Roadside Picnic (S.F. Masterworks) - Boris Strugatsky

Posted : 9 months, 3 weeks ago at Mar 8 14:07

Although only a short story, this science-fiction novel has served as the inspiration for both Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film Stalker as well as the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. PC game and its follow-ups. Published in 1971, the Strugatsky brothers (Arkady and Boris) tell of a bizarre and metaphysical area of land known as The Zone, and detail how it impacts on the lives of the local residents who live nearby. Although widely renowned in Russia for their science-fiction writing, Roadside Picnic remains their single most successful work ever to be translated into English. Aliens have visited Earth, and, with very little warning or explanation they promptly left soon afterwards. This period of time is known as The Visitation amongst Earth’s now bewildered and speculative populace. In their wake the A...Read more

Rating : 8/10