Distributed for Karolinum Press, Charles University
Crossroads of Imagination
700 pages | 1 halftone | © 2026
History: European History
Literature and Literary Criticism: Slavic Languages
Table of Contents
Introduction by Carleton Bulkin
1 V. R. Kramerius “The Iron Shirt” (1831)
2 Jakub Malý “A Hundred Years On” (1841)
3 Josef Jirí Kolár Hellspawn (1853)
4 Jan Neruda Futuristic Feuilletons (1869–89)
5 Svatopluk Cech “Sketches from the Year 2070” (1870)
6 Julius Zeyer “The Opal Bowl” (1878)
7 Jakub Arbes “Rainbow Point Overhead” (1889)
8 Sofie Podlipská “A View into Hell” (1903)
9 Karel Hloucha “The Black Deep” (1907)
10 Jirí Karásek ze Lvovic Scarabæus (1909)
11 Karel Babánek “The Mysterious Disappearance of Petty Clerk Pištora” (1910)
12 Metod Suchdolský Russians on Mars (1910)
13 Jaroslav Hašek “Austrian Customs Offices” (1912)
14 Jan Havlasa “The Undersea” (1912)
15 Ladislav Velinský “The End of Dr. Snobins’ Immortality” (1912)
16 Karel Matej Capek-Chod The Turbine (1916)
17 Josef Šimánek “The Ruby of Ahmetis” (1916)
18 Emanuel z Lešehradu “Iris Inexorabilis” (1919)
19 Ružena Jesenská “The Soul” (1920)
20 Jirí Haussmann “-1” (1921)
21 Emilie Procházková The Martians (1922)
22 Tomáš Hrubý The Sahara Sun (1924)
23 František Langer “The Man Who Got Lost in His Utopia” (1927)
24 Jan Weiss “The Apostle” (1927)
25 Ladislav Klíma The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch (1928)
26 Jan Barda The Reeducated (1931)
27 Karel Capek “Letters from the Future”: U.S.A., Great Britain, Ireland (1930)
28 Jirí Mordechai Langer Nine Gates (1937)
29 Miles J. Breuer “A Contrivance of Life” (1942)
30 Olga Scheinpflugová The Acheirs: A Utopian Novella (1945)
Afterword by Michal Fránek and Ivan Adamovic
Bibliography
Index
1 V. R. Kramerius “The Iron Shirt” (1831)
2 Jakub Malý “A Hundred Years On” (1841)
3 Josef Jirí Kolár Hellspawn (1853)
4 Jan Neruda Futuristic Feuilletons (1869–89)
5 Svatopluk Cech “Sketches from the Year 2070” (1870)
6 Julius Zeyer “The Opal Bowl” (1878)
7 Jakub Arbes “Rainbow Point Overhead” (1889)
8 Sofie Podlipská “A View into Hell” (1903)
9 Karel Hloucha “The Black Deep” (1907)
10 Jirí Karásek ze Lvovic Scarabæus (1909)
11 Karel Babánek “The Mysterious Disappearance of Petty Clerk Pištora” (1910)
12 Metod Suchdolský Russians on Mars (1910)
13 Jaroslav Hašek “Austrian Customs Offices” (1912)
14 Jan Havlasa “The Undersea” (1912)
15 Ladislav Velinský “The End of Dr. Snobins’ Immortality” (1912)
16 Karel Matej Capek-Chod The Turbine (1916)
17 Josef Šimánek “The Ruby of Ahmetis” (1916)
18 Emanuel z Lešehradu “Iris Inexorabilis” (1919)
19 Ružena Jesenská “The Soul” (1920)
20 Jirí Haussmann “-1” (1921)
21 Emilie Procházková The Martians (1922)
22 Tomáš Hrubý The Sahara Sun (1924)
23 František Langer “The Man Who Got Lost in His Utopia” (1927)
24 Jan Weiss “The Apostle” (1927)
25 Ladislav Klíma The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch (1928)
26 Jan Barda The Reeducated (1931)
27 Karel Capek “Letters from the Future”: U.S.A., Great Britain, Ireland (1930)
28 Jirí Mordechai Langer Nine Gates (1937)
29 Miles J. Breuer “A Contrivance of Life” (1942)
30 Olga Scheinpflugová The Acheirs: A Utopian Novella (1945)
Afterword by Michal Fránek and Ivan Adamovic
Bibliography
Index