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Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky (2012, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherChicago Review Press, Incorporated

ISBN-101613743416

ISBN-139781613743416

eBay Product ID (ePID)124585966

Product Key Features

Book TitleRoadside Picnic

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / General

Publication Year2012

GenreFiction

AuthorBoris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

Book SeriesRediscovered Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-001294

Dewey Edition23

Reviews "No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Certainly recommended." -The Complete Review , "Brilliantly and beautifully written . . . a truly superb work of science fiction." - Infinity Plus, "Amazing. . . . The Strugatskys' deft and supple handling of loyalty and greed, of friendship and love, of despair and frustration and loneliness [produces] a truly superb tale. . . . You won't forget it." —Theodore Sturgeon, "Amazing. . . . The Strugatskys' deft and supple handling of loyalty and greed, of friendship and love, of despair and frustration and loneliness [produces] a truly superb tale. . . . You won't forget it." -Theodore Sturgeon, "Brilliantly and beautifully written . . . a truly superb work of science fiction." — Infinity Plus, "The story is carried out with a controlled fierceness that doesn't waver for a minute." - Kirkus Reviews, "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity . . . The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." -- Discover , "The story is carried out with a controlled fierceness that doesn't waver for a minute." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Brilliantly and beautifully written . . . a truly superb work of science fiction." -- Infinity Plus, "Brilliantly and beautifully written . . . a truly superb work of science fiction." -- Infinity Plus, "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity... The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." - Discover, "The story is carried out with a controlled fierceness that doesn't waver for a minute." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Amazing. . . . The Strugatskys' deft and supple handling of loyalty and greed, of friendship and love, of despair and frustration and loneliness [produces] a truly superb tale. . . . You won't forget it." --Theodore Sturgeon, "Amazing. . . . The Strugatskys' deft and supple handling of loyalty and greed, of friendship and love, of despair and frustration and loneliness [produces] a truly superb tale. . . . You won't forget it." --Theodore Sturgeon, "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity... The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." - Discover , "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity . . . The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." - Discover , "Lively, racy, and likable . . . complex in event, imaginative in detail, ethically and intellectually sophisticated." -Ursula K. Le Guin, "No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Certainly recommended." -The Complete Review , "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity... The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." - Discover , "Lively, racy, and likable . . . complex in event, imaginative in detail, ethically and intellectually sophisticated." -Ursula K. Le Guin, "If you're going to read just one Soviet-era Russian science fiction novel, it should be Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's dark, ambiguous Roadside Picnic ." --io9 , "Lively, racy, and likable . . . complex in event, imaginative in detail, ethically and intellectually sophisticated." --Ursula K. Le Guin, "The story is carried out with a controlled fierceness that doesn't waver for a minute." — Kirkus Reviews, "No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Certainly recommended." -- The Complete Review, "Lively, racy, and likable . . . complex in event, imaginative in detail, ethically and intellectually sophisticated." —Ursula K. Le Guin, "If you're going to read just one Soviet-era Russian science fiction novel, it should be Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's dark, ambiguous Roadside Picnic ." --io9, "If you're going to read just one Soviet-era Russian science fiction novel, it should be Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's dark, ambiguous Roadside Picnic ." -io9 , "The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity . . . The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. It's also a book that's bound to make you feel a little less sure of humanity's place in the universe." -- Discover, "No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Certainly recommended." -- The Complete Review , "[A] vivid new translation... it has survived triumphantly as a classic." -- Publishers Weekly "[Roadside Picnic] reminds us how well science fiction explores humanity" --Sacramento News & Review "A new translation of Roadside Picnic is a major event. The novel is routinely included in lists of the 100 greatest science fiction novels, and its influence of popular culture is immense....Besides [Ursula] Le Guin's foreword, the Chicago Review Press edition contains a witty afterword by Boris Strugatsky." -- The Oregonian, "If you're going to read just one Soviet-era Russian science fiction novel, it should be Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's dark, ambiguous Roadside Picnic ." -io9 , "No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Certainly recommended." - The Complete Review

Series Volume Number16

Dewey Decimal891.73/44

SynopsisRed Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a "full empty," something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he'll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel's publication in Russia., Red Schuhart is a stalker, a young rebel who is compelled, despite extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect mysterious alien artifacts. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together, something goes terribly wrong. The news Red receives from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he'll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. Back in print after 30 years, this brand new translation of a science-fiction classic has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky that explains the strange history of its original publication in Russia.

LC Classification NumberPG3476.S78835P5513