The Strugatskys' deft and supple handling of loyalty and greed, of friendship and love, of despair and frustration and loneliness a truly superb tale. 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 characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today.

a truly superb work of science fiction.' - Infinity Plus, 'The Strugatskys' worldview remains both uniquely cutting and replete with humanity. 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. The characters' conflicted views of their troubled world make for a read that still feels fresh today. You won't forget it.' -Theodore Sturgeon, '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. You won't forget it.' -Theodore Sturgeon, 'Amazing. Certainly recommended.' -The Complete Review , 'Amazing. a Truly Superb Work of Science Fiction.' -Infinity Plus, 'No doubt: a powerful, classic work of science fiction. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel's publication in Russia. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. 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. 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. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a 'full empty,' something goes wrong. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. Red 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.

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