Red, a man we follow over ten years, is driven by curiosity and need deep into the Zone. The Zone is the result of a visitation from aliens during Red's youth. The aliens made no contact with humans, any who would have seen them died as a result of their landing. The areas surrounding the Zones - th...
This one more than stands up to the test of time considering it was written in the 70’s. The concepts still remain original and fresh. I loved the idea of the roadside picnic and the “artifacts” left behind. Very well written and an engaging tale, in and out of The Zone.
When people talk about the "special" feel of Russian literature, I tend to shrug it away as yet another point of confusion "Westerners" have with anything Slavic. But when I tried to explain the feeling this book evoked in me to a few "Westerners" I startlingly realized that "it just *feels* so esse...
I read stories for plot, mostly. Sure, I want stories with good pacing, that are compelling, and keep me reading way past my bedtime, but I also like stories that have good characters, theme, and meaning. I love it when I find books that intersect with all those things, but give the choice of one ...
Wow! I've finished my first (in a long time) book in Russian. Ok, that was a graded reader (A2 level) but it's still an accomplishment. For around a decade and a half (yup, 15 years) I haven't been using Russian. I'm trying to refresh Russian, also by reading graded readers. This is Russian scienc...
Книга содержит три романа Братьев Стругацких. 1--В «Пикнике на обочине» рассказывается, как инопланетяне посетили Землю и создали «Зоны», в которых умирают люди и в которую отчаянно идут так называемые сталкеры. Они тырят оттуда разные ценные иноземные штуки, потом они их продают. Сталкер Рэдрик Шу...
Another gem introduced to me by my friends at Goodreads. This short novel is a "how-to" on sidelong insinuations, information gaps, and inferences that make for a wholly satisfying story. The main character, Redrick Schuhart, starts out as an entrepreneurial collector of alien artifacts, and becomes...
It’s clear very early on what a huge influence this book had on [a:Tarkovsky|16014|Andrei Tarkovsky|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1217349397p2/16014.jpg]. I couldn’t get that quote from Solaris out my head: “We don’t need other worlds, we need mirrors.” In some of the dialogue, I kep...
Almost better than Monday begins on Saturday, only problem that it's too short, I would have enjoyed more of it.És a köcsög galaktika hozzácsaphatta volna a kisregény-változatot, ha már az utószóban megemlíttetik, és ha már olyan rövidke lett a könyv.
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