Действие романа начинается в 1958 году. Главный герой книги, возвращаясь из отпуска, предаётся приятным воспоминаниям об отдыхе. Внезапно его автомобиль теряет управление, происходит авария, молодой человек погибает, но неожиданно приходит в себя через полтора века....

This madcap cosmic farce relates the adventures of the hapless human Carmody, as he attempts to make his way home to Earth after winning the grand prize in the Intergalactic Sweepstake, encountering parallel worlds, incompetent bureaucrats and talking dinosaurs on the way....

\"The greatest entertainer ever produced by science fiction\" J. G. Ballard These surreal, elegantly witty tales from one of the most esteemed writers of science fiction encompass indignant aliens, stranded space explorers, shapeshifters, a company that manufactures designer planets and a deadly hunting game in far-future New York....

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THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A NEW ARRIVAL ON OMEGA AVERAGED THREE EARTH YEARSWill Barrent could choose--exile on a nightmare planet, or life under the tyranny that had taken over Earth!Barrent had been tried, convicted, and memory-washed on Earth - an Earth strangely altered and stratified by fear of the radical and non-conformist....

THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A NEW ARRIVAL ON OMEGA AVERAGED THREE EARTH YEARSBarrent had been tried, convicted, and memory-washed on Earth - an Earth strangely altered and stratified by fear of the radical and non-conformist....

In Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming and If at Faust You Don\'t Succeed, the masters of comic fantasy Roger Zelazny and Robert Sheckley told of two Millenial Contests between Good and Evil. Well, now it\'s that quiet time between Millenia, and the demon Azzie is beckoming bored and restless... Then inspiration hits....

On a devilish sabbatical in Europe, Azzie discovers that morality plays are all the rage. He decides to strike back by producing an \"immorality play,\" in which seven nondescript human pilgrims will be allowed by magic to attain their hearts\' desires. But the forces of Good are determined to close the play before it opens....

This time the humans are taking the offensive! Stan Myakovsky is a once-famous scientist fallen on hard times. Now he dodges spaceship repo men and dreams of the marketability of his cybernetic ant. Then a woman named Julie Lish walks into his life. She is beautiful, mysterious, and totally amoral....

Предлагаем вниманию читателей сборник рассказов знаменитого американского фантаста Р.Шекли, мастера короткого рассказа, произведения которого отличают изящный парадоксальный юмор, лихо закрученный сюжет и неожиданная ударная концовка. Неадаптированный текст снабжен подробными комментариями и словарем....