Ilya Varshavsky. No Alarming Symptoms / Sever Gansovsky. Day of Wrath

The history of Russian science fiction is replete with stellar names. But among them, a few shine particularly brightly. Ilya Varshavsky and Sever Gansovsky are undoubtedly among them. They both entered science fiction in the early 1960s, a time of its heyday and a heightened reader interest in this literary genre. The wisdom of Ilya Varshavsky's stories, the mastery, polish, and humor inherent in his literary voice instantly captivated readers and set him apart from his peers. Everything said about Varshavsky is equally true of Sever Gansovsky's science fiction, though his is perhaps a bit harsher and his style is different. But writers should be diverse; only through creative individuality and originality can success in literature be achieved.