Andromeda Nebula. Hour of the Ox
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Andromeda Nebula. Hour of the Ox
24.99 €
"The Andromeda Nebula" is a landmark event for Russian science fiction. Efremov's novel was a breakthrough. Neither pre-war nor post-war literature had ever seen anything like it before. His characters lived not only for the present day, but for the future, determining the fate of both earthly humanity and all thinking peoples of the universe. The author's imagination was no less powerful than the spatial scale of his concept. The Great Ring—a universal brotherhood of civilizations. The idea of a connection between intelligent beings in space, the exchange of knowledge without any jealous rivalry, the concept of "scientific humanism," which the author of the novel would continue to preach in his future works.
The dystopian novel "The Hour of the Bull" takes us to the planet Tormans, which many millennia ago sheltered earthlings who abandoned their home planet, which was on the brink of disaster. The civilization of Tormance is terminally ill and unable to emerge from the dark, totalitarian present born of a hopeless past. By chance, a spaceship from a new Earth, which has reached the highest stage of its development, lands on Tormance. In the clash of two worldviews, the writer illuminates and explores many complex issues and contradictions in the development of human society.
The book contains virtually everything Efremov wrote about the fantastical world of the future, about our distant descendants, their achievements, their exploits, and their problems. The early story "Starships" is included as a launching pad for the realization of the author's subsequent grandiose plans.
The dystopian novel "The Hour of the Bull" takes us to the planet Tormans, which many millennia ago sheltered earthlings who abandoned their home planet, which was on the brink of disaster. The civilization of Tormance is terminally ill and unable to emerge from the dark, totalitarian present born of a hopeless past. By chance, a spaceship from a new Earth, which has reached the highest stage of its development, lands on Tormance. In the clash of two worldviews, the writer illuminates and explores many complex issues and contradictions in the development of human society.
The book contains virtually everything Efremov wrote about the fantastical world of the future, about our distant descendants, their achievements, their exploits, and their problems. The early story "Starships" is included as a launching pad for the realization of the author's subsequent grandiose plans.
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