For thousands of years, human feelings of shame and guilt have served as a tool for society to control the individual. And what is their place in our days, w...

Lovelace Kellen Faust had it all: money, fame, the adoration of women. But a ski accident turned his life upside down. Deciding to improve his health, he goe...

A rich and powerful dilettante finances a galactic tour of an earthling opera troupe performing Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini to stunned audiences of aliens ...

Simon has been friends with Chloe since childhood. In addition, he secretly has tender feelings for her. He doesn't like her attempts to change herself, and ...

It seemed like what happiness Becky, a thirty-five-year-old divorced woman with three children, could dream of! Entirely immersed in household concerns, she ...

The Prince of Space Story, 1931

The Story Roger Never ToldStory, 1998

The Story Roger Never ToldStory, 1998

Jack Williamson (1908–2006) lived for almost a hundred years and did not stop working until the end. His writing career, the longest in the history of scienc...

Most of Jack London's works collected in this volume are based on reality. However, it is not only factual authenticity that makes them interesting to the re...

The heroes of two works in this book are Irish terriers, brothers Jerry and Michael. Throughout the story there is a parallel between animals and people. Fas...

Both the story and the stories included in this volume are mainly autobiographical. “John Barleycorn” is a poignant confession of a man for whom alcoholism h...