All over the world, American science fiction writer Robert Sheckley (1928–2005) is recognized as the best master of humorous fiction and an excellent short s...

It can be said without exaggeration that Robert Sheckley and Isaac Asimov, Harry Harrison and Paul Anderson, Robert Howard and Clifford Simak and ten other g...

The hero of this story realized that he was mentally ill and courageously decided to undergo treatment. But the result was not what was expected.

Have you ever thought that ordinary scratching is... it’s not just scratching.

The remarkable American visionary writer Robert Sheckley was interested in all spheres of human life and activity, but most of all, as a true humanist, the p...

The remarkable American visionary writer Robert Sheckley was interested in all spheres of human life and activity, but most of all, as a true humanist, the p...

“... When the servant left the room, Ben Alima leaned over to Dane and said: “I have to apologize again, Mr. Dane, for trying to kill you.” I am unbearably a...

“...On the serene surface of the water they were alone; for hundreds of kilometers around there was not a soul, only the ocean sparkling under the sun and st...

The collection includes translations of stories and novellas by science fiction writers from Great Britain, the USA, Australia and Ireland, such as A. Asimov...

Contents: Rostislav Rybkin. From the Compiler (Foreword), page 5Harry Garrison. Bill, Hero of the Galaxy (novel, translation by V.P. Kovalevsky), pp. 6-128 U...

From the first appearances of Roger Zelazny’s short fiction in the early 1960s, it was clear that a dazzling new genius had burst into the field of specul...

According to fellow science fiction writers, Sheckley was the foremost troublemaker in science fiction. The humor and irony that fill his stories, novels and...