Thematic collections of science fiction have been familiar to readers for a long time. They were devoted to a wide variety of problems. And it is natural that the branch of literature called fantasy, so beautiful and dearly loved by countless connoisseurs, turned to Music - a comprehensive universal language with the help of which Reason connects times and civilizations. Publishing house "Music", realizing that this collection is in many ways unusual , hopes for favorable criticism from the reader.

The collection includes novels and short stories by Soviet and foreign writers: G. Altov, R. Podolny, P. Amnuel, R. Bradbury, G. Kuttner, N. Nielsen and many others. The collection was prepared by the publishing house "Music" in 1989 and is dedicated to Music - a comprehensive universal language with the help of which Reason connects times and civilizations... Authors of various ages of experience and talent, adherents of various philosophical systems, each in their own way, express their love for music, call her as a comrade-in-arms in the struggle for their ideals, express their concern for her and the fate of humanity.23 the stories are divided into three thematic subsections: “You and I are of the same blood,” “She alone speaks to me,” and “For everything, what we had with us.”