About the book: 1988 / Our earth, our planet, our world... tomorrow's world: “Gaia” is composed of works that, in addition to “fantastic,” can also be given another definition: “geographical.” The first collection of the series. Contents: * Sergey Abramov. We have one planet (preface)* Ivan Efremov. White Horn (story)* Viktor Kolupaev. The biggest house (story)* Tsoncho Rodev. The manuscript of Klitarchus (story, translation by Z. Bobyr)* Sergei Pavlov. Angels of the Sea (story)* Evgeny Voiskunsky, Isai Lukodyanov. The Black Pillar (story)* Valentina Zhuravleva. Such a day will come (story)* Kir Bulychev. About an ugly bioform (story)* Andrey Stolyarov. Halote sapiens (story)* Viktor Rozhkov. Plateau of Black Trees (short story)* Ursula Le Guin. Author of the manuscript on acacia seeds (story)* Alexander Shalimov. Hunting for dinosaurs (story)* Evgeniy Filenko. Balumba-Makombe (story)* Valery Kichin. This fantastic reality (article) * Vitaly Butyrin. Photo selection