About the book: 1976 / "Science fiction writers have long been fascinated by the hypothetical possibilities of conservation of consciousness, the transfer of personality from a person to a machine and back. The psychological and social consequences of such imaginary experiences are the subject of analysis, which has been carried out with greater or less success by science fiction writers in different countries. In Shalimov’s “Failed Experiment” we find a fresh and rather original twist on this topic...” (From the preface by Evg. Brandis to the collection of works by Leningrad science fiction writers “The Invisible Bridge»).