The author, a famed scientist, was a leader of Soviet science fiction and his book Andromeda launched a decade that has been called the Golden Age of Soviet science fiction, but he also was an inspiration to scores of gifted young authors....
Thais of Athens, the best-selling novel by Ivan Yefremov, a prominent Russian scientist and writer, was first published in Russia nearly forty years ago. It has sold millions of copies and to some extent has shaped the national cultural outlook on fe...
Ivan Yefremov (1908 â€" 1972) was a Soviet writer and paleontologist. In addition to introducing a new paleontological field taphonomy â€" the study of fossilization patterns, Yefremov has written a series of novels and short stories, including scien...
The crew of a spaceship encounters an alien ship in deep space. Speculation ensues about whether the other crew might be hostile. Comparisons are made to American SF writer Murray Leinster’s story, “First Contact“, in which an elaborate protoco...