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Greate''[[Great Ring]]'' is cycle of novels, written by Russian writer [[Ivan Efremov]]. Novels in cycle (in in-world time order) are
 
* Туманность Андромеды (''[[Andromeda Nebula (Literature)|Andromeda Nebula]]'' a.k.a. Andromeda: A Space Age Tale) is a communism utopia, describing the guiding principles of the society and briefly noting a hard way to it.
* Сердце Змеи (''[[Literature/The Snakes Heart|The Snakes Heart]]'' or ''[[Altum Videtur|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.
* Час Быка (''[[Literature/The Bulls Hour|The Bulls Hour]]'') is a totalitarian [[Dystopia]]. It describes mission to the planet colonized by humans, who escaped from Earth long before the current society was established.
 
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=== Tropes the cycle provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Absent Aliens]]: Averted. There are loads and loads of them. The only problem is that lack of reasonably cheap [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] makes it's a pain in the ass to communicate with them.
* [[After the End]]: Hinted abouth the Earth's society in the first novel, explicitly said in the second.