“The famous Russian science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky once said that the future appears to us in three versions: Firstly, the future in which we would like to live. Secondly, the future in which we categorically would not want to live .And finally, the future, about which we know nothing. Now we are in a unique era. The coronavirus pandemic, which is rapidly transforming the world, demonstrates that this is precisely the future we know nothing about. And there is a clear danger that this unknown future will turn into reality, where we would absolutely not want to live. On the other hand, the famous American science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, discussing the purpose of modern science fiction, said: “We do not predict the future, we prevent it.” . In the sense that literary versions of the future, as a rule, are not realized. The collection “Futurocide” precisely presents to readers such versions of the future that, hopefully, will never come true in reality. Although this, of course, cannot be guaranteed...”