To become a classic of modern literature during your lifetime, it is not enough to be published in millions of copies and translated into dozens of languages. To do this, you need to do something extraordinary, necessary and unforgettable. Harry Harrison succeeded in this many times - and now it is impossible to imagine science fiction without the galactic superhero Bill, without Jason DinAlt from the immortal "World of Death", without the stainless and resilient Steel Rat - which, by the way, left characteristic traces of its claws and teeth in this collection. Most of the stories included in it are published in Russian for the first time.