The book is dedicated to the memory of Hugo Gernsback, in honor of whose achievements the most prestigious award in the field of science fiction was founded, the Hugo Award. ReferenceHugo Gernsbeck. Biography of Hugo Gernsback. The Mystery of the Canals of Mars (story) Hugo Gernsback. Entertainment of the Martians (story) Arthur Clarke. How we flew to Mars (story, translation by K. Pleshkov) Lester del Rey. Devoted like a dog (story, translation by I. Nevstruev) Lion Sprague de Camp. Hyperpilositis (story, translation by I. Nevstruev) Lester del Ray. Elena Love (story, translation by D. Zhukov)Leigh Brackett. The Martian Gladiator (story, translation by G. Starin) Damon Knight. Caring for a person (story, translation by M. Kondratiev)A. J. Deitch. Moebius strip (story, translation by T. Shinkar) Fritz Leiber. See the beauty, or the trap you are waiting for (story, translation by O. Klinchenko) Jerome Bixby. We live well! (story, translation by S. Berezhkov)Avram Davidson. Seas full of oysters (story, translation by S. Konoplev) Robert Bloch. Train to Hell (story, translation by D. Gorfinkel) Fritz Leiber. Bum-PamPamPam-Bim-Bam-Bom (story, translation by K. Korolev) Daniel Keyes. Flowers for Algernon (story, translation by D. Shchigelsky) Paul Anderson. The Farthest Voyage (story, translation by V. Golant) Larry Niven. Neutron star (story, translation by E. Monakhova) Gordon Dixon. Call him “Mr.” (story, translation by K. Korolev) Larry Niven. Mosaic Man (story, translation by E. Monakhova) Larry Niven. The Whole Billion Ways (story, translation by V. Book) Damon Knight. Masks (story, translation by I. Nevstruev) Larry Niven. Shortly before the end (story, translation by K. Korolev) Kate Laumer. Queue (story, translation by P. Vyaznikova) Larry Niven. The Changing Moon (story, translation by V. Portyannikova) Larry Niven. Leaky (story) Fritz Leiber. Catch the zeppelin! (story, translation by V. Kapustina) Gregory Benford. Under Lennon (story, translation by V. Bakanov) James White. Fitting (story, translation by A. Novikov) Spider Robinson. Life is short (story, translation by V. Bakanov) Octavia Butler. Sounds of speech (story, translation by E. Koroleva) Frederick Paul. Fermi and the Cold (story, translation by A. Korzhenevsky) Greg Beer. Tangents (story, translation by D. Weber) Pat Cadigan. Meeting (story, translation by A. Mirer)Mike Resnik. Kirinyaga (story, translation by A. Novikov) Susie McKee Charnas. Tits (story, translation by E. Lastovtseva) Charles Sheffield. Superspeed (story, translation by S. Smirnov) Jeffrey Landis. Chasing the sun (story, translation by M. Savina-Babloyan) Terry Bisson. Click on “Ann” (story, translation by A. Roiphe) Connie Willis. Even the Queen (story, translation by M. Gitt) Mike Resnik. The Lotus and the Spear (story, translation by E. Klevetnikov) Connie Willis. Death on the Nile (story, translation by I. Gurova) Terry Bisson. Dead Man's Zigzag (story, translation by E. Moiseeva) Michael Swanwick. Dead (story, translation by I. Kolesnikova)John Crowley. Disappeared (story, translation by M. Trubilina) Michael Swanwick. The pulse of the machine beats (story, translation by A. Yusupov)Bruce Sterling. Maneki-neko (story, translation by L. Shchekotova) Michael Swanwick. Scherzo with a Tyrannosaurus (story, translation by A. Komarinets) Terry Bisson. Poppies (story, translation by A. Novikov) Michael Swanwick. Ancient mechanisms (story, translation by A. Zhavoronkov) David Langford. Another darkness (story, translation by B. Sidyuk) Michael Swanwick. Lunar hounds (story) Michael Swanwick. The dog said woof-woof (story, translation by V. Kulagina-Yartseva) Mike Reznik. The Secret Farm (story, translation by L. Shchekotova) Neil Gaiman. A study in emerald tones (story, translation by N. Gordeeva) Molly Gloss. Meeting (story, translation by I. Gurova) David Levin. Tk’Tk’Tk (story, translation by K. Egorova) Dominic Greene. Atomic mine (story, translation by E. Tretyakova) Neil Gaiman. How to communicate with girls at parties (story, translation by A. Arakelov)Bruce McAllister. Kinship (story, translation by I. Makovetskaya) Elisabeth Beer. Coastline (story, translation by K. Pavlova) Stephen Baxter. Last contact (story, translation by K. Pavlova) Ted Chan. Exhalation (story, translation by S. Gontarev) Michael Swanwick. And we fled from the fallen glory of Babylon (story, translation by N. Kudryavtsev) Mike Reznik. Object of Faith (story, translation by T. Murina) Mary Robinette Koval. Due to the absence of a nail (story, translation by E. Albova) Peter Watts. Nonentities (story, translation by S. Krikun) Mike Resnik. Returning Home (story, translation by A. Myasnikov) Allette de Bodard. Immersion (story, translation by I. Lipka) Naomi Kreitzer. More cats, please (story, translation by V. Babkov)Brooke Bolander. Our claws crush galaxies (story, translation by A. Viy)