Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction Yvonne Howell: 7

Authors & Translators: 21

RED STAR RISING

Karazin: Meteorologist or Meteorurge?  Nikolai F. Fyodorov: 31

On the Moon  Konstantin Tsiolkovsky: 38

Rebellion of the Machines Valery Bryusov: 78

One Evening in 2217 Nikolai Fyodorov: 86

Mutiny of the Machines Valery Bryusov: 105

RED STAR IN RETROGRADE

Professor Dowell’s Head Alexander Belyaev: 113

The Lunar Bomb Andrei Platonov: 158

Rays of Life Yuri Dolgushin: 181

The Nur-i-Desht Observatory Ivan Yefremov:  196

Explosion Alexander Kazantsev: 224

RED STAR REFORMING

The Spontaneous Reflex Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: 253

Soda-Sun Mikhail Ancharov: 275

The Exam Sergei Drugal: 332

Mixed Up Vladimir Savchenko: 352

Jubilee-200 Kir Bulychev: 399

Those Burdened by Evil Arkady and Boris Strugatsky: 416

Doorinda  Daliya Truskinovskaya: 424

My Dad’s an Antibiotic  Sergei Lukyanenko: 441

Special Thanks: 464