Georgy Iosifovich Gurevich is the author of literary, popular science and fiction books on science fiction. Among them are “Map of the Land of Fantasy”, “Flight to the Moon”, “Invitation to the Zenith”, “Deposit of Time”, “We are from the Solar System” and many others. For his contribution to the development of science fiction G. I. Gurevich in 1987 was awarded the prize named after I. A. Efremov. "Conversations about science fiction" is a book that will help you understand the nature of science fiction, travel to the origins of science fiction literature and dream about its future. Dream and reality, science and fiction... The author reflects on the fate of the visions of science fiction writers, tries to look into their creative laboratory. The proposed book will serve as a guide for readers in the huge flow of science fiction literature, will help to better understand and appreciate the best works of Soviet and foreign science fiction.