Orbitowanie. Proza fantastycznonaukowa Jacka Sawaszkiewicza między obiegami literatury lat 70. i 80. XX wieku

Orbiting. Jacek Sawaszkiewicz’s Science Fiction Prose Between the Literary Circulations of the 1970s and 1980s Jacek Sawaszkiewicz’s science fiction prose is situated at the crossroads of three literary circulations active during the 1970s and 1980s: state publishing houses, the underground press, and the emerging fan community focused on sociological fiction. Though Sawaszkiewicz navigated through these diverse literary influences, today he is largely a forgotten author. This obscurity can be attributed to several factors: the derivative nature of his works, the geographical and cultural isolation of Szczecin, his complicated relationship with the Security Service, personal difficulties, and his disorientation in the “Wild East” of the 1990s. Keywords: science fiction, sociological fiction, Jacek Sawaszkiewicz, literature of Szczecin, history of regional literature