“The Dispute about Dyon” and “The Ship That Sang” are the first works by Anne McCaffrey published in Russian that do not belong to the Perinite cycle. These novels give an idea of other facets of McCaffrey's work than the multi-volume epic about horsemen and dragons published in our country earlier. The first novel (“The Dispute about Dyon”) tells the story of the exploration of a new beautiful world by earthly colonists, their meeting with mysterious aliens from the planet Khruba, and the ways in which the two star peoples finally come to mutual understanding. The second novel (The Ship That Sang) is recognized as one of Anne McCaffrey's best works; This is a poetic story of a girl with an unusual destiny - for certain reasons, she becomes the mind of a spaceship, participating in many expeditions. But the girl grows, matures, becomes a girl, and new problems appear before her...