The collection includes the best works of the famous American science fiction writer Robert Sheckley - the stories “Ticket to Planet Tranai”, “Exchange of Minds”, “The Four Elements”, as well as short stories. The reader will encounter amazing phenomena of the human psyche and human existence in the society of the future (splitting and reintegration of personality, exchange of bodily shells with inhabitants of other worlds, smell of thoughts) on Earth and in Space. For fans of science fiction.

Contents: Ticket to planet Tranai (translation by A. Vavilov, Yu. Loginov) Exchange of minds (translation by N. Evdokimova) The four elements (translation by Yu. Krivtsov)

Stories The Guardian Bird (translation by N. Gal) Me and my spies (translation by A. Rusin) The hangover (translation by E. Korotkova) The problem of the natives (translation by E. Korotkova) The knight in gray flannel (translation by V. Skorodenko) The smell of thought (translation by N. Evdokimova) The wind is rising (translation by E. Kabalevskaya) Pilgrimage to Earth (translation by D. Zhukov) Absolute Weapon (translation by Yu. Vinogradov) Thief in Time (translation by B. Klyueva)