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There are very few writers who have ever written the sheer volume of epic (though not always in word count) tales, with a seemingly limitless stream of vibrant worlds, unique characters, and twisting-turning storylines that have kept thousands on the edges of their collective seats for a career spanning seven decades. But Ray Bradbury, the legend, did just that.

In I, Mars, Ray Bradbury delivers a haunting psychological science-fiction tale about isolation, identity, and the terrifying persistence of the past. Set against the silent red landscapes of Mars, this mid-century classic explores what happens when technology refuses to let loneliness end—and when the future becomes trapped in an endless conversation with its own younger self.

Snowbound in the high Rockies, Deputy Shorty McKay is given a simple task: deliver a payroll to a remote mining camp before dawn. But when pride outweighs good sense, Shorty refuses the safety of a mule—only to find himself robbed, captured, and riding one anyway…straight into disaster.

Whether the result of being cursed at birth by a Santeria Priestess, or the result of a radical genetic mutation, Jamie possesses the preternatural ability to dive to incredible depths, and stay at those depths for hours. When, through no fault of his own, Jamie finds himself at odds with the law, he realizes that his only chance to remain free is to take refuge on and under the sea.

"Zelenyj luch" - prikljuchencheskij roman francuzskogo pisatelja Zhjulja Verna, vhodjashhij v cikl "Neobyknovennye puteshestvija". Napisan v 1882 godu. V osnovu romana polozhena shotlandskaja legenda o Zeljonom Luche, kotoryj darit schast'e kazhdomu, uvidevshemu ego. Izbalovannaja molodaja devushka sirota Helina Kjempbell zhivjot v dome svoih djadej brat'ev Melvill. Oni zhelajut ejo svad'by s aristokratom Aristobulusom Ursiklosom, genial'nym uchjonym, kotoryj ne nravitsja samoj Heline.