For the first time, the best science fiction novels and short stories of recent years are under one cover! Such masters as Arthur Clarke, Bruce Sterling, David Brin, Vernor Vinge, Frederic Pohl and many others are devoting themselves to the revival of the genre in its traditional sense. The unique alternative reality created by the power of their imagination fascinates the reader with large-scale space battles and the wonders of incredible scientific discoveries. Mysterious alien worlds and mysterious creations of cyberspace, achievements of superintelligence and the human spirit - on the pages of the new anthology of the “Best” series! Brilliant modern prose of the Renaissance of science fiction! Most of the works are published for the first time in Russian and in new, more adequate translations!