The next volume of Poul Anderson's collected works includes four stories in the "space opera" genre, dating back to the early period of the writer's work. In the stories "The Planet From Which They Do Not Return" and "The War of Two Worlds" earthlings must - each in their own way - to save the human race from destruction. The crashed astronaut Hugues Walland from the story “A World Without Stars” is supported only by the memory of the love left on Earth. And in the parody story “Homemade Rocket”, Captain Syrup, in order to get out of the thick of the interplanetary conflict, builds a ship... from beer bottles. Contents:

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The Planet from which they do not return, story, translation from English by S. SukhinovaWar of Two Worlds, story, translation from English by S. TrofimovWorld without stars, story, translation from English by M. LevinaHomemade rocket, story, translation from English by I. Vasilyeva