History Literature / GreatRing

* AbsentAliens: Averted. There are loads and loads of them. The only problem is that lack of reasonably cheap FasterThanLightTravel makes it's a pain in the ass to communicate with them.

* AlternateContinuity: Despite describing pretty much the same society on the Earth, as in othe books, the ''Cor Serpentis'' is explicitly a FirstContact story and no Great Circle is ever mentioned.

Greate Ring is cycle of novels, written by Russian writer Creator/IvanYefremov. Novels in cycle (in in-world time order) are

* Сердце Змеи (''Literature/TheSnakesHeart'' or ''[[AltumVidetur Cor Serpentis]]'') is a novella describing the contact between an Earth's spaceship and that of an alien humanoid life form, but based on hydrogen fluoride, instead of hydrogen oxide (water) solutions.

Greate Ring is cycle of novels, written by Russian writer IvanEfremov. Novels in cycle (in in-world time order) are

* Час Быка (''Literature/TheBullsHour'') is totalitarian {{dystopia}}. It describes mission to the planet colonized by humans, who escaped from Earth long before the current society was established.

* Туманность Андромеды (''Literature/AndromedaNebula'' a.k.a. Andromeda: a space age tale) is communism utopia, describing principles of society and briefly noting hard way to it.
* Сердце Змеи (''Literature/TheSnakesHeart'') is short novel, describing contact between Earth's spaceship and that of alien humanoid life form, based on hydrogen fluoride instead of hydrogen oxide (water) solutions.
* Час Быка (''Literature/TheBullsHour'') is totalitarian antiutopia. It describes mission to planet, colonized by humans, escaped from Earth long before current society structure established.

* FasterThanLightTravel: Only much-slower-then-light travels in first novell, near-relativistically fast in second novel and full FTL travels in third novel. All of them require very much effort.
* NoPoverty: it's {{Utopia}}

* {{Utopia}}: The society itself.

!!Tropes the novel provides examples of:

* Час Быка (''Literature/TheBullsHour'') is totalitarian antiutopia. It describes mission to planet, colonized by humans, escaped from Earth long before current society structure established.

* Сердце Змеи (''Literature/TheSnakesHeart) is short novel, describing contact between Earth's spaceship and that of alien humanoid life form, based on hydrogen fluoride instead of hydrogen oxide (water) solutions.

* Сердце Змеи (''TheSnakesHeart) is short novel, describing contact between Earth's spaceship and that of alien humanoid life form, based on hydrogen fluoride instead of hydrogen oxide (water) solutions.
* Час Быка (''TheBullsHour'') is totalitarian antiutopia. It describes mission to planet, colonized by humans, escaped from Earth long before current society structure established.

* Туманность Андромеды (''AndromedaNebula'' a.k.a. Andromeda: a space age tale) is communism utopia, describing principles of society and briefly noting hard way to it.

Greate Ring is cycle of novels, written by Russian writer Ivan Efremov. Novels in cycle (in in-world time order) are

* Туманность Андромеды (Andromeda Nebula a.k.a. Andromeda: a space age tale) is communism utopia, describing principles of society and briefly noting hard way to it.
* Сердце Змеи (Heart of a Snake) is short novel, describing contact between Earth's spaceship and that of alien humanoid life form, based on hydrogen fluoride instead of hydrogen oxide (water) solutions.
* Час Быка (Hour of Bull) is totalitarian antiutopia. It describes mission to planet, colonized by humans, escaped from Earth long before current society structure established.

* Сердце Змеи (Heart of a Snake) is short novel, describing contact between Earth's spaceship and that of alien humanoid life form, based on hydrogen fluoride instead of hydrogen oxide (water) chemistry.