The collection of one of the founders of Soviet science fiction literature, Alexander Romanovich Belyaev, includes the novel "The Island of the Lost Ships," three novels: "Radiopolis," "Eternal Bread," "Amphibian Man," the script "When the Light Goes Out," as well as eleven stories, including the story "Head of Professor Dowel." Texts are printed on the first newspaper, magazine and book editions along with illustrations published there.