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Noon Universe
The Noon Universe (Russian language, Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a future history, fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The universe is named after ''Noon: 22nd Century'', chronologically the first novel from the series and referring to humanity reaching its noon in the 22nd century. According to Arkady Strugatsky, the brothers at first did not make a conscious effort to create a fictional universe. Rather, they reused characters and settings from prior works whenever they found it convenient. It was only later that they began drawing on common themes and plot threads from various novels to create newer works. Description The victory of communism and the advance of technological progress on the Earth of the Noon Universe has resulted in an overabundance of resources and eliminated the need for most types ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Language
Russian is an East Slavic languages, East Slavic language belonging to the Balto-Slavic languages, Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family. It is one of the four extant East Slavic languages, and is the native language of the Russians. It was the ''de facto'' and ''de jure'' De facto#National languages, official language of the former Soviet Union.1977 Soviet Constitution, Constitution and Fundamental Law of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1977: Section II, Chapter 6, Article 36 Russian has remained an official language of the Russia, Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan, and is still commonly used as a lingua franca in Ukraine, Moldova, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and to a lesser extent in the Baltic states and Russian language in Israel, Israel. Russian has over 253 million total speakers worldwide. It is the List of languages by number of speakers in Europe, most spoken native language in Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Science Fiction
Social science fiction or sociological science fiction is a subgenre of science fiction, usually (but not necessarily) soft science fiction, concerned less with technology or space opera and more with speculation about society. In other words, it "absorbs and discusses anthropology" and speculates about human behavior and interactions.Archaeology in Fiction, Stories, and Novels . about.com. May 28, 2008 Exploration of fictional societies is a significant aspect of science fiction, allowing it to perform predictive ('''' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Apprentice
''Space Apprentice'', also known as ''Probationers'' (), is a science fiction novel by the Soviet writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Originally published in 1962, it is a space travel novel set after '' The Land of Crimson Clouds'' and " Destination Amalthea" and hundreds of years before the Noon Universe novels. This is the Strugatsky brothers' final hard science fiction novel, and it gives reasons for their decision to move into social science fiction instead. Plot summary The novel's main character is Yuri Borodin, a young space welder. His mother was sick and Yuri missed the spaceship that was to transport him to his new work site. He gets a ride to his destination on a ship that is piloted by some of the characters of '' The Land of Crimson Clouds''. When the novel starts, Yurkovsky and Bykov Sr. say goodbye to Grisha Bykov, who Bykov's son, and Dauge and leave on a mission from the international spaceport Mirza-Charle. Meanwhile, Yuri Borodin is also in the spaceport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Way To Amalthea
"The Way to Amalthea" () is a science fiction novella by the Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, published in 1960 and written in 1959. An English translation, titled "Destination: Amaltheia", was published in a collection of the same name of Russian science fiction writers in 1963 by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow. Plot summary A cargo spaceship, propelled by a photon engine with a large reflective mirror ("sail"), visits the Jupiter Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a Jupiter mass, mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined a ... system to deliver cargo to a staffed science station on Amalthea. Damaged by meteorites, the spaceship falls into Jupiter but survives the pressure and floats in the dense atmosphere. The crew manage to work around the damaged mirror and start the main engine to escape Jupiter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Land Of Crimson Clouds
''The Land of Crimson Clouds'' () is a 1959 science fiction novel by Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. Plot summary A spaceship, propelled by a prototype photon engine, sets off for Venus, which is then an enigmatic and unexplored planet that is covered by clouds. The tasks of the crew are to test the prototype engine in field conditions and to locate and set radio beacons on the so called "Uranium Golconda" (a place with incredibly large heavy metals deposits) that is presumably found somewhere on the second planet of the Solar System. As the crew ventures into the depths of Venus, unknown dangers take them out one by one and so only four of six return home after they accomplished the mission, and all are badly damaged both physically and mentally. However, their feat was the first milestone in colonizing Venus and the first step into the 21st century. Tribute On 23 July 2019, a Google Doodle Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Googl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kid From Hell
''The Kid from Hell'' () is a 1973 science fiction novel by Russian writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. The English translation was included in a single volume entitled ''Escape Attempt'' with the other Noon universe stories ''Escape Attempt'' and '' Space Mowgli''. Plot summary The novel tells the story of Gack, a teenage boy from Giganda. Gack is a cadet commando in ''Fighting Cats'': an elite army unit of ''the Alai Duchy''. In the first chapter of the novel, Gack is mortally wounded in a dogfight with an attacking tank unit of the army of ''the Empire''. Kornei Yashmaa, a progressor, finds him and takes him to Earth, where the doctors practically resurrect Gack. Yashmaa tries to help Gack adjust to life on Earth. However, Gack does not want to cooperate, nor does he believe that Earth is real. At first, he thinks that everything Yashmaa and other Earthlings tell him is a part of his psychological training as an officer of the Alai Army. Even after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Mowgli
