About the book: 1990 / Published story - it was published in Omni magazine in July 1987 - received the Nebula Award. Features of Kate Wilhelm's style are clearly visible in the example of the story “Yours forever - Anna.” This is the realism of fantasy, the vitality and recognition of the characters, psychological authenticity. It is not for nothing that the writer has earned the authority of a person who, with all her creativity, brings science fiction and great literature closer together. As the famous American science fiction writer Pamela Sargent put it, “Wilhelm’s works are powerful because they show life as it is, a rare quality in science fiction literature.” And further, in the same article: “Kate Wilhelm’s fiction is a mirror in which our world is reflected, and in her works we find the same dilemmas as in our troubled life at the end of the 20th century.” From the foreword by VITALY BABENKO.