Marcel Brion resurrects in his book the golden age of Vienna - the “happy city”, which in that era indulged in exquisite pleasures. Here music sounded incess...

The novel is closest to the dark fantasy genre. Similar works, in my opinion, are “The Witcher” by A. Sapkowski, “Vampire Hunter D” by H. Kikuchi. The main t...

After death, the hero went to the god Bhaga. He turned out to be a messenger of some universal mind and was supposed to originate and develop life on Earth. ...

People's Artist of the USSR Georgy Zhzhenov, long and firmly beloved by millions of moviegoers, began acting in films back in the 1930s (he also managed to p...

An unexpected guest came in for tea on an autumn evening. Talk about life under the gathering dusk.

They said that the time had come: my old life was over, and a new one was just two steps away from me. Not figuratively. Literally. A few meters from me stan...

The collection of stories by G. A. Skrebitsky “Forest Voice” includes works about wild animals and birds. The writer was in love with nature from an early ag...

Popular science publication. How did life appear on our planet? Was it the result of random processes occurring over billions of years, as evolutionary scien...

Inconsistencies in the military field of historical science have been noticed by many, more than once, and in more than one place...

Capturation during war is an event that puts a soldier in a difficult position, often implying a threat from not only the enemy, but also his state, and at t...

The entire “Novaria” cycle. Contents: The Reluctant King: The Goblin Tower (trans. E. Katselson) The Clock of Iraz (trans. S. Murzin) The Crown of Xylar (tra...

An experienced, erudite reader will, of course, be familiar with the name Georgy Gachev. Theoretical books on literature and aesthetics are familiar, works e...