Snegov's career in literature was a hard one: being subjected to repression during Stalin's rule, he remained under informal suspicion in later life. The very idea behind Humans as Gods was to write something publishable, a book nobody would object to.Vinogradskiy L. (21-27.05.1990) Norilsk: my love and hate!.. (S. Snegov's interview) // Siberian Newspaper N 20. (Russian only) The author initially deemed this work as a light reading, merely another spacefaring adventure. The planned novel's design differed from the mainstream Western science fiction, as Snegov put it, in just one feature: being optimistic about the future. Nevertheless, the first book had been rejected by four publishers before being printed (which was unusual for the Soviet fiction publishers).Prashkevich G. (2007) The Red Sphinx // Svinyin and Sons. (Russian).
