Contents: "The Violet" by Ilya Varshavsky "The Duel" by Ilya Varshavsky "Plot for a Novel" by Ilya Varshavsky "Escape" by Ilya Varshavsky "Share It With Me" by Kirill Bulychev "Personality Probe" by Dmitri Bilenkin "Theocrates' Blue Window" by Gennady Gor "Cheap Sale" by Vladlen Bakhnov "Beware of the Ahs!" by Vladlen Bakhnov "Formula for Immortality" by Anatoly Dnieprov "Success Algorithm" by Vladimir Savchenko "The Pale Neptune Equation" by M. Yemtsev and Y.Parnov "The Friar of Chikola" by Vadim Shefner "A Provincial's Wings" by Vadim Shefner
Author
Theodore Sturgeon (1918–1985) is considered one of the godfathers of contemporary science fiction and dark fantasy. The author of numerous acclaimed short stories and novels, among them the classics More Than Human, Venus Plus X, and To Marry Medusa, Sturgeon also wrote for television and holds among his credits two episodes of the original 1960s Star Trek series, for which he created the Vulcan mating ritual and the expression “Live long and prosper.” He is also credited as the inspiration for Kurt Vonnegut’s recurring fictional character Kilgore Trout. Sturgeon is the recipient of the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the International Fantasy Award. In 2000, he was posthumously honored with a World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement.
