About the book: year / Towards the stars: A science fiction story. / Rice. A. Alexandrova. // Knowledge is power, 1955, No. 10 - p. 25–32. This story is based on one of the most amazing scientific ideas. Many readers will probably encounter this area for the first time, but this circumstance will not interfere with their understanding of the event described in the story. On the other hand, a closer acquaintance with the relevant scientific positions would undoubtedly be desirable and interesting for most of our readers. Not everything in the story is fair. However, the editors left some scientific inaccuracies in it that do not contradict its main idea, since eliminating them would cause damage to the plot side of the story. Certain exaggerations are acceptable and sometimes necessary in fiction; in this case they are specifically mentioned in the comments for clarity.