«Фата-Моргана 6» представляет собой сборник фантастических рассказов известных западных авторов. В силу ряда причин многие из этих произведений на русском языке ранее не печатались. Сейчас читатель имеет возможность познакомиться с неординарными взглядами на окружающий мир, на перспективы развития человеческого общества, на отношения полов в будущем. Произведения отличаются стройностью сюжетов, емкостью образов, яркостью языка.

If editors know more than writers about what is good and bad (admittedly an arguable point), Jerry Bixby should know very much more than almost any other writer at all. Other writers have been tempted to do a stint of editing; Bixby was so lost to self-control that he found himself, one time and another, editing at least half a dozen magazines, including some of the very best. He has also a good many new, fine TV scripts to his credit. Oh, and he illustrates. And he plays a fine piano. And But read on; and you'll learn all that anyone ever needs to learn about the fine creative talents of Jerome Bixby, in—

The anthology contains fourteen stories, selected by Frederik Pohl as the cream from the earlier six volumes of “Star Science Fiction Stories”. There is a three page introduction by the editor, Frederik Pohl, and a brief introduction to each story.  These are all good stories, well worth reading, even if some of them are a little dated, though that’s hardly surprising given it’s around sixty years since they first appeared.

Every 10 years or so, John Oldman has to move on. No matter what he’s doing. No matter who he’s with. He has

to pack up and leave, or there will be talk of him not aging.

John was born 14,000 years ago. He has not aged a day since he was 35. On this instance, he decides, on a whim, to tell his friends why he is leaving, turning an impromptu farewell-party into a mysterious and intense interrogation.

The only setting is in and around Oldman’s house, with the plot advancing through intellectual arguments between Oldman and his fellow faculty members.

Говард Лавкрафт. В ПОИСКАХ НЕВЕДОМОГО КАДАТА, повесть

Людмила Щекотова. СЛАВА ОПТИМИСТАМ!

Энди Дункан. НЕЗЕМНОЙ ГОЛОС, рассказ

Елена Сеславина. ГОРИ, ГОРИ, МОЯ «ЗВЕЗДА»

Майкл Муркок. ЗА КРАЕМ МИРА, повесть

Урсула Ле Гуин. КУРГАН, рассказ

Стивен Дональдсон. ДОЧЬ ИМПЕРАТОРА, повесть

Джером Биксби. КАКАЯ ЧУДЕСНАЯ ЖИЗНЬ! рассказ

Марина Арутюнян. НЕСЧАСТНЫЙ МАЛЕНЬКИЙ ТИРАН

Кирилл Королёв. НЕВОСТРЕБОВАННЫЙ ТАЛАНТ

РЕЦЕНЗИИ

Сергей Переслегин. КРИЗИС ИНДУСТРИАЛИЗАЦИИ

НФ-новости

PERSONALIA

ВИДЕОДРОМ

*Адепты жанра

-- Дмитрий Караваев. МЕЖДУ МАРСОМ И ВЕНЕРОЙ

*Рецензии

*Герой экрана

-- Дмитрий Савосин. ДРАКУЛА, КАРПАТСКИЙ ГРАФ

*Рецензии

*Тема

-- Сергей Кудрявцев. ЭПОХА ЗА ЭПОХОЙ

Фантастика из десятого выпуска художественно-географического сборника «На суше и на море».