Dikie lesa Brazilii, neohotno raskryvayuschie tayny pered pytlivym umom uchenogo-biologa. Surovye ledyanye peschery Grenlandii - usypalnitsy dlya desyatkov tysyach rabochih, okazavshihsya «ballastom ekonomiki». Zazelenevshie pustyni Sredney Azii, regulyarno oroshaemye iskusstvenno vyzvannymi dozhdyami. Samye neveroyatnye kartiny buduschego - kakim ono videlos velikomu fantastu v 20-h godah proshlogo veka - zhdut chitatelya v etom sbornike.