Stellar Ships
 Russian edition, 2003 | |
| Author | Ivan Yefremov |
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| Original title | Russian: Звёздные корабли |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
"Stellar Ships" or "Star Ships" (Russian name "Zvezdnye Korabli", Russian: Звёздные корабли) is a short story by the Soviet writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov written in 1944 and first published in 1948 in the USSR.[1]
This story is about the discovery of an ancient dinosaur bone with a mysterious bullet hole (or "blaster hole") and an alien skull and his portrait nearby. This acts as a starting point and a cover story to the philosophical idea of plurality of the mind cradles in the Universe, similarity of planet evolution paths, and similarity of physiology and psychology. Yefremov states the final perspective for all civilisations is The Great Circle, which will unite them all.
References
- ^ A list of Ivan Efremov's literary works Archived 2003-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
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Works by Ivan Yefremov
- The Land of Foam (1946)
- Andromeda (1957)
- Razor's Edge (1963)
- The Bull's Hour (1968)
- Thais of Athens (1972)
- "A Meeting Over Tuscarora" (1944)
- "Olgoi-Khorkhoi" (1944)
- "Cutty Sark" (1944)
- "Stellar Ships" (1947)
- "Hell's Fire" (1948)
- "The Yurt of the Raven" (1958)
- "The Heart of the Serpent" (1958)
- "Aphaneor, The Arkharkhellen's Daughter" (1959)
- "Five Paintings" (1965)
- Road of Winds (1956)
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