Merril, Judith (ed) - Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time / Меррил, Джудит (ред) - За границей пространства и времени [1954, EPUB, ENG]

Wolf Pack short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr. No One Believed Me short story by Will Thompson Perforce to Dream / Уснуть и видеть сны short story by John Wyndham The Laocoön Complex short story by J. C. Furnas Crazy Joey short story by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton The Golden Man / Золотой человек novelette by Philip K. Dick Malice Aforethought short story by Donald A. Wollheim (as by David Grinnell) The Last Séance / Последний сеанс short story by Agatha Christie Medicine Dancer short story by Bill Brown Behold It Was a Dream short story by Rhoda Broughton Belief / Вера novelette by Isaac Asimov The Veldt / Вельд short story by Ray Bradbury Mr. Kinkaid's Pasts short story by John R. Pierce (as by J. J. Coupling) The Warning short story by Peter Phillips The Ghost of Me short story by Anthony Boucher The Wall Around the World / Стена вокруг мира novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell Operating Instructions / Инструкция по эксплуатации short story by Robert Sheckley Interpretation of a Dream / Толкование сновидения short story by John Collier Defense Mechanism short story by Katherine MacLean

Belief by Isaac Asimov

“Did you ever dream you were flying?” asked Dr. Roger Toomey of his wife. Jane Toomey looked up. “Certainly!” Her quick fingers didn’t stop their nimble manipulations of the yarn out of which an intricate and quite useless doily was being created. The television set made a muted murmur in the room and the posturings on its screen were, out of long custom, disregarded. Roger said, “Everyone dreams of flying at some time or other. It’s universal. I’ve done it many times. That’s what worries me.” Jane said, “I don’t know what you’re getting at, dear. I hate to say so.” She counted stitches in an undertone. . . .