About the book: 2024 / When global warming melts the ice and vast territories go under water...When natural fuel reserves run out and civilization slides to the technological level of steampunk...When environmental disasters , wiping out entire nations from the face of the earth, will become an everyday occurrence...When the little that remains of the previous standard of living in the former developed countries will be “eaten up” by forced migrants...When the last monumental skyscrapers perish in the flames of spontaneous uprisings...That’s when humanity will finally will come to its senses and declare a merciless war on devastation - the same one that, as we know, reigns in our heads. But this is not certain. The novel “Clockwork” was awarded the Nebula, Hugo, Campbell Memorial Prize and dozens of others. Other works included in this collection were also awarded prizes: “Gambler”, “Pump Number Six”, “Pocket Full of Dharma”».