Alfred Bester (1913–1987) was an American writer, a great experimenter, and a great breaker of tradition. A writer who made a stylistic breakthrough from the...

The collection of works by the most famous masters of science fiction in the USA and England includes stories that have not been republished in the country f...

© “If” No. 6, 2006.

“Don’t be fooled by the fact that he was born on Caladan and spent the first fifteen years of his life there. Arrakis, the planet also known as Dune, remaine...

“The doyen of science fiction is, without a doubt, Murray Leinster. But who should be named as his successor? The most likely candidate is Edmond Hamilton, o...

For the average American, history—that which was made outside the borders of the United States (and even more so before its formation)—is like science fictio...

Preface to the book: Leinster M. “Pirates of Zana.” (M.:ARMADA, 1999)

Preface to the book: McApp K.K. “The Colonist.” (M.:ARMADA, 1999)

Published in the magazine “Fantacrim MEGA” No. 5, 1991

Published in the magazine “Fantacrim MEGA” No. 5, 1991

This is exactly what the recently departed R. A. Lafferty was like, just two years short of his ninetieth birthday. Like any eccentric (many, however, did no...