Thousands of underground-controlled hydrogen bombs have turned refuge cities into death traps. The Sanity League took care of several hundred men and women in the surviving cities. Between these cities, in the endless Dead Lands, moved by anything but simple humanity, two wanderers wandered - a man and a woman ......
From the very beginning, the author was striving to study the human soul, phenomena and conditions that arise in moments of deep nervous tension and frustration. He was very interested (including, apparently, for personal reasons) the phenomenon of deviant behavior, its forms, origins and hidden causes. This is probably why his stories are so densely populated by “deviant” heroes. From the position of a “normal” person, their actions, thoughts and deeds are difficult to explain, but in their own way they are consistent and logical. The author constantly asks himself questions: what is the...
Any war consists of a horde of personal tragedies, but a more complete picture is the tragedy of the death of a way of life. For a lifestyle - good, bad or indifferent - exists because it is very loved ......
Hardly had man solved his basic problems on the planet of his origin, he began to fumble in space. A century had passed in the exploration of the solar system when he began to grope for stars. And suddenly, with almost religious zeal, mankind gave birth to his fantasy dream of populating the galaxy. Never in the history of a race did ardor reach such a peak and lasted so long. The question of why, it would seem, was ignored. Millions of terrestrial planets beckoned, and desperate desperation of mankind flashed in them. But the obstacles were frightening in scope. The planets and satellites...
The Citadel is a story of deception, manipulation, and broken promises; his cynical anti-hero Marlo in every way - a man of generation after the Cold War - is powerful, manipulating, cold-blooded, lonely and devoid of friends. According to Marlowe, people are a "race of maniacs." That is why earthlings rule the galaxy. After all, our contracts are not binding, and our promises are useless. Our government does not represent our people. It represents our people as they once were. The delay in the democratic process is such that the agreement signed today fulfills the promise of yesterday, but...
Almost any phenomenon can be used - or act - for good or evil. Mutation usually brings evil, but also brings greatness. Change can go in any direction....
These days they talk a lot about secret weapons. If this is not a new wrinkle in nuclear fission, it is a weapon to shoot at corners and winding stairs. Or maybe a good new strain of bacteria is guaranteed to give you radioactive dandruff. Our own suggestion is to send some of our commercials to Russia and bring the enemy to death....
Contacts between different civilizations are extremely complex and dangerous. Many researchers have paid with their lives. But why is it so difficult to find mutual understanding?...
The Stokes Harding couple are creative personalities: Eric is a writer of “chilling romantic stories,” and Nada is a poetess. They were disgusted by civilization, progress and synthetic products, they liked the primitive nature, which, however, was no longer left on Earth. And they go for new sensations to Venus - to where this primitive nature is abundant! .....
