"It's very simple" is the first book I wrote. I was so tormented by the journalists with their stupid question, "Please tell me the story of the creation of the Time Machine," that I decided I would put it on paper once, and in order not to feel more stupid, I would give them this book. I started writing and got carried away. It was a fun, easy time back then, and the book was quickly published. And after a little over twenty years, I opened it – and something seemed untold, something massive, something came to mind - and I interrupted myself in places, supplemented in places. In italics. I promise not to do it the second time. A. Makarevich