The Eyes of the Alien World are magical lenses made of red glass, wearing which a person sees a transcendental world full of wonders... The novel by the American science fiction writer Jack Vance “The Eyes of the Alien World” tells about the adventures of the unsuccessful thief Kugel, who, by the will of fate, was captured by the wizard . The sorcerer sends Kugel on a dangerous journey through lands inhabited by strange giant creatures, ghouls, ghosts, crazy sorcerers and demons. This edition also includes the stories “Son of the Tree”, “Miracle Creators” and a collection of short stories under the general title “The Narrow Band”. These texts, as if complementing the novel “Eyes of an Alien World,” reveal to the reader the writer’s bright creative palette, his inexhaustible imagination and the sense of humor so inherent to D. Vance. Contents: Eyes of an Alien World. /Eyes of another world /Eyes of the upper world/ The Eyes of the Overworld /Cugel the Clever/Miracle creators. /Mirage Makers /The Miracle-Workers/Son of the Tree. /Son of the Tree/Green magic. /Green Magic/Masquerade on Dicanthropus. /The Masquerade on Dicantropus/Narrow strip. /The Narrow Land/Creator of Worlds. /The World-Thinker/Castle d'If. /Chateau D'If/ /New Bodies for Old/