When I was at Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo earlier this year, I found that Chicago Review Press, a local publisher, will be releasing the brand-new English translation of Hard To Be a God by Arkadiy and Boris Strugatsky. It's hard to explain to someone who didn't grow up east of the Iron Curtain why I was so excited. For over 50 years, the ( Read more... )

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A trailer for the recently released Russian adaptation of Inhabited Island (known as Prisoners of Power in English-speaking countries), a Noon Universe novel by Strugasky Brothers. The way I see it, the movie can either go very right or very wrong. One thing is certain - it will make shitload of money back in Motherland and the fangirls will be ( Read more... )