Kir Bulychev is the second biggest figure in Russian science fiction of the 20th century after the Strugatsky brothers. Several generations of readers grew up on his books, and the first reader's love is long-lasting and does not cool down over the years. Founder of the Great Guslyar (a kind of analogue of the northern city of Solovets with the famous NIICHAVO and its employees), godfather of Alisa Selezneva, girls from the future of the Earth, chronicler of the works and days of Doctor Pavlysh and his friends from the crew of the interplanetary starship "Segezha", pilot on the Khronos River connecting different shores of Russia in time... - Kir Bulychev is multidimensional, like life itself, in his literary universe there is a place for playful practical jokes, caustic, merciless irony, and the wisdom of a scientist and seer. It has everything except boredom. One of the main and perhaps the most striking aspects of the writer is Bulychev as a storyteller. This book is the first attempt to collect under one cover the best stories of the writer (with the addition of several stories) that are not included in separate cycles.