For the first time, the best science fiction novels and short stories of recent years are under one cover! Such masters as Arthur Clarke, Bruce Sterling, Dav...

A short but vivid story about a young man who saves children from besieged Leningrad. When there is so much pain around, you want to save and protect your cl...

10,000 years have passed since the final conquest of the vast expanses of Space. The Earth has transformed from the cradle of humanity into its final resting...

Catherine Webb is an English writer, popular all over the world. Her works have been translated into twenty-four languages. Webb's debut novel, The Inheritan...

Alfred Van Vogt influenced Western science fiction as much as Robert Heinlein and Isaac Asimov. One of the master’s many students, Philip K. Dick, wrote abou...

Letters from a scientist in prison to a pen pal. Humane sympathy for a convicted criminal and mutual support can become a vulnerable point if you forget that...

Allen Steele (b. 1958), a former professional newspaper journalist, often thinks about the influence of science fiction on science and technology in his work...

In the life of Bill Moore, a realtor from Florida, everything was in perfect order. A stable job, a beautiful home, a happy marriage - and big plans for the ...

Miss Geiss spent her entire life teaching mentally retarded and terminally ill children mathematics, drawing and the geography of her native country... After...

In the very heart of the British capital, the Tower of London, Balthazar Jones carries out his difficult service as a royal guardsman-beefeater. He is the gu...

Beekeeping is, on the one hand, extremely exciting, but on the other, it requires a lot of knowledge and patience. How to start a home apiary from scratch? A...

Everything is mixed up in the world where Garrett lives. Goblins and trolls coexist with gnomes and people here, and a fire-breathing dragon in the sky is as...