About the book: 1974 / Considering science fiction as an organic part of fiction, the author of the brochure emphasizes its originality, shows what artistic means science fiction writers use to study such problems as man and science. technical revolution, speaks about the course of the evolution of science fiction. Contents From the popularization of science... where?..3 Fantastic life..7 Man and scientific and technological revolution - different views..10 Man and scientific revolution - into the depths of the problem..19 From the hero-scheme to the hero-personality..23 Science fiction writers philosophize , laugh, denounce..37The direction of evolution..45The man of the future - moral quests..46Our contemporary in the face of the future..50New ideas, new solutions..57