''Space Mowgli'', also known as ''The Kid'' (), is a 1971 science fiction novel by Russian writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. Plot summary The novel describes the " Ark Project" of 2160 and the first (and last) contact with Ark Megaforms. The story is told by Stanislav Popov, a technician of the ER-2 team, one of the twelve ecologist teams that were working on Ark to prepare the planet for the arrival of the colonists from Pant. The ER-2 consists of Popov, Gennady Komov, Maya Glumova and Yakov Vanderhuze. The story begins as the members of ER-2 go on a routine exploration mission while Popov is left behind to oversee the construction of a permanent base for the arriving colonists. Suddenly, the construction robots get out of control and leave the construction site. It takes a few hours for Popov to locate the robots, fix them and set them back to work. After that, Popov hears a human baby crying. Popov tries to locate the source of the sound but t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prisoners Of Power
''Prisoners of Power'', also known as ''Inhabited Island'' (, ), is a science fiction novel written by Soviet authors Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. It was written in 1969 and originally published in the same year in the literary magazine ''Neva'' (1969, No. 3, 4, and 5, publication of the Leningrad Division of the Union of Soviet Writers). It appeared in a book form in 1971, with great number of changes as demanded by the state censor; the English translation was released in 1977. The protagonist is a youngster, Maxim Kammerer, who comes from the version of Earth that exists in the Noon Universe and gets stranded on an unknown planet named Saraksh. Plot summary Maxim Kammerer is a young amateur space explorer from Earth, regarded as a failure by his friends and relatives because this occupation is not considered to be a serious pursuit. The novel starts when he accidentally discovers an unexplored planet Saraksh inhabited by a humanoid race. The atmospheric conditions on Sara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Gorbovsky
The Noon Universe (Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The universe is named after '' Noon: 22nd Century'', chronologically the first novel from the series and referring to humanity reaching its noon in the 22nd century. According to Arkady Strugatsky, the brothers at first did not make a conscious effort to create a fictional universe. Rather, they reused characters and settings from prior works whenever they found it convenient. It was only later that they began drawing on common themes and plot threads from various novels to create newer works. Description The victory of communism and the advance of technological progress on the Earth of the Noon Universe has resulted in an overabundance of resources and eliminated the need for most types of manual labor. Mankind is ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snail On The Slope
''Snail on the Slope'' (Russian - "Улитка на склоне") is a science fiction novel by Soviet authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. The first version of the novel was written in 1965 (during March 6 and 20), but then it was significantly rewritten. The original draft was published in 1990 under the title '' Disquiet''. In the spring of 1966 the so-called "Forest" part of the novel was separately published in the USSR. In 1968 the other part was published, in the journal "Baikal". A full version was published in 1972 in the Federal Republic of Germany and in the USSR in 1988. The brothers Strugatsky have described this novel as "the most perfect and the most valuable of their works". Комментарии к пройденному // Борис Стругацкий. The novel was translated into English in 1980 by Alan Myers and published in the US by Bantam Books. Plot summary The novel consists of alternating chapters belonging to two loosely coupled parts: "Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disquiet (Strugatsky Novel)
''Disquiet'' () is a 1965 science fiction novel by Soviet-Russian writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. It is the initial variant of the novel ''Snail on the Slope'' (''Улитка на склоне'') which has a different set of characters and is not set in the Noon Universe. After completing the first draft, the authors felt a need to take the novel in a different direction, which resulted in the creation of ''Snail on the Slope''. However, twenty-five years later, they examined the initial draft and concluded that it was a decent novel in its own right. In 1990, it was published in «Измерение-Ф» imension Fmagazine. In 1995, feeling the need to expose it to a wider readership, Boris Strugastky published it online (but it has been taken offline by his heirs). Plot summary The novel is set on the planet Pandora which is famous for its animated biosphere. Humans have built a base on it that serves as a biological laboratory and a hunting reso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Rainbow
''Far Rainbow'' (, ) is a 1963 science fiction novel by Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. Plot summary The novel tells the story of the Rainbow catastrophe of 2156. It starts very simple, as a Wave observer ''Robert Sklyarov'' notices an unusually persistent Wave and reports it to the ''Capital'' (the only city on the scientists' planet, whose primarily mission is conducting zero-transportation experiments, of which the Waves, destroying everything from the planet poles onward, are a sidekick). Simultaneously, ''Camill'' (the last remaining of "the Baker's Dozen" of seeds) appears at his observation tower and tells him to leave it and fly south immediately. Sklyarov refuses to leave precious ''ulmotrons'' behind and urges Camill for help but when the wind front preceding the Wave strikes, the falling machinery seemingly kills Camill. Terrified Sklyarov flees south. Back in the Capital, everything is still quiet. Leonid Gorbovsky, whose ''Tari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
