About the book: 2008 / Real happiness came to seventh-grader Sashka Tokarev, nicknamed Talking. An entertainment center with all the bells and whistles, a lifelong dream, began to shine he has knobs and buttons in his room. And also a watch like no one else has. Live, Talking, and be happy. But bad luck - Sasha woke up in the morning, looked in the mirror, and there was a TV! Why TV, after a couple of days Sasha turned into anything. Not life, but a complete joke. But suddenly it turns out that you have to pay dearly for all the pleasure. Otherwise, goodbye normal life. This story was highly appreciated by the famous science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky.