Lyon Sprague de Camp (1907–2000) is an American science fiction writer, one of the founders of the fantasy genre. Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Clifford Simak... the masters of classical English-language fiction were generally distinguished by their ability to “play” with genres and create from them truly “ explosive" mixtures. However, the versatility of the talent of L. Sprague de Camp, "released" into great literature by D. Campbell and which became popular already in the late 1940s, is amazing even in the context of such comparisons. "Traditional" science fiction and "alternative history", "time travel", fantasy and works in which the traditions of science fiction and fantasy are intricately and closely intertwined - the literary gift of Sprague de Camp, awarded the title of Grand Master in 1978, was subject to EVERYTHING...This publication presents one of the best cycles of the writer - “Interplanetary Tours”! Of course, what has been translated into Russian. Contents: INTERPLANETARY TOURS: All's well that ends well Queen of Zamba Perpetual motion machine Hand of Zeya Tower of Zanid Magic crackers Galton's whistle Summer clothes Come on, calves! Inspector Fisesaki's teeth Creators of continents Queen of ragamuffins