The book contains stories pub­lished by Soviet science-fiction wri­ters in the last three or tour years. Ot course, neither the selection of the authors in this little book, nor the stories themselves can offer a com­prehensive idea ot Soviet Science fiction, which is so diverse and multiform. At present, more than a hundred Soviet writers are working in the field. Several large story col­lections, novels and serial books are published each year. Science, philos­ophy, sociology, humour, satire are some ot their topics.We hope that this book will ap­peal to the foreign reader and will promote understanding between our nations.The book was published by Mir in 1968.ContentsPREFACETHE MOLECULAR CAFEby Ilya Varshavsky 10 WANDERERS AND TRAVELLERSby Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 14CRABS ON THE ISLANDby Anatoly Dneprov 29 THE SECRET OF HOMERby Alexander Poleshchuk 59 I’M GOING TO MEET MY BROTHERby Vitaly Krapivin 76Watch for the "Magellan" Journey by NightThe Fourth SunGOODBY, MARTIAN!by Romen Yarov 118THE BLACK PILLARby Evgeny Voiskunsky and IsaiLukodyanov 126