The collection includes two short stories by the American science fiction writer Poul Anderson, “On Guard of Time” and “To Be Tsar” (from the “Time Patrol” series), introducing the reader to the main paradoxes and problems of time travel, his stories. Robert Silverberg, the author of more than a hundred books of American science fiction, is represented in the collection with a small number of his best works. For fans of science fiction.

Contents: Paul Anderson Guarding the Times (translation by M. Gilinsky) To Be a Tsar (translation by M. Gilinsky) Stories The Turning Point (translation by A. Borodayevsky) Call me Joe (translation by A. Borodayevsky) Distant Memories (translation by V. Weber)

Robert Silverberg Stories A Quiet Insinuating Voice (translation by N. Evdokimova) Absolutely Impossible (translation by V. Weber) See the invisible (translation by V. Bakanov) How good it is in your society (translation by V. Bakanov) Future Martians (translation by L. Ogulchanskaya) Archaeological finds (translation by V. Weber) Here is a treasure... (translation by A. Korzhenevsky) By the hand of the ruler (translation N. Gal) The Iron Chancellor (translation by A. Korzhenevsky) Merchants of Pain (translation by L. Ogulchanskaya)