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Roadside picnic novel5/19/2023 This is not a story about a particular event, but about its aftermath. “Empties,” “hell slime,” a golden ball that grants wishes–images like these are most powerful when they’re left to the imagination. Nonetheless, you need to read this version of Roadside Picnic because the book forces you to imagine what some of these mysterious pieces of alien technology might actually look like. Though I haven’t yet seen Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film Stalker, loosely based on the novel and with a screenplay written by the Strugatskys themselves, I’ve heard good things. And Roadside Picnic, especially in this uncensored and newly-translated version, is a fascinating combination of science fiction, mystery, and thriller. The Dead Mountaineer’s Inn is wild and strange and mysterious Snail on the Slope is darkly enigmatic The Inhabited Island is terrifyingly believable. The great thing about Strugatsky novels is that they’re all brilliant in their own unique ways. Grab a copy here or through your local independent bookstore (censored version originally translated into English by Antonina L. Translated from the (uncensored) Russian by Olena Bormashenko
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