Who needs a cruel, senseless war with mysterious aliens who landed on Mars? Who put a new emperor from Peru on the Russian throne? What is Agasfer’s acquaintance doing in Moscow, and why does Lazar dream of death? Why are people willing to give up the eternal life granted by extraterrestrial guests? Can you commit a crime in your sleep? And, of course, what will happen if time runs backward?
All of this is in a collection of stories by the most unexpected Russian science-fiction writer, Alexey Kalugin!
The collection includes the stories: • Christmas of an Ordinary Berkovitz • The Sorcerer • Dawn of Lost Souls • Side Effect • More Good News • Only One Day • Share Your Sorrow with Me • Requiem for a Dream • Great Literature • The Empire Was Hit • The Head—Commode • In the Garden • Separated • Tomorrow, Yesterday, Always • My Mars • Meaning of Life according to Yuri Semetsky • Season Opened • Get Out of My Dreams! • Time—Back! • And We—Decadence! • Adviser on Culture • Old Men • Lazarus Syndrome • Wings Over the World • Wrecking Masks • The Liar