About the book: 1989 / Pishchenko V. The Ballad of the Headwind: Fantastic tales and stories. / Artist. S. Astrakhantsev. M.: Young Guard, 1989. - (Library of Soviet Science Fiction). — 270 pp., 1 rub. 30k., 100,000 copies. - signed for publication on 04/03/89. The book by the Siberian prose writer Vitaly Pishchenko presents diverse works: here there is adventure fiction, and an attempt to reveal the inner world of the space pilot of the future, and humoresques. The book includes the stories “Two Worlds Between...”, “The Ballad of a Headwind”, “Kolobok”, “Bribe».