About the book: year / Burdock worked in the Korchmar bar as a cleaner. He was not capable of anything else: he could not see well, and there was not a single tooth in his mouth. During the day, hawk moths poured into the bar, telling stories about vampires and evil spirits who roam the deck at night, suck blood, and steal onlookers. Sometimes the Count, the local legislative authority, would drop by to Korchmar, order coffee and find out the latest news from the locals. Everyone was afraid of the Count - it was scary to fall out of favor. Once Burdock met one of the drunkards, who turned out to be a scientist and conducted terribly strange experiments, he promised to return Burdock's sight and teeth, but warned that this would not bring anything good to life... Prize for achievements in science fiction (Hugo Award) in 1970 (category "Story"").