Дух чудес

The first volume consists of separate science fiction stories about mad scientists. Miss China, a young Chinese woman, is the owner of the "Tenkai" inn and boarding house. The establishment is small, so China is the cook, waitress, bartender, and bouncer all in one. There is plenty of work and plenty of worries: it's difficult when a guest never pays the bill! Professor Brackenridge is a talented inventor, but he is completely unable to turn his inventions into money and recognition. If it weren't for Jim Floyd, a young enthusiast, the professor's grandiose ideas would have remained unrealized. But what difference does it make? Whether Jim and the professor go to the Moon or not, no one will pay China's room rent...