"Novyĭ sbornik prodolzhaet tradit︠s︡ii bestsellerov "Moskva : mesto vstrechi", "V Pitere zhitʹ" i "Ptichiĭ rynok". "Bez ocheredi" sostavlen iz rasskazov i ėsse o sovetskoĭ ėpokhe. Vremi︠a︡ deĭstvii︠a︡ molodostʹ, mesto -- odna shestai︠a︡ chastʹ sushi. Avtory ėtoĭ knigi -- pionervozhatyĭ Evgeniĭ Vodolazkin, modnit︠s︡a Li︠u︡dmila Ulit︠s︡kai︠a︡, Aleksandr Genis, puteshestvui︠u︡shchiĭ po respublikam avtostopom, Marina Stepnova, ochutivshai︠a︡si︠a︡ v i︠u︡zhnoĭ skazke Moldavskoĭ SSR, student Alekseĭ Varlamov, davshiĭ prisi︠a︡gu sluzhitʹ Sovetskomu Soi︠u︡zu, Mikhail Shishkin, sochinivshiĭ poėmu o dalekom Raĭt︠s︡entre, a takzhe Andreĭ Filimonov, Olʹga Velʹchinskai︠a︡, Gleb Shulʹpi︠a︡kov, Mikhail Butov, Elena Dolgopi︠a︡t, Dmitriĭ Zakharov, Vasiliĭ Snegovskiĭ, Ivan T︠S︡ybin, Natalʹi︠a︡ Zimi︠a︡nina, Svetlana Mosova, Marina Popova i mnogie drugie | Izdanie illi︠u︡strirovano risunkami pisatelʹnit︠s︡y i khudozhnit︠s︡y Sashi Nikolaenko."-- Stories about life in Soviet Union, written specifically for this collection by different authors.