Escape Attempt (Russian: Попытка к бегству, romanized: Popytka k begstvu) is a 1962 science fiction novel by Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe.

The English translation was published in a single volume with the other Noon universe stories Space Mowgli and The Kid from Hell.

The novel tells a story of two young men from Earth, Anton and Vadim, who decide to go for a trip to Pandora, but are persuaded rather to travel to an uncharted planet by a mysterious man whom they know Saul Repnin.

After landing successfully on the planet (which they named Saula after Repnin), the explorers soon discover a local human civilization, as well as the predicted Wanderers' traces.

Despite the fact that it is strictly forbidden for them to initiate a contact with any human or alien civilization without an authorization from COMCON, they try to do just this - and fail, having misinterpreted the situation.