Collection of selected stories from the cycle “The Great Guslar”, book 1. Illustration on the cover and internal illustrations E. Migunova. Contents Kir Bulychev. Introduction (story), pp. 5-9 Kir Bulychev. Personal connections (story), pp. 10-22 Kir Bulychev. Goldfish went on sale (story), p. 23 -48 Kir Bulychev. Reciprocal feeling (story), pp. 49-75 Kir Bulychev. Fount of wisdom (story), pp. 76-92 Kir Bulychev. How to recognize him? (story), pp. 93-109 Kir Bulychev. We need help (story) , pp. 110-120 Kir Bulychev. The mind in captivity (story), pp. 121-144 Kir Bulychev. House captive (story), pp. 145-162 Kir Bulychev. Two drops on a glass of wine (story), pp. 163-184 Kir Bulychev .The fakir's favorite student (story), pp. 185-206 Kir Bulychev. When Chapaev did not drown (story), pp. 207-218 Mikhail Manakov. Compiler's comments, pp. 219-221 Included in: Source: