Goldfish on Sale. Volume 1

Cosmic aliens began to appear in the city since 1967. From that time, the classic of domestic science fiction Kir Bulychev (1934-2003) started to chronicle the Great Guslyar - a small town located somewhere "between Arkhangelsk, Ustyug, and Vologda". The Great Guslyar easily coexisted with the aliens, one could say, handled them as easily as the Russian provinces handle all sorts of smart alecks and progressives. The authenticity of Kir Bulychev's tales leaves no doubt for anyone who has read Saltykov-Shchedrin, Platonov, Shekley, and Kuttner. And those who haven’t read them, who consider a primitive shooter as a brilliant plot and do not know anything more original than a vampire, will discover in the chronicles of the Great Guslyar a vast world of true science fiction - intelligent, captivating, inventive, caustic, and very funny.