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Собрание сочинений в 11 томах. Том 6. 1969-1973
В шестой том собрания сочинений включены произведения, написанные в период с 1969 по 1973 годы: "Дело об убийстве, или Отель "У погибшего альпиниста"", "Малыш", "Пикник на обочине", "Парень из преисподней".
Том дополняют комментарии Б. Стругацкого к данным произведениям, воспоминания Б. Клюевой и отрывки из критики того времени.
Том дополняют комментарии Б. Стругацкого к данным произведениям, воспоминания Б. Клюевой и отрывки из критики того времени.
656 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2007
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Arkady Strugatsky
518 books1,986 followersThe brothers Arkady Strugatsky [Russian: Аркадий Стругацкий] and Boris Strugatsky [Russian: Борис Стругацкий] were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.
Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi; the family later moved to Leningrad. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car; his father died upon reaching Vologda. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer.
In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.
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Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi; the family later moved to Leningrad. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car; his father died upon reaching Vologda. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer.
In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.
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November 1, 2009
In this volume we find four novels: "Roadside Picnic", "Hotel by the Lost mountain-climber", "The Guy from Hell" and "The baby".
Roadside Picnic is an obviously the most well-known Strugatskies' book between western readers. Partly because of Tarkovsky's movie named "Stalker" (which has only slightest connections with the book, although Strugatskies were writing the script themselves - I guess sometimes it's easier for the authors to play with their own creation), partly because of recent very popular PC game named "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." which despite it's title is way more closer to the book then to the Tarkovsky's film. Partly because this is a kind of universal text with only few Soviet connotations, mostly forced ones by the cencorship (on the backstage we see a glipse of good guys, who are from SU). If you never read it and like general sci-fi or William Gibson-like cyberpunk - go ahead and read it, you won't regret.
Some unknown superior alien civilization lands on Earth and leaves it after some time without any sign of contact. The places where they were is now called The Zones - big pieces of landscape where aliens were operating and where they left piles of diff. stuff mostly deadly dangerous but sometimes very usefull, like small sticks that can serve as a never-ending energy source. The Zone is filled with deadly traps and illusions and people who dare to go inside and dig stuff are called Stalkers. A lot of corporate groups and gangsters and the State are fighting for the valueable stuff which is inside the Zone and eventually for the Stalkers who are being hunted and prosecuted but needed by these groups at the same time. Luckily the book is not all about action which's not more then a decoration, but about life and sacrifice of one particular Stalker - the part which Tarkovsky used in his film.
"The Guy from Hell" is a small novel that continues Strugatskies serie about people of the future who intervine in life of distant benighted planets to promote their faster development - Progressors (books like "Hard to God" or "Non-desert island"). This one tells the story not of one the Progressors, but viсe versa - story of one of the inhabitant of one such distant benighted planet, who was incindentaly taken away to Earth. He is a fascist, plain awfull vicious type of person who we can easily meet in our, not so lofty times who is being put into completely good environment, John Lennon's "Imagine"-like. Where all the people are scietists or artists, where everything is clean and comfortable, where no one hates or presses anyone and where everything is free. This guy is actually from Hell, WWI-like times and he is forced to try to fit into a world with no violance at all and he fails.
"Hotel by the Lost mountain-climber" is written in a very rare genre for the Soviet lit - sci-fi crime story. Old police investigator is having his vacation on a remote mountain resort. There's only small group of people besides this investigator in the hotel - two loners, old guy with a young beautifull wife and another grownup with an even younger niece. And the owner of the place with his maid. Someting strange is happening in this hotel and as you expect a suicide is commited at some point - one of the loners is killed. The investigator starts to investigate and in case if you will ever read this book I won't tell what's going on further, but I can tell 99% that you won't ever guess what it is/ And also that in the end crime story turns into a tragedy.
I can't write about "The baby" right now for some personal reasons, but maybe I will a little later.
Roadside Picnic is an obviously the most well-known Strugatskies' book between western readers. Partly because of Tarkovsky's movie named "Stalker" (which has only slightest connections with the book, although Strugatskies were writing the script themselves - I guess sometimes it's easier for the authors to play with their own creation), partly because of recent very popular PC game named "S.T.A.L.K.E.R." which despite it's title is way more closer to the book then to the Tarkovsky's film. Partly because this is a kind of universal text with only few Soviet connotations, mostly forced ones by the cencorship (on the backstage we see a glipse of good guys, who are from SU). If you never read it and like general sci-fi or William Gibson-like cyberpunk - go ahead and read it, you won't regret.
Some unknown superior alien civilization lands on Earth and leaves it after some time without any sign of contact. The places where they were is now called The Zones - big pieces of landscape where aliens were operating and where they left piles of diff. stuff mostly deadly dangerous but sometimes very usefull, like small sticks that can serve as a never-ending energy source. The Zone is filled with deadly traps and illusions and people who dare to go inside and dig stuff are called Stalkers. A lot of corporate groups and gangsters and the State are fighting for the valueable stuff which is inside the Zone and eventually for the Stalkers who are being hunted and prosecuted but needed by these groups at the same time. Luckily the book is not all about action which's not more then a decoration, but about life and sacrifice of one particular Stalker - the part which Tarkovsky used in his film.
"The Guy from Hell" is a small novel that continues Strugatskies serie about people of the future who intervine in life of distant benighted planets to promote their faster development - Progressors (books like "Hard to God" or "Non-desert island"). This one tells the story not of one the Progressors, but viсe versa - story of one of the inhabitant of one such distant benighted planet, who was incindentaly taken away to Earth. He is a fascist, plain awfull vicious type of person who we can easily meet in our, not so lofty times who is being put into completely good environment, John Lennon's "Imagine"-like. Where all the people are scietists or artists, where everything is clean and comfortable, where no one hates or presses anyone and where everything is free. This guy is actually from Hell, WWI-like times and he is forced to try to fit into a world with no violance at all and he fails.
"Hotel by the Lost mountain-climber" is written in a very rare genre for the Soviet lit - sci-fi crime story. Old police investigator is having his vacation on a remote mountain resort. There's only small group of people besides this investigator in the hotel - two loners, old guy with a young beautifull wife and another grownup with an even younger niece. And the owner of the place with his maid. Someting strange is happening in this hotel and as you expect a suicide is commited at some point - one of the loners is killed. The investigator starts to investigate and in case if you will ever read this book I won't tell what's going on further, but I can tell 99% that you won't ever guess what it is/ And also that in the end crime story turns into a tragedy.
I can't write about "The baby" right now for some personal reasons, but maybe I will a little later.
October 14, 2021
Отличный том. Все входящие в него произведения, как на подбор, просто великолепны. Это Стругацкие в самом своем лучшем виде!
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