Roadside Picnic • Tale of the Troika

Two outstanding short novels by today's most popular Russian SF writers

Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event called the Visitation that took place in several locations around the Earth, simultaneously, over a two-day period. Neither the Visitors themselves nor their means of arrival or departure were ever seen by the local populations who lived inside the relatively small areas, each a few square kilometers, of the six Visitation Zones. The zones exhibit strange and dangerous phenomena not understood by humans, and contain artifacts with inexplicable properties. The title of the novel derives from an analogy proposed …

Hardcover, 245 Seiten

Sprache: English

Am Mai 1977 von New York: Macmillan Publishing Company veröffentlicht.

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ISBN:
978-0-02-615170-2
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OCLC-Nummer:
2798470
ISFDB ID:
28299
Goodreads:
3885738

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Very good

An enjoyable read, kinda nihilistic book but I'd say it's a positive nihilism that I can get behind. Bunch of weird sci-fi ideas that were really intriguing and it differs a lot from the movie (Stalker) and the games (S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) which was good even though the three are a real triangle of greatness. Recommend for those who like aliens, alcoholics, body horror, and futility.

Sopravvivere

Il romanzo fondamentale del cyberpunk è indubbiamente Neuromante di William Gibson. L'elemento essenziale è sicuramente la presenza di tecnologia di rete e come questa si integra con l'essere umano. L'obiettivo principale è esaminare l'essenza dell'essere umano, motivo per cui un autore come Philip Dick viene considerato dallo stesso Gibson un ispiratore, se non addirittura un precursore del genere. Altro elemento essenziale del cyberpunk è l'ambientazione dentro la quale i protagonisti si muovono: i bassifondi di un mondo in decadenza. A volte succede che questi bassifondi sono anche a contatto con sostanze artificali, generalmente di produzione umana, che influenzano in maniera negativa i comportamenti delle persone. Ed è proprio in uno di questi ultimi casi che ricade Picnic sul ciglio della strada dei fratelli russi Arkadi e Boris Strugackij o Stugatzki. La storia è abbastanza semplice: accanto a sei città differenti della Terra compaino improvvisamente delle particolari Zone al …

Review of 'Roadside Picnic' on 'Goodreads'

If I had to pick one word to describe Roadside Picnic, it would be clever. All about this book feels rascalous, chaotic, full of energy and vitality. I think the main theme here is how people and culture can adapt to almost anything. No matter how bleak, odd or desperate the situation, the spark of life can be found in the most unexpected of places and that's something I'd gladly take to my heart from this book, especially in these trying times.