Is Pinocchio is familiar with the three laws of robotics? Did the Welese Martians fly to the Great Guslyar? What does Harry Potter and Winston Churchill have in common? Why do aliens have such stupid names? Why was Arthur Clark cursed in the Komsomol Central Committee? This is only a small part of the questions to which the author of the subjective dictionary of science fiction gives the most truthful answers. Among the characters of vocabulary-Agasfer and Carlson, Mickey Mouse and Matrix, Aelita and Frankenstein, Conan-Warvar and Polygraph Polygrafovich Sharikov, and many more-celebrities and heroes of the invisible front.

there were no such dictionaries before: For the novel by the arbitman-literary critic, film critic, television specialist, as well as a fantasy writer-world fiction for a long time is not an object of study, but a native communal apartment, which he knows from the inside and can tell about many residents of the same. The characters of science fiction and their creators are his relatives, neighbors, friends or enemies, about whom he writes either with enthusiasm and respectful aspiration, then with anger and addiction, at times, passing on the verge of assault. In general, everything, as is customary for close relatives.

those who know little about science fiction will be interesting to observe from the outside and learn a lot of new things. Well, those who know fantasy well will hardly keep their desire to argue with the author of the book.