About the book: 1980 / The famous Soviet science fiction writer in a new novel addressed the problem of ridding humanity of hunger. Its heroes, operating in our time and in the near future, are building a Laboratory City in Antarctica. In this region, where nature gives people almost nothing, they prove the possibility of providing people with artificial food, overcoming the inertia and greed of its opponents. Illustrations by the artist Yu. G. Makarov. http://ruslit.traumlibrary.net