The main theme of the traditional collection of works of Soviet science fiction writers is time, man and his work. The section "School of Masters" publishes a fantastic fairy tale by Vasily Shukshin "Before the Third Roosters." The reader will also get acquainted with the work of young authors taking their first steps in great literature. In the section "Faces of the Future" are the writer A. Kazantsev and the famous Soviet forecasting specialist Professor G. Khromushin