About the book: 1967 / "People and Ships" is the third book by the young science fiction writer Vladimir Mikhailov. It included the stories "Men and Ships", "Strange Man of the Earth" and "The Cave of the Many Legs". All the stories of the young author are imbued with the idea of ​​humanism, faith in the person of the future society. Even in the most acute and fantastic situations, the focus is on a person who displays all the best qualities characteristic of the era of communism. Whether it happens “on the other side of space,” as in the story “People and Ships,” or in the center of a dust cloud (“Strange Man of the Earth”), the man of the future and in the most critical moments acts as a bearer of the idea of ​​humanism, friendship and, at the same time, the desire for fulfilling its task in the name of humanity. The book deserves the attention of science fiction lovers.