The works of famous English and American science fiction writers included in this collection are devoted to the problems of humanity, mercy, kindness, the lack of which is becoming increasingly noticeable in our tough, rationalistic age.

CONTENTS: Paul Anderson Call me Joe ( translated by A. Borodayevsky) Ray Bradbury Kaleidoscope (translated by L. Zhdanov) Ray Bradbury Ice and Fire (translated by L. Zhdanov) Kurt Vonnegut Epicak (translated by M. Kovaleva) Harry Harrison The Death Throes of the Alien (translated by V. Rovinsky) Gordon Dixon Strange Colonists (trans. V. Bakanova) Roger Zelazny Keys to December (trans. V. Bakanova) Daniel Keyes Flowers for Algernon (trans. S. Vasilyeva) Richard Matheson Press the Button (trans. B. Belkin) Eric Frank Russell Al Stowe (translated by A. Iordansky) Eric Frank Russell My Shadow and I (translated by I. Gurova) Clifford Simak Vospitella (translated by E. Vanslova) Clifford Simak House of the Renewed (translated by N. Gal) John Wyndham Another “I” ( trans. R. Pomerantseva) Donald Westlake The Winner (trans. I. Avdakov) Jack Finney About the Missing (trans. Z. Bobyr) Robert Heinlein Green Hills of the Earth (trans. V. Kana) Joe Holdman In accordance with the crime (trans. V. Babenko and V. Bakanova) Robert Sheckley Risk Award (trans. M. Danilov and B. Nosik) Robert Young Dandelion Girl (trans. D. Zhukov) Robert Young Mechanical fig leaf (translated by D. Zhukov) V. Hopman. The measure of all things

Compilation: V. BakanovaAfterword: V. GopmanIllustrations: A. SalnikovaMOSCOW - PRAVDA PUBLISHING HOUSE 1990