About the book: 1981 / The reader will find in the collection science fiction works of different directions and genres. Here is an action-packed, dynamic story by V. Kolupaev “Fat Man over the World”, and an essay by Vl. Gakova “The Tale of Mars”, dedicated to the famous American writer Ray Bradbury, and the film script by A. and B. Strugatsky “The Machine of Desires” - one of the versions of the film script for the film “Stalker”, and the story of the American science fiction writer E. Russell “And a Voice Was Heard».