“Foolish. They’re all accomplices to the crime; he himself is twice guilty, because he knows, but keeps silent. This mustached one is even more innocent than the innocent, because he knows nothing—though he could have understood and should have understood, if only he truly had a mind. But in times like these, many try to get rid of reason instead—because it’s too dangerous to stand out among others. The triumph of self-betrayal—that’s what they call it….”
Contents:
Elena Vanslova. Forward and higher! (foreword)
Soviet science fiction
Zinovy Yuryev. The Black Yasha (novella)
Ariadna Gromova. Dacha guests (story)
Kir Bulychev. Mutant (story)
Dmitry Bilenkin. An operation on the conscience (story)
Alexander Gorbo vsky. Games in a hall where there’s nobody (story)
Igor Rosokhovatsky. The teacher (story)
Roman Podolny. Living (story)
Mikhail Krivich, Olga Olgin. It can’t be (story)
Ernest Marinin. It’s bad, aunt—get out! (story)
Foreign science fiction
Ray Bradbury. “Wonders and curiosities! Pass it on!” (story, translation by R. Rybkin)
Ray Bradbury. Maybe we’re already leaving (story, translation by R. Rybkin)
Manuel Garcia-Vinjo. Return (story, translation by R. Rybkin)
James Gunn. Girls made by science (story, translation by V. Limanovskaya)
Eduardo Goligorski. He decided to return (story, translation by R. Rybkin)
Charles Beaumont. Quadriopton (story, translation by S. Vasilyeva)
Jose Garcia Martinez. Rob-ert and Rob-erta (story, translation by R. Rybkin)
Damon Knight. The Puppeteer (story, translation by S. Vasilyeva)
G. L. Leck. Stubborn robot (story, translation by E. Bashilova)