The collection of science fiction stories and short stories "Orion" includes new works by famous masters of this genre (Kira Bulycheva, 3. Yuryeva, Dm. Bilenkin, Georgy Gurevich) and novice writers. The collection also contains sections "from the printed" (I. Efremov, M. Yemtsev, E. Parnov) and foreign science fiction (G. Kattner). The book ends with the work of critic V. Revich, dedicated to the first steps of Soviet science fiction.