Aldiss, Brian (ed.) - A Science Fiction Omnibus / Олдисс, Брайан (ред.) - НФ омнибус [2007, EPUB, ENG]

Sole Solution / Единственное решение (= Единственный выход) (1956) by Eric Frank Russell Lot (1953) by Ward Moore Skirmish / Разведка (= Схватка) (1950) by Clifford D. Simak And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side / Тут я проснулся и оказался здесь, на холодном склоне холма (1972) by James Tiptree, Jr. Poor Little Warrior! / Бедный маленький вояка! (= Бедный маленький воин; Бедный солдатик!; Охота) (1959) by Brian W. Aldiss Grandpa / Дедушка (1955) by James H. Schmitz Nightfall / Приход ночи (= И тьма пришла; И пала ночь...; Смерть Солнца) (1941) by Isaac Asimov The Snowball Effect (1952) by Katherine MacLean Swarm / Рой (1982) by Bruce Sterling Blood Music / Музыка, звучащая в крови (1983) by Greg Bear Answer / Ответ (= Прямой ответ) (1954) by Fredric Brown The Liberation of Earth / Освобождение Земли (1953) by William Tenn An Alien Agony (= The Streets of Ashkelon) / Смертные муки пришельца (= Чужая агония; Путь на Голгофу; Ашкелон; Улицы Ашкелона) (1962) by Harry Harrison Track 12 / Двенадцатая дорожка (= Месть) (1958) by J. G. Ballard Sexual Dimorphism / Половой диморфизм (1999) by Kim Stanley Robinson The Tunnel Under the World / Туннель под миром (1955) by Frederik Pohl Friends in Need (2007) by Eliza Blair The Store of the Worlds / Лавка миров (1959) by Robert Sheckley Jokester / Остряк (1956) by Isaac Asimov The Short-Short Story of Mankind / Краткий курс истории человечества (1958) by John Steinbeck Night Watch (1965) by James Inglis Story of Your Life / История твоей жизни (1998) by Ted Chiang Protected Species (1951) by H. B. Fyfe The Rescuer / Спаситель (1962) by Arthur Porges I Made You / Я сотворил тебя (1954) by Walter M. Miller, Jr. The Country of the Kind / Страна милостивых (1956) by Damon Knight The Cage / Клетка (= Критерий разумности; Разумен тот…) (1957) by A. Bertram Chandler Fulfilment / Завершение (1964) by A. E. van Vogt Common Time (1953) by James Blish Alien Embassy (2006) by Garry Kilworth Great Work of Time (1989) by John Crowley

He brooded in darkness and there was no one else. Not a voice, not a whisper. Not the touch of a hand. Not the warmth of another heart. Darkness. Solitude. Eternal confinement where all was black and silent and nothing stirred. Imprisonment without prior condemnation. Punishment without sin. The unbearable that had to be borne unless some mode of escape could be devised. No hope of rescue from elsewhere. No sorrow or sympathy or pity in another soul, another mind. No doors to be opened, no locks to be turned, no bars to be sawn apart. Only the thick, deep sable night in which to fumble and find nothing. Circle a hand to the right and there is nought. Sweep an arm to the left and discover emptiness utter and complete. Walk forward through the darkness like a blind man lost in a vast, forgotten hall and there is no floor, no echo of footsteps, nothing to bar one’s path. He could touch and sense one thing only. And that was self. Therefore the only available resources with which to overcome his predicament were those secreted within himself. He must be the instrument of his own salvation. How? . . .