Lazar Lagin wrote the fantasy novel "The Blue Man" for seven long years, from 1957 to 1964. The author put his ideas and dreams about an exemplary Soviet man into it.The main character Yura Antoshin, a student at the Energy Institute and a staunch socialist, randomly moves from 1959 to 1894 and, immersed in the life and culture of tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century, becomes convinced of the correctness of his views and creates an underground working circle. The "gay man" in the writer's mind is an idealist and a revolutionary who is able to "look beyond his personal well–being."For a wide range of readers. Lazar Lagin (1903-1979) was a famous Soviet science fiction writer, satirist and children's writer. He participated in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars. In his youth, the future writer attended the literary studio of V. Y. Bryusov. Lazar Lagin became famous in 1940 after the publication of the story-tale "Old Man Hottabych".Lazar Lagin wrote the fantasy novel "The Blue Man" for seven long years, from 1957 to 1964. The author put his ideas and dreams about an exemplary Soviet man into it. The main character Yura Antoshin, a student at the Energy Institute and a staunch socialist, randomly moves from 1959 to 1894 and, immersed in the life and culture of tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century, becomes convinced of the correctness of his views and creates an underground working circle. "The Blue Man" is the last book by Lazar Lagin, which the author considered his best book.The book was first published in 1967.