About the book: 2009 / Ivan Efremov is a writer who radically changed the face of Russian science fiction with his utopian novel about the distant future of the Earth “The Andromeda Nebula”. Under the same cover is its sequel - “The Hour of the Ox”, where the action takes place 300 years later on the planet Tormans, located at the “edge of the Universe”. The collection also includes the story “The Heart of the Snake” and the story “Five Pictures”, created by the author within the same world - the world of the Great Ring, as well as another famous novel by Ivan Efremov - “The Razor Blade”, which can equally be attributed to fantastic and esoteric genres. Contents: 1. Heart of the Serpent 2. Andromeda Nebula 3. Hour of the Ox 4. Five Paintings 5. Razor's Edge