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Sorin Adam Matei

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Tag: Eastern Europe

io9 misses the point of Eastern European 80s and 70s Sci Fi Posters

io9 makes fun of some awesome, albeit non-standard, Eastern European Sci-Fi posters from the 1970s and 1980s. Some of them, especially the Polish ones, are truly artistic… They were produced by Polish or Czech graphic artists of the first rank who were…

Eastern Europe to Help Middle East Arab Spring Leaders Adapt to the New World of Democracy

Lech Walesa had this word of wisdom for the Tunisians: Lech Walesa chuckles as he recounts a conversation he had in April with reformers in Tunisia, cradle of the Arab Spring. “They told me they want to purge everybody linked to the…

Idols of the forum (Idolii forului) book introduces Romanian publishing to 2d code universe

Our second 2d book, Idolii forului – Idols of the Forum, came out a week ago in my native country, Romania. I co-edited this Romanian language book with Mona Momescu, a Visiting Professor at Columbia University. Mona and I have each contributed…