Андрей Макаревич. Повести. Книга 2. Дом Всё очень просто Вначале был звук

"Vsë ochenʹ prosto" - ėto pervai͡a knizhka, kotorui͡u i͡a napisal. Meni͡a tak zamuchili zhurnalisty so svoim durat͡skim voprosom "Rasskazhite, pozhaluĭsta, istorii͡u sozdanii͡a „Mashiny vremeni"", chto i͡a reshil - izlozhu odin raz na bumage, i, chtoby ne chuvstvovatʹ sebi͡a poglupee, budu ėtu knizhku im davatʹ. Nachal pisatʹ i uvlëksi͡a. Vremi͡a togda bylo vesëloe, lëgkoe, knizhku bystro izdali. A spusti͡a dvadt͡satʹ s nebolʹshim let i͡a otkryl eë - i chto-to pokazalosʹ nerasskazannym, chto-to navalʹnym, chto-to vspomnilosʹ - i i͡a sebi͡a mestami perebil, mestami dopolnil. Kursivom. Vtoroĭ raz obeshchai͡u ėtogo ne delatʹ. A. Makarevich

"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