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Aelita

by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

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Description

Aelita (1923) is a science-fiction fantasy in the manner of H.G. Wells, telling the story of a Soviet expedition to Mars with the aim of establishing communism. A Red Army officer forments a rebellion of the native Martians, who are in fact long-ago emigrants from Atlantis.

What it’s like

ThemePlanetary Romance Colonization First Contact

ViolenceStandard

CombatIncidental

Details

First published: 1923
Pages: 167
Reading time: About 3 hours
Format: Novel
Audience: Adult
Series: Standalone

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