Dozois, Gardner (ed) - Explorers / Дозуа, Гарднер - Первооткрыватели [2011, EPUB, ENG]

The Sentinel / Часовой short story by Arthur C. Clarke Moonwalk / Пешком по Луне novelette by H. B. Fyfe Grandpa / Дедушка novelette by James H. Schmitz The Red Hills of Summer novelette by Edgar Pangborn The Longest Voyage / Самое далёкое плавание novelette by Poul Anderson Hot Planet short story by Hal Clement Drunkboat / Пьяный корабль novelette by Cordwainer Smith Becalmed in Hell / Штиль в аду short story by Larry Niven Nine Hundred Grandmothers / Девятьсот бабушек short story by R. A. Lafferty The Keys to December / Ключи к декабрю novelette by Roger Zelazny Vaster Than Empires and More Slow / Обширней и медлительней империй novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin A Meeting with Medusa / Встреча с медузой novelette by Arthur C. Clarke The Man Who Walked Home / Человек, который шёл домой short story by James Tiptree, Jr. Long Shot / Дальний прицел short story by Vernor Vinge In the Hall of the Martian Kings / Во дворце марсианских царей novella by John Varley Ginungagap / Гинунгагап novelette by Michael Swanwick Exploring Fossil Canyon / В каньоне окаменелостей novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson Promises to Keep / Хранить обещания novelette by Jack McDevitt Lieserl short story by Stephen Baxter Crossing Chao Meng Fu novelette by G. David Nordley Wang's Carpets / Ковры Вана novelette by Greg Egan A Dance to Strange Musics / Танец для Шивы novelette by Gregory Benford Approaching Perimelasma / Дверь в любую сторону novelette by Geoffrey A. Landis

Ceran Swicegood was a promising young Special Aspects Man. But, like all Special Aspects, he had one irritating habit. He was forever asking the question: How Did It All Begin? They all had tough names except Ceran. Manbreaker Crag, Heave Huckle, Blast Berg, George Blood, Move Manion (when Move says “Move,” you move), Trouble Trent. They were supposed to be tough, and they had taken tough names at the naming. Only Ceran kept his own—to the disgust of his commander, Manbreaker. “Nobody can be a hero with a name like Ceran Swicegood!” Manbreaker would thunder. “Why don’t you take Storm Shannon? That’s good. Or Gutboy Barrelhouse or Slash Slagle or Nevel Knife? You barely glanced at the suggested list.” . . .