About the book: 1979 / "Magicians at the Stadium" - the first collection of foreign science fiction on sports topics in our country. Writers from six countries (England, USA, Spain, Italy, Holland and Poland) explore the possibilities hidden in various sports in fantasy stories, and also show what ugly forms sport can take in the world of purity. The situations in which the characters in the stories find themselves are sometimes tragic, sometimes funny. Among the authors of the collection is Isaac Asimov. Arthur Clarke, Stanislaw Lem, Gianni Rodari.