About the book: year / The story "The End of the Earth" ("La mort de la Terre", 1910) was published in Russian twice - in 1912 in publishing houses I. Semenova and “Svet”. The abridged and newly edited translation is published based on the latest edition. The story, especially the new form of existence of matter described in it - iron magnets - had a great influence on Francis Carsac (real name Francois Bordes). In his novel “Aliens from Nowhere” (“Ceux de nule part”, 1954), the humanoid races of the universe are at war with misliks - an exact replica of iron magnets. Published in English along with “Xipehuz” - the most famous story of Roni Sr..