The novel by Ivan Antonovich Efremov “The Andromeda Nebula” is definitely a turning point in Soviet fiction. The author painted a utopian picture of the very distant communist future of mankind and the Earth, naturally as Efremov saw it. Interstellar flights, the ennobled nature of our planet, the connection with another mind, people in whose psychology the idea of serving a united communist humanity is enshrined for thousands of years - this is a very brief and gray summary of the content of the novel. In principle, the world created by Ivan Antonovich in “The Andromeda Nebula” is bright and very attractive. Slightly repels in this world the destruction of the institution of the family - but this fully corresponds to the concept of developed communism and is compensated by the purity and beauty of sexual relations in this world. "Andromeda Nebula" was first published in the journal "Youth Technique" in 1957. Before You 1958 edition . , somewhat expanded and supplemented by the author. Based on the novel (or rather, on the part of the novel) in 1967 the film of the same name was made . “The Andromeda Nebula” is the first book of the cycle, which is traditionally called “The Age of the Ring”, and in which two more works of Efremov are led the story “The Heart of the Snake” and the novel “The Hour of the Bull”