Comments | wytchcroft: a picnic for stalkers

wytchcroft

a picnic for stalkers

Mar 11, 2009 12:39

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alex_kraine March 11 2009, 13:52:35 UTC

My nick in many forums is Stalker ( ... )

wytchcroft March 11 2009, 13:56:01 UTC

thank you my good friend! great information.:)

- and notice, for you, i am not a 'stalker', ha ha!

isn't it depressing...

:)))

alex_kraine March 11 2009, 14:09:19 UTC

Heh. I am not either. Not even a paparazzi. ;)))
What is good here is that great many books by the Brothