From what I've heard, sci-fi was a very popular genre in the Soviet Union, so I'm wondering how much Western sci-fi was available there and in the other Warsaw Pact countries and how both the authorities and the people reacted to it.
I especially wonder about Star Trek, since I've often heard the society it portrays described as a communist utopia. Did the communists see it that way?
While more can always be said, I have recently wrote here about Western fiction in the Soviet Union
H.G. Wells was widely printed; Kurt Vonnegut was also quite popular and a play based on SlaughterhouseâFive ("The Wanderings of Billy Pilgrim") premiered at the Soviet Army Theater in 1975.
/u/commiespaceinvader has [an excellent answer here] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7ypu46/did_star_trek_have_a_following_in_the_soviet_union/) regarding Star Trek in the Soviet Union.
As always, more answers are already appreciated.