Незавидна должность менеджера популярной среди разнообразных космических рас гостиницы "Интергалактика". В его обязанности входит не только обеспечить достойный отдых постояльцев, но и знать все особенности их обычаев и привычек. Всё - для комфортного отдыха клиентов! Пусть даже для этого порой приходится браться за оружие и начинать настоящую охоту...

It is the Third Millennium, and Planet Earth has become a cesspool of violence and mayhem. The new guardians of society are the Judges, who have the power to dispense both justice and punishment. One of them is feared above all others. In Mega-city One, he is the law… Wrongly accused of murder and sent to the dreaded remote Aspen Prison, Judge Dredd is shocked to discover that he is a clone—the result of a genetic experiment designed to create the perfect lawman. Now, as his sinister twin plots to overthrow system, he will team up with a computer-hacker ex-con and an alluring rookie female judge in an all-out battle for the future of the planet. With the ruthless Judge Hunters...

The very best short SF fiction of any given year as recommended and nominated by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: the best novella, novelette and short story. Here you will find the cream of the crop of science fiction and fantasy - startling ideas, the intricate construction of new worlds and mind-bending experimental writing. This anthology includes not only the Nebula Award-winning works in each short-form category, but also all the nominees in the novelette and short story categories. Here you will find colourful fantasy, outstanding speculative fiction, steampunk, edgy writing on the fringes of the mainstream and uncompromisingly hard SF in stories set...

Even in a mystical world where centuries ago animals were magically changed into humans, the land of Makasar is considered strange. Its two major religions are Hatters and Hooters. During the day, Hatters, wearing hats of course, wander about jabbing pointy sticks into bystanders. The night is ruled by the Hooters, who hoot and set fire to people and things. Hospitality is considered a capital crime. And Newlies, the humanized animals, are treated lower than scum. So when Finn, the Master Lizard Maker, finds himself stranded in Makasar--along with his lover, an attractive Newlie named Letitia, and the grandest, most magical creation of his illustrious career, a talking, thinking, rather...

ЖУРНАЛ ФАНТАСТИКИ И ФУТУРОЛОГИИ Содержание: Альбер Хигон. СНАНТ — ЭТО НЕ СМЕРТЬ. Нил Барретт. МИЛЫЕ ДОМАШНИЕ ЗВЕРЮШКИ. Владимир Кусов. ЖИВЫЕ КУКЛЫ. Джон Варли. ОХОТА. Алексей Бялко. ГАДАНИЕ ПО ЗВЕЗДАМ ПО-НАУЧНОМУ. Святослав Логинов. ЧАСЫ. Николай Агаджанян. ВРЕМЯ И МЫ. Дж. Т. Макинтош. СТРАХОВОЙ АГЕНТ. Роман. Маргарита Шурко, Илья Сальцовский. ТЕНИ ЛЮБВИ. «ИНТЕРКОМЪ». Журнал в журнале. Человек менее пластичен, чем загадочные герои рассказа Н. Барретта, однако и люди способны к перевоплощению. Психологи считают, что каждый человек обладает набором поведенческих схем, соотносимых с...

Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon—these are our guides through the Wastelands… From the Book of Revelation to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving eschatological tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. In doing so, these visionary authors have addressed one of the most challenging and enduring themes of imaginative fiction: the nature of life in the aftermath of total societal collapse. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today’s most renowned authors of speculative...