Space Apprentice

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Space Apprentice, also known as Probationers (Russian: Стажёры, romanized: Stazhyory), is a science fiction novel by the Soviet writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Originally published in 1962, it is a space travel novel set after The Land of Crimson Clouds and "Destination Amalthea" and hundreds of years before the Noon Universe novels. This is the Strugatsky brothers' final hard science fiction novel, and it gives reasons for their decision to move into social science fiction instead. The novel's main character is Yuri Borodin, a young space welder. His mother was sick and Yuri missed the spaceship that was to transport him to his new work site. He gets a ride to his destination on a ship that is piloted by some of the characters of The Land of Crimson Clouds. When the novel starts, Yurkovsky and Bykov Sr. say goodbye to Grisha Bykov, who Bykov's son, and Dauge and leave on a mission from the international spaceport Mirza-Charle. Meanwhile, Yuri Borodin is also in the spaceport and tries to find a ride. Spaceport authorities direct him to the port director, but he is currently out of town. Disappointed, Yuri wanders into a capitalist-run bar in which the owner/bartender is engaged in an ideological debate with a Russian communist.