Péter Kuczka

He did not consider science fiction being an Anglo-American dominated genre; he strove to present works by writers of various nationalities.

As a result, the science fiction literature that was published in Hungary at the time was diverse, both in terms of content and style.

I accepted it because I considered it necessary to have a rhythmic applause, to glorify Stalin and Rákosi, I believed in the escalation of the class struggle, the Rajk trial.

I accepted a simplified and thus more understandable and transparent world, the complexity of reality was obviously alarming, I saw the history of mankind as a kind of “long march” towards communism.

[2] It is an interesting parallel that the man dominant in American science fiction publishing in the 1950s, John W. Campbell, Jr. also came into conflict with writers.

Translator and current Galaktika editor Attila Németh told that Kuczka hated the Star Trek franchise (probably because he considered it "pulp science fiction" which he despised), and that's why it was almost completely neglected in Hungary during the Socialist era.