Ashley, Mike (ed) - Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet / Эшли, Майк (ред) - Утраченный Марс: Золотой век Красной Планеты [2018, EPUB, ENG]

The Crystal Egg / Хрустальное яйцо short story by H. G. Wells Letters from Mars (= Letters from the Planets: Letter the Second) short story by W. S. Lach-Szyrma The Great Sacrifice short story by Geo. C. Wallis The Forgotten Man of Space / Забытый short story by P. Schuyler Miller A Martian Odyssey / Марсианская Одиссея novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum Ylla / Илла short story by Ray Bradbury Measureless to Man (= The Dark Intruder) novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley Without Bugles short story by E. C. Tubb Crucifixus Etiam short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr. The Time-Tombs / Могилы времени novelette by J. G. Ballard

The man writhed on the narrow cot, and fought for life. He sat with his head between his knees, his mouth open, a thin trickle of saliva running from one corner down across his unshaven chin. His hands clenched, twisted, tore at chest and throat. He whimpered, moaned, flung his body in strange convulsions. The skin of his face was blue with strangulation. The sound of his breathing horrible to hear. They brought oxygen and strapped on the mask. A hypodermic pumped adrenaline into an already overstrained heart. The writhing quietened, the convulsions ceased. Breathing eased and he relaxed. Strangely he slept. . . .