In "An Attempt to Escape" (1962), the theme of "progressionism" is heard for the first time - the secret and tacit "pushing towards progress" of less developed civilizations by more advanced ones, the theme of the ethical viability of such intervention or non-intervention. A starfighter, a linguist and a historian end up on a habitable planet. But the joy of discovering brothers in mind is overshadowed by a terrifying social order. On the one hand, I really want to help the suffering, and on the other hand, there are the strictest rules of the Commission on Contacts, which prescribe nothing to be done even in such a situation.

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