Altov's three stories are dreck, with characters that exist only to spout Altov's weird problem solving system. Zhuravlyova's three stories are far superior: she's also touting Altov's system, but her characters sound like actual human beings and she's capable of coming up with actual plots for her stories.

The collection ends with a novella credited to both authors that is much stronger than any of Altov's solo stories, but weaker than Zhuravlyova's stories. ( )