Otpuhana prašina s hrvatskoga ZF romana za mlade čitatelje
Dust Blown O a Croatian SF Novel for Young Readers

Summary/Abstract: On 4 October 1957, the USSR launched the rst arti cial satellite, Sputnik 1, and less than a month later, on 3 November 1957, it also sent into space the rst living being, the dog Laika, aboard Sputnik 2. ese events not only served as irrefutable proof that humanity had truly mastered the power of nature and embarked on the conquest of space but also showcased that a communist country had taken the lead in this endeavour. It somehow demonstrated that socialism was the most advanced social system, capable of producing machines that represented the pinnacle of technological achievement. Today, as a civilisation, we have learned to be much humbler and far less enthusiastic about our own power, so the idea of a tiny leap into the vastness of space being seen as a “conquest” can only elicit a wry smile. However, at the time, the wonders of space technology were closely followed in the Second Yugoslavia. News about space made headlines in newspapers, and children

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