About the book: 2009 / Fans of Russian science fiction! Here is another collection of the popular almanac "Fantastica", which has been published with constant success for nine years now! This collection includes not only new works by Sergei Lukyanenko and Vasily Golovachev, Pavel Amnuel, Viktor Nochkin, Alexey Korepanov, Yulia Ostapenko and other masters of the genre, but also stunning, ironic journalism by Evgeny Lukin and stories of young talented science fiction writers who are just gaining popularity and glory.