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Roadside Picnic

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"A classic"
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One of my all time favourite sci-fi novels. The translation is very well done, and includes elements censored in the original publishing. A great read for any fan of sci-fi.

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As close to the original as you'll find in english, it even contains an illuminating afterword by Boris Strugatsky discussing the edifice of Soviet censorship, culturally significant given the amount of contemporary derivative works.

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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths.

Author Biography:

Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) and Boris Strugatsky (b.1931) began to collaborate in the early 1950s after Arkady had studied English and Japanese and worked as a technical translator and editor and Boris was a computer mathematician at Pulkova astronomical observatory.
Release date NZ
October 11th, 2012
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
224
Dimensions
132x196x16
ISBN-13
9780575093133
Product ID
20334601

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