PROLOGUE

1/ SHE-DOCTOR GALEN, THE STAKHANOVITE SCIENTIST

autobiographical excerpts, October 1955

2/ KAREL AND KATERINA

legionary romance

3/ KAREL, KATERINA, VLASTA, MARKA, BOZKA

love polygon in the correspondence, 1921-1922

4/ FLEETING GLIMPSE INTO THE REMOTENESS

chimeric poem, 2 January 1924

5/ GRASS-WIDOW

three postcards, 1929-1931

6/ GRINDING POVERTY

three letters (and one additional comment), 1927-1930 (1959)

7/ GIRL WITH A BALD NOSE

minor observation, 1926

8/ BENEFICIAL MOUNTAIN CLIMATE

newspaper clipping, 17 January 1933

9/ FIRST VICTIM OF SUNBATHING

newspaper clipping, 30 March 1937

10/ LUMINESCENT CHILD

newspaper clipping

11/ ELECTRIC MEN

newspaper clipping and draft of a letter, May-June 1937

12/ AFOTIA OR THE PSYCHOSIS OF LUXONS

concept of an article, 18 May 1937

13/ CHAOS IN THE ECONOMY OF LIGHT

concept of an article, 15 July 1937

14/ CANCER IS A WONDERFUL DISEASE

uncompromising proclamation, 16 July 1937

15 / MARQUIS GUGLIELMO MARCONI

obituary, 25 July 1937

16/ TO INSIDERS OF THE SPIRIT

twelve poems, 1929-1937

17/ THE ILLITERATES OF LIFE

last (futile) attempt in verse, 1936-1937

18/ NUTHOUSE, DISENFRANCHISEMENT, DIVORCE

martyrdom during Protectorate period, 1941-1943

19/ MORE THAN JUST A REJUVENATION OF A DOG

rough outline of a peacemaking project

20/ NEW DESIGN OF TRACKSUITS

an innovative input

21/ PEACE, OR PLAGUE?

concept of a pacifist article, 1950

22/ SECOND MADAME CURIE

annotated excerpt, 1950

23/ I KNOW WHY AND HOW

annotated excerpts

24/ ANTHROPOLOGY OF THE LIVING SKULLS

annotated excerpts

25/ DIVINE JET-PROPELLED THINKING

nocturnal notes, 20 March 1952

26/ ATOMISTIC-ELECTROMAGNETIC LUXONOLOGY

nocturnal notes, 27 March 1952

27/ TOTAL BETRAYAL OF SCHOLARS I.

bitter letter, August 1953

28/ TOTAL BETRAYAL OF SCHOLARS II.

bitter review, 10 August 1953

29/ TOTAL BETRAYAL OF SCHOLARS III.

bitter inserted note, August 1953

30/ THE ADVOCATE OF MORALITY IN THE AIRCRAFT

two poems with a bitter postscript, September 1956

31/ ABILITY TO SEE THE MICRO-WORK OF MICRO-AUTOMATON

annotated excerpts, 1964

32/ POISONING DRAMA

neighborhood thriller, 9 March 1966

33/ WINTER AT THE DOORSTEP

favorable official decree, 15 September 1966

34/ GRAB THE HEAT AND LIVE WITHOUT PILLS

message to the granddaughter in verse

35/ NON-AFFILIATED COMMUNIST WITH FAITH WITHOUT DENOMINATION

global appeal, 18 September 1966

36/ AMAZING NATURAL REASON

draft of a letter, 1966

37/ LET'S START A REVIVAL

half-in-verse half-in-prose message to the atheistic couple, 1966

38/ WHITE SICKNESS

draft of a letter to the editors of “Notebook” magazine, December 1966

39/ MUST EVERYONE AGE?

comment to the article from “Work” newspaper, 1 April 1967

40/ MINOR ADVICES

practical triad (simultaneously “how-to-read” instructions)

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