About the book: 1973 / Abramov Alexander Ivanovich. Born in 1900 in Moscow. Graduated from the Literary Institute named after V. Ya. Bryusov and the Institute of Foreign Languages. Member of the USSR Writers' Union. He began publishing back in the 20s, both as a journalist, theater critic, and as an author of novels and short stories. In the late 50s - early 60s, his stories “I am looking for Kitezh-grad”, “Please stand up!”, “When the ambulance is late” were published. He has been performing in the science fiction genre since 1966 together with S. A. Abramov. Sergei Alexandrovich Abramov. Born in 1942 in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute, an engineer by training. Since 1961, he has appeared in periodicals with reports, essays, and critical articles. Works in the magazine "Smena". Member of the Union of Journalists of the USSR. In collaboration with his father A.P. Abramov, he published a collection of science fiction stories “The Emperor's Shadow”, the novels “Riders from Nowhere”, “Paradise Without Memory”, “Genie of Azure”, “Celeste - 7000”. In our collection the authors performing for the third time. They are currently working on a new fantasy novel.