Arkady Strugatsky
Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1931-2012) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 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. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes them as 'the best Soviet SF writers' and works such as Hard to be a God , Definitely Maybe , The Snail on the Slope and Monday Begins on Saturday are...See more
Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1931-2012) Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 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. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes them as 'the best Soviet SF writers' and works such as Hard to be a God , Definitely Maybe , The Snail on the Slope and Monday Begins on Saturday are powerful and poignant novels that continue to amaze and move readers. Andrei Tarkovsky's much admired film, Stalker , was based on their most famous work, Roadside Picnic . Read more at http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/strugatski_arkady See less
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Roadside Picnic
The birth of the Zone.
by Jared, Jul 6, 2023
For those of you that may have heard of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. video games from 2007-2009, or perhaps of the 1979 film "Stalker" you may have wondered where the origin was. Well, here it is. This tale is ... Read More