Building a shelter from a nuclear attack is expensive, but quite possible. Inhabit it, equip it... And some time later, after what everyone was afraid of happened, you finally leave the bunker on the surface, and there... the happy future of the Earth: high technology and at the same time cannibalism; wise reasoning about freedom and at the same time primitive slavery. The novel about “freedom,” written in 1964, is considered by many of the reading public to be perhaps the best since the famous “Stranger” (1961). In any case, in terms of relevance, it is not inferior to the latter. The collection also includes works thematically adjacent to the novel: “The Year of the Jackpot”, a story about the American Apocalypse, and the long story “Otherwhere” - a story about moving in space and time with access to a parallel world , and with very unexpected consequences.