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The middle of the last century was the time of dystopias – every thoughtful science fiction author wished to present one’s own version of the bleak future. Return from the Stars is a mutiny against the total conformity and insipid living in the completely inert and uniform society. Beneath a dome supported by cracked, crumbling columns stood a woman, as though she had been waiting for me. I saw her face now, the flow of sparks in the diamond disks that hid her ears, the white – in the shadow, silvery – dress. This was not possible. A dream? I was still a few dozen paces from her when she began to sing. Among the unseen trees her voice was weak, childlike almost, I could not make out the words, perhaps there were no words.Even in the kingdom of the intentionally blind there should be the one courageous enough to open one’s eyes.