The story “Sargasso in Space” by American writer Andre Norton introduces the reader to the mysterious world of a distant planet with traces of past civilizations and a miraculously preserved installation, in the powerful field of which passing spaceships get stuck, like sea vessels in the algae of the Sargasso Sea. In the struggle of honest businessmen with space gangsters-drug addicts for the possession of the miracle planet, knowledge, willpower, and reason win. In the short story by F. Paul and S. M. Kornblat “Operation Venus” there is a sharp struggle between the two, with an abundance of fantastic and detective plots. competing advertising firms for the development of the riches of Venus ends with an unexpected victory of the third force - conservationists who defend the idea of preserving natural living conditions for earthlings.

Contents: Andre Norton. Sargassum in space (translation by S. Berezhkov and S. Vitin) Frederick Paul, Cyril M. Kornbluth Operation Venus (translation by N. Kuznetsova and T. Shinkar)