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| '''''Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale''''' a.k.a. '''''Andromeda Nebula''''' ({{lang-ru|Туманность Андромеды}}, ''Tumannost' Andromedy'') is a ] ] by the ] writer and paleontologist ]<ref name="sps">Sergey Klimanov's Home Page. Revised 2004-08-10. Accessed 2006-09-08.</ref>, written and published in ]. | '''''Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale''''' a.k.a. '''''Andromeda Nebula''''' ({{lang-ru|Туманность Андромеды}}, ''Tumannost' Andromedy'') is a ] ] by the ] writer and paleontologist ]<ref name="sps">Sergey Klimanov's Home Page. Revised 2004-08-10. Accessed 2006-09-08.</ref>, written and published in ]. The novel was made into a film in ], ] | ||
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| Author | Ivan Yefremov |
|---|---|
| Original title | Туманность Андромеды |
| Translator | George Hanna |
| Cover artist | N. Grishin |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Foreign Language Publishing House |
| Publication date | 1957 |
| Publication place | Soviet Union |
| Published in English | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| ISBN | NA Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character |
Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale a.k.a. Andromeda Nebula (Template:Lang-ru, Tumannost' Andromedy) is a science fiction novel by the Russian writer and paleontologist Ivan Efremov, written and published in 1957. The novel was made into a film in 1967, The Andromeda Nebula
Plot summary
This is a classic communist utopia set in a distant future. Throughout the novel, the author's attention is focused on the social and cultural aspects of the society; there are several principal heroes (a historian, an archeologist, a starship captain) involved in several plot lines. Though the world shown in the novel is intended as ideal, there's an attempt to show a conflict and its resolution with a voluntary self-punishment of a scientist whose reckless experiment caused damage. There's also a fair amount of action in the episodes where the crew of a starship fight alien predators.
Several civilizations of our Galaxy, including Earth, are united in the Great Circle whose members exchange and relay scientific and cultural information. Notably, there's no faster-than-light travel or communication in this world, so interstellar missions sent by Earth are few and can only reach nearby stars, and the Great Circle civilizations almost never meet in person. The Great Circle radio transmissions are pictured as taking the energy of the whole Earth and therefore infrequent; one such transmission is a lecture on the history of the Earth civilization which gives the author an opportunity to put his world into a historic context.
Literary significance & criticism
Critics have accused this novel of being dry and illustrative , its heroes being more of philosophical ideas than live people. Nevertheless, the novel was a major milestone in Soviet sci-fi literature, which, in Stalin's era, had been much more short-sighted (never venturing more than a few decades into the future) and primarily focusing on technical inventions rather than social issues. Some claim that the booming Soviet sci-fi of 1960s, including such authors as Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, would have been impossible or at least very different without this breakthrough novel.
Characters
Crew of the First Class S.S. Tantra
(37th Space Expedition)
- 1. Erg Noor, chief of the expedition, spaceship commander
- 2. Niza Crete, astronavigator-I
- 3. Pel Lynn, astronavigator-II
- 4. Kay Bar, electronic engineer I
- 5. (?), electronic engineer II
- 6. Ingrid Dietra, astronomer-I
- 7. Pour Hyss, astronomer-II
- 8. Taron, mechanical engineer I
- 9. (?), mechanical engineer II
- 10. Eon Thai, biologist
- 11. Beena Ledd, geologist
- 12. Louma Lasvy, ship's physician
- 13. Ione Marr, teacher of gymnastics, dietary supervisor, storekeeper
- 14. (?)
Characters of Earth
Men
- Grom Orme, President of the Astronautical Council
- Diss Ken, his son
- Zieg Zohr, music composer
- Thor Ann, son of Zieg Zohr, Diss Ken's friend
- Mir Ohm, Secretary of the Astronautical Council
- Darr Veter, retiring Director of the Outer Stations
- Mven Mass, successor to Darr Veter
- Junius Antus, Director of the Electronic Memory Machines
- Kam Amat, Indian scientist (In a former age)
- Liao Lang, palaeontologist
- Renn Bose, physicist
- Cart Sann, painter
- Frith Don, Director of the Maritime Archaeological Expedition
- Sherliss, mechanic to the expedition
- Ahf Noot, prominent surgeon
- Grimm Schar, biologist of the Institute of Nerve Currents
- Zann Senn, poet, historian
- Heb Uhr, soil scientist
- Beth Lohn, mathematician, criminal in exile
- Embe Ong, candidate for Director of the Outer Stations
- Cadd Lite, engineer on Satellite 57
Women
- Evda Nahl, psychiatrist
- Rhea, her daughter
- Veda Kong, historian
- Miyiko Eigoro, historian, Veda's assistant
- Chara Nandi, biologist, dancer, artist's model
- Onar, girl of the Island of Oblivion
- Eva Djann, astronomer
- Liuda Pheer, psychologist (in a former age)
Extraterrestrial characters
- Goor Hahn, observer on the diurnal satellite
- Zaph Phthet, Director of External Relations of the planet of 61 Cygni
Notes
- Sergey Klimanov's Home Page. Ivan Yefremov's Works Revised 2004-08-10. Accessed 2006-09-08.
Bibliography
- Yefremov, Ivan. Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale translated by George Hanna. Moscow: Foreign Language Publishing House, 1959, 444 pp. LCCN: 95207661.
- Yefremov, Ivan. Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale translated by George Hanna. Moscow: Progress Publishers, 1980, 397 pp. ISBN 0-82-851856-4. LCCN: 82206351.
- Yefremov, Ivan. Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale. NL: Fredonia Books, August 30, 2004, 384 pp. ISBN 1-41-010685-3.
External links
- Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by Ivan Yefremov in the Udmurt mirror of the Maksim Moshkow's Library
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