Alexei Tolstoy
Russian and Soviet author who was a distant relative of Leo Tolstoy. His science fiction novels and the historical trilogy The Road to Calvary made him one of the most widely read Soviet authors.
Works
- The Road to CalvaryEpic of the Russian Revolution and Civil War following lives torn by historical upheaval
- Peter the FirstHistorical novel chronicling Peter the Great's transformation of Russia into a modern state
- AelitaScience fiction novel of Soviet engineers discovering ancient life on the planet Mars
- The Hyperboloid of Engineer GarinScience fiction adventure about an engineer's fantastic death-ray machine and its misuse
- Walking Through Torment