The Coral Castle

`The Ability to Throw a Ball`, `When the Dinosaurs Died Out`, `A Break in the Line`, `The Turnip Tale`… Who doesn’t remember these stories? Stories that generations of readers grew up on? Stories that, for many years now, have been part of the golden fund of Russian science fiction? Stories in which the奇妙—captivating—flight of Kir Bulychev’s inimitable imagination weaves the real with the unreal?

The science fiction in these stories is very different. Sometimes sparklingly funny and mischievous, sometimes sad and thoughtful—yet it is always deeply human. Because it is that human quality that has made Bulychev’s science fiction timeless…

The books in this series are meant to promote the humanitarian development of young people, broaden their horizons, and deepen knowledge about the world and about people; they can be used in the educational process.