Abstract
This study focuses on Alexander A. Bogdanov, original name Malinovskij (1873-1928), a Russian and Soviet physician, philosopher, science fiction writer, and revolutionary - in particular on his works of science fiction.
Bogdanov was among the original Bolsheviks and became an influential theorist of the new proletarian culture. Before the Revolution, he wrote two Martian novels: Red Star (1908) and Red Star's prequel Engineer Menni (1913).
Engineer Menni is a historical novel. It tells the story of the Martian class struggle that prepared the way for the social utopia described by Red Star's hero and narrator Leonid, a visitor from Earth.
The novels are a vehicle for the social and scientific theories that Bogdanov worked out in many books and essays.