About the book: 2017 / Novel by the futurist poet, poet, popularizer of mathematics and science fiction writer S. P. Bobrov (1889–1971) "Specification of an Iditol" - an experimental science fiction story about the struggle of colossal financial and industrial associations for the possession of Iditol, a substance with an altered atomic structure and unprecedented possibilities. The adventurous plot, replete with unexpected turns, chases, explosions, intrigues and bloody clashes, allows the author to experience a unique narrative technique, close to cinematic. But unlike many similar Soviet novels written in the 1920s, there is no trace of the “triumph of the working people”, and science owes its successes to capital.