A genetic researcher mysteriously dies at an orbital station, Emperor Napoleon appears to a highly intelligent robot and warns of the danger threatening humanity, a smart machine replaces a lonely boy’s father and helps him become a real person - all this is the world of Asimov’s fiction, capable of posing and solving human problems. problems, immerse the reader in a world of incredible adventures, and even foresee the future. This collection of short stories, set in the worlds created by Isaac Asimov, is the best proof of this. Among the authors are Harry Harrison, Ray Bradbury, Robert Sheckley, Paul Anderson, Orson Scott Card and other famous science fiction writers of our time.