BRIEFLY ABOUT THE AUTHORS: James BLISH is a famous American science fiction writer, the author of many novels, novellas and short stories, some of which Soviet readers are already familiar with. Fredrick BROWN is an American prose writer of the older generation, author of science fiction and detective works. Many of F. Brown's stories have been translated into Russian and are very popular among our readers. Ray BRADBURY is a world-famous American writer, author of The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Dandelion Wine and many brilliant fantastic and realistic stories . The works of Ray Bradbury, widely published in our country, are extremely popular among millions of Soviet readers. Cordwainer SMITH is a famous American science fiction writer. Until now, Soviet readers only knew his story “The Game with the Rat-Dragon.”