Alexander Gromov - a young Russian writer, science fiction, the first thing that appeared in the early 90s. He writes in a rather unpopular now classic science fiction genre. The fame of the author brought the publication of the novel "Time to failure" in the "Ural Ranger" in 1994 (Journal of the journal "Aelita", N2-4). Also recognized as very successful the last thing the author of "Soft Landing" and "The Year of the lemming." He was awarded the "Prize Belyaevsky" for the book "Soft Landing" in 1996, the award "Interpresscon" for the novel "soft landing" and premium "Fanconi" for "St. Vitus's Minuet" in 1997. This edition includes a fantasy novel "Chasing the tail."