The collection includes works by progressive science fiction writers from the USA, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan: A. Asimova, G. Harrison, R. Bradbury, R. Sheckley, C. Hosi and others. They reflect the authors' concern for the future of our planet, for the fate of mankind. The works of the collection are characterized by an anti-war and anti-bourgeois satirical orientation, criticism of various aspects of the life of capital society.