The anthology includes twenty-five stories by English-language authors translated by Irina Gurova. “Arrogant Robot” and “Mechanical Ego” ... “Battle” and “Unexpectedly” ... “Term in Advance” ... The authors of these Everyone knows the stories. “The Story with the Gerbil.” "According to authorities." "A practical invention." And many, many other stories, the authors of which almost no one remembers. And it’s impossible to forget the stories themselves! What unites such different works? All of them are known to the domestic reader in translations by I. Gurova - a “living legend” for several generations of connoisseurs and connoisseurs of English-language science fiction! Here are the best science fiction stories translated by I. Gurova , collected for the first time in a single collection! Stories that have been read, are being read - and will be read! Description: Translations by Irina Gurova. The design uses M. Kalinkin’s covers for the books “Doctor Pavlysh”, “KF Agent” and “Through Hardships to the Stars” from series “The Worlds of Kir Bulychev.”