The books of Olga Larionova have long and deservedly entered the golden fund of Russian science fiction and have earned the love of more than one generation of readers. The collection “The Creation of Worlds” includes one of the most significant works of O. Larionova - the “space” trilogy “Sonata of the Sea”: the stories “Sonata” of the sea" (awarded the Aelita Prize in 1987), "The Checkered Tapir" and "Labyrinth for Troglodytes". For the first time, a unique cycle of novels and stories written “based on” paintings by one of the most poetic artists of the 20th century has been brought together Mikalojus Čiurlionis - “Signs of the Zodiac”. The stories “Where the Royal Hunt”, “A Midsummer Day’s Dream” and the story “The Cartel” are also published.