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Journey to the Morning Star
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Journey to the Morning Star (Путешествие на Утреннюю звезду, Puteshestviye na Utrenniuyu zvezdu) is a 1961 Russian children's novel by Vitaliy Gubarev. While the novel is mainly written as science fiction, it does feature a number of A Wizard Did It moments thanks to one of the main characters being an actual wizard.A trio of teenagers (Ilya, Nikita, Aleksey), whose names mysteriously match three famous bogatyrs, meet a girl named Zabava, who mentions that her grandfather is a Wizard. After they boys sneak into her yard, the Wizard invites them in and reveals that he has invented a new mode of transportation called a "thoughtplane", which is, basically, a starship capable of moving "at the speed of thought" (i.e. instantaneously) to any point in the universe. He offers the boys to join him and his granddaughter on a trip to a planet in the Coma Berenices constellation. After pressing the Big Red Button, they exit the craft to find themselves on an Earth-like alien world. They explore for a bit, but two of them are nearly killed by carnivorous walking flowers emitting knockout gases, and they discover dinosaurs on this world. They witness a dinocephalus attacking and killing a brontosaurus, before the predator turns on them, only to be shot out in mid-leap by an unseen weapon. They meet a group of Human Aliens. After the Wizard brings out his magical translation box, they find out that the aliens are a scout group from another planet in the same system called Etheri Tau ("Cold Star" in their language). Etheri Tau is a dying world, whose people have long ago moved underground but now are attempting to move their population to the virgin world of Aeo Tau ("Morning Star"), where our heroes are currently located. The Etherians originally mistook the humans for the denizens of Sino Tau ("Thunder Star"), a warlike race of Human Aliens from the second planet in the Lado system. The Sinots are split into two constantly-warring factions, whom the Etherians call the Circulars and the Angulars based on their symbols. The militant Sinots are opposed to the Etherians relocating to Aeo Tau, claiming that the young planet belongs to them, invoking The Right of a Superior Species and killing the original 40,000 Etherian settlers as well as the diplomatic mission sent to Sino Tau. They have ships capable of traveling at the speed of light, but they refuse to share the secret.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })In the middle of the history lesson, Etherian sensors detect two Sinot ships approaching the planet, one from each faction. Zabava spots the Circular rocket and joins the Wizard and Fler (a female Etherian scientist) on a scouting flight over the landing area. However, the Sinot ship emits an EM field that knocks out electronics nearby (with the exception of the Wizard's magical box), and the three are captured by a Sinot named Scorpinomo and his robot Goreno (all crewmembers aboard the rocket except for the captain are robots, as the Sinot higher-ups don't trust anyone). The Angular rocket arrives shortly after that and destroys the Circular rocket on a strafing run. As the Angular rocket is landing, Scorpinomo sends Goreno to infiltrate the rival ship and kill its commander, so that Scorpinomo can claim it for himself. Fler then reveals that, after the destruction of the Circular ship, she was able to contact the Etherian base, and her people are ready to pull a Superweapon Surprise on the Sinots in the form of a directed planetquake that will destroy anything in the localized area (naturally, one of the humans previously pointed out the alternate application of this technology). The Wizard, Zabava, Fler, and Scorpinomo are able to escape in Fler's flyer, but they are forced down by an erupting volcano. Angry, Scorpinomo is about to execute his prisoners only to be disarmed by the boys, who sneak up on him. Meanwhile, the Etherians stop the planetquake and the eruption. Klad, the leader of the Etherian expedition and Fler's father, arrives in a flyer along with Goreno, who has survived the quake. Goreno informs Scorpinomo that he has received new instructions from Sino Tau to arrest Scorpinomo and deliver him back for trial. The people of Sino Tau have risen up against their oppressors, sick and tired of constant warfare, and are offering the Etherians peace and friendship. That same day, the first Etherian settlers arrive on Aeo Tau. The humans return to Earth, and the boys head home.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Note: There are two versions of the novel. The original was published in 1961 and the reprint in 1991 with several changes.An unofficial fan-made translation can be found here. | |
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Cape Wings: The Sinots have these. Why walk down all those stairs on your huge rocket when you can glide down? Just don't forget to wear your cape before you jump. | |
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Clarke's Third Law: The Wizard tries to convince the boys that many of the magical things in fairy tales actually fit this trope and points out that technology has since been able to replicate some of them (in one way or another). Examples include a TV (a magical apple that rolls around on a platter, showing far off places), an airplane (a magic carpet), and a space rocket (a magical horse on which the hero rides to the Moon). | |
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All Planets Are Earth-Like | |
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All Planets Are Earthlike: The Lado system in the Coma Berenices constellation has three planets, and all of them are capable of supporting life. In fact, two of them have developed intelligent life, while one is a young world with dinosaurs. While Etheri Tau, the third and oldest planet, is no longer habitable on the surface, it still counts. | |
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