Чудеса в Гусляре (с иллюстрациями)

Kir Buliechev — vtoraia velichina v otechestvennoi fantastike XX veka posle bratev Strugackih. Neskolko pokolenii chitatelei vieroslo na ego knigah, a pervaia chitatelskaia lubov dolgovechna i ne prohodit s godami. Osnovatel Velikogo Gusliara, krestniei papa Alisie Seleznevoi, devochki iz budushego Zemli, letopisec trudov i dnei doktora Pavliesha i ego druzei iz ekipaja mejplanetnogo zvezdoleta «Segeja», locman na reke Hronos, soediniaushei vo vremeni razniee berega Rossii, — Kir Buliechev mnogomeren, kak sama jizn, v ego literaturnoi vselennoi est mesto i shutlivomu roziegrieshu, i edkoi, besposhadnoi ironii, i mudrosti uchenogo i providca. Fantasticheskie rasskazie i povesti o gorode Velikii Gusliar, chto stoit na reke Gus v Vologodskoi oblasti, odna iz besspornieh udach mastera (v sbornik voshli luchshie, samiee izvestniee proizvedeniia iz etogo cikla). Sam gorod znamenit tem, chto nahoditsia na «zemnoi viepuklosti», i poetomu viden inoplanetianam iz kosmosa luchshe, chem lubiee drugie goroda mira. Ottogo-to oni i chastiee gosti v etom russkom severnom gorode. Otdelniem predstaviteliam naseleniia Velikogo Gusliara palec v rot ne kladi. K takoviem otnositsia, naprimer, Nikolai Ivanovich Lojkin, pensioner, kotoriei nosit specialniee chasie, viezievaushie u okrujaushih rezkuu k nemu nepriiazn. I nekotoriee drugie. No v osnovnom zdes ludi otzievchiviee, horoshie, hotia i s harakterom. Vot, skajem, velikogusliarec Kornelii Udalov. Chego s nim tolko v jizni ne proishodit — to ego pohishaut inoplanetiane, to nad nim staviat ucheniee ocherednoi svoi bezumniei eksperiment. A emu vse nipochem. . . Imia hudojnika Evgeniia Migunova iarko prozvuchalo v seredine 1960-h, kogda vieshla povest-skazka dlia nauchnieh rabotnikov mladshego vozrasta «Ponedelnik nachinaetsia v subbotu» Arkadiia i Borisa Strugackih. Obraz Sashi Privalova stal nastolko priviechniem dlia vseh chitatelei, chto drugogo Privalova mie uje ne mojem sebe predstavit. A illustracii k ciklam proizvedenii Kira Buliecheva o priklucheniiah Alisie Seleznevoi i Velikom Gusliare (poslednie predstavlenie v etoi knige) — priamoe etomu podtverjdenie.

Kir Bulychev is the second greatest figure in Russian fiction of the 20th century after the Strugatsky brothers. Several generations of readers have grown up on his books, and the first reader's love is long-lasting and does not pass over the years. The founder of the Great Guslar, the godfather of Alice Selezneva, a girl from the future of the Earth, the chronicler of the works and days of Dr. Pavlysh and his friends from the crew of the interplanetary spaceship Segezha, the pilot on the Chronos River, connecting the different shores of Russia in time, Kir Bulychev is multidimensional, like life itself, in his literary universe there is a place for humorous a practical joke, and biting, merciless irony, and the wisdom of a scientist and a visionary. Fantastic stories and novellas about the city of Veliky Guslar, which stands on the Goose River in the Vologda region, are one of the undisputed successes of the master (the collection includes the best, most famous works from this cycle). The city itself is famous for being located on the "earth's bulge", and therefore is visible to aliens from space better than any other cities in the world. That's why they are frequent visitors to this Russian northern city. Do not put a finger in your mouth to individual representatives of the population of Veliky Guslar. These include, for example, Nikolai Ivanovich Lozhkin, a pensioner who wears special watches that cause others to sharply dislike him. And some others. But mostly the people here are sympathetic, good, albeit with character. Here, for example, is the Great Russian Cornelius Udalov. What doesn't happen to him in life is that he is abducted by aliens, then scientists put their next crazy experiment on him. But he doesn't care . . . The name of the artist Evgeny Migunov sounded vividly in the mid-1960s, when the story-tale for young scientists "Monday begins on Saturday" by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky was published. The image of Sasha Privalov has become so familiar to all readers that we can no longer imagine another Privalov. And the illustrations for the cycles of works by Kir Bulychev about the adventures of Alice Selezneva and the Great Guslyar (the latter are presented in this book) are a direct confirmation of this.