It was in the thirty-fourth century that the dark star began its famous conquest, which has no analogues in the stellar annals. Phobar, an astronomer, discovered this. He swept the skies with one of the recently invented multipurpose comet hunters of Sussendorf, when something caught his eye - a new star with huge brilliance in the foreground of the constellation Hercules....
“Why don't you find yourself a pretty American,” his father often repeated. But George was on Venus ... and he loved the pale green skin ... and spherical heads, and most of all George loved Gistla....
In 1921, John Jones put in the bank one dollar at 3% per annum and bequeathed this contribution to his fortieth descendant. After a thousand years, this contribution has reached unprecedented proportions....
This is the dawn of the Great War. Young Ronald Ewart is ready to enlist in the army, but before that he goes to Scotland to visit his bride, Myra MacLeod. During fishing together, Myra inexplicably loses her sight after she saw a green blinking light. Her father also has a strange experience, and then the faithful dog of Mira will also go blind. They turn to the leading eye specialist, who seems to be an amateur detective, and he takes on the task of uncovering the secret of the green ray....
It was the time of the Alaskan gold rush in the 1890’s when sled dogs were very in demand. It is a story about a dog named Buck. He grew up with a comfortable life at Shepherd’s ranch. He was always fed and happy.But from the first day that Buck was stolen he learnt about hunger, thirst, and cruelty. Buck’s life changed. He was harnessed with other dogs to carry the government post. The dog pack had its own laws and Buck had to get used to them....
To disobey the orders of the Council of Four was unthinkable to a Space Admiral of the old school. But the trouble was, the school system had changed. A man, a fighter, an Admiral had to think for himself now, if his people were to live....
The rough notes that make up this story were given to me by the person who tells the story. For obvious reasons, I changed the names of the leaders and hereby confirm the guarantee I received that the originals of such people can survive if their discovery is deemed desirable. This change of names, a combination of several disparate, and sometimes almost illegible, memoranda and the reduction of mass to a consistent form is all that was required of me or would be allowed to me. The expedition mentioned by the narrator in Labrador did not return and was not accurately traced. He does not...
