Andromeda

by Ivan Yefremov · first published 1957

Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale (Russian: "Туманность Андромеды", romanized: Tumannost' Andromedy, lit. 'Andromeda Nebula'), is a science fiction novel by the Soviet writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov, written in 1955–1956 and published in 1957. It was translated into English as Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by George Hanna. The novel predicted some future inventions (borazon, space probe, powered exoskeleton and ion thruster). The German translation of the novel which was highly censored was serialized in the East German popular science magazine Jugend und Technik in 1958.

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Genre:

Science Fiction, Utopian fiction

Original language:

Russian

Year page:

1957