About the book: 2001 / Contents: THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF THE COMEDY The beginning of the end of the comedy Travel portraits with a seascape Pyotr Ivanovich Nitochkin on the issue of quasi-fools The last time in Antwerp Adam and Pan in New YorkON THE NEAR-SCIENTIFIC PARABOL (Journey to Academy Town)Professor Seis and the fate of Alpha OrionThe beginning of a new path, or Shock from ethologyA short intermission, or Some advice to authors of travel proseHolding on to the air, or Shock from entropyNew about conscience, or Shock from etometryIn the “Golden Valley”New about emotions, or Shock from psychopharmacologyIn a black boxThe warmth of telepathyWhat seemed to meIn the cemetery of the Donskoy MonasteryAbout the meaning of questioningWhy I am against visualizationSOME WAY DRAMA