We present to readers of the book of conversations with a specialist in global ecology, mathematical geology and fast-paced geophysical phenomena, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Joint Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy SB RAS A. N. DMITRIEV and journalist A. V. RUSANOVA. The collection includes conversations: “The Inevitability of the Unusual” (1991), “Twilight of People” (1995), “About Announcements, About Prophecies, About Forecasts” (1997), “Cosmic Dances of Change” (1998) and "The Coming of the Age of Fire" (2004)