This collection includes the best novels and short stories by Vyacheslav Rybakov, one of the leading authors of modern Russian science fiction.

Contents: STORIES AND STORIESWater and boats Worthy of freedomArtistTrustEverything is so complicatedThe great drynessThe tale of refugeYour weaponBearer of culturePeople met HomebodiesTest ballWind and emptinessOld lossesWinterEvening FridaysFirst day of salvation Don't make itFarewell of a Slav with a dreamDeath of Ivan IlyichIt's hard to become a godReturns

PUBLICISTICSLetter to living peopleThe idea of interstellar communications in modern fictionThe cat dictates a memoir about the TatarsFiction: real battles on real frontsFor writers - absolute guaranteesMirror in waitingThe poet in Russia is more...than?Science fiction how mirror of the Russian revolution How can you insert it? What time - such are the prophets