No need to introduce Paul Anderson. Like the names of Asimov, Bradbury, Harrison, Sheckley, Heinlein, Anderson's name is familiar to anyone who has the slightest knowledge of science fiction. Winner of all possible science fiction awards, including Hugo (seven times!!!), Nebula (three times), John R. R. Tolkien Memorial Award, holder of the title of Grand Master of Science Fiction, author of more than seventy novels, a huge number of short stories and novellas, creator of unforgettable images Nicholas Van Rijn, a space merchant, and Domenic Flandry, an agent of the Earth Empire, Anderson entered science fiction in the late 40s of the 20th century, lived in science fiction before moving to another world in the summer of 2001, and did an incredible amount for science fiction. The Time Patrol series , created by the writer over the course of forty years (1955-1995), is probably the best and most popular in Poul Anderson’s literary heritage. If in Bradbury's famous story any intervention in the course of history leads to irreversible consequences, then, according to Anderson, time is plastic and itself makes adjustments to its course. Although there are times when interfering in the course of history is not only necessary, but simply necessary. That’s when the Time Patrol begins its work, an operational group created in the distant future that guards the laws of evolution and history. Contents: Time Patrol (story, translation by N. Naumenko) Is it easy to be a king (story, translation by N. Naumenko) Gibraltar waterfall (story, translation by N. Naumenko)The only game in the city (story, translation by N. Naumenko)Delenda est (story, translation by N. Naumenko)...And ivory, and monkeys, and peacocks (story, translation by A. Korzhenevsky , A. Roiphe) The Sorrow of the Goth Odin (story, translation by K. Korolev) Star over the Sea (story, translation by A. Kirichenko) Year of Redemption (story, translation by G. Korchagin) Shield of Time (novel, translation by A. Kirichenko) Death and the Knight (story, translation by G. Korchagin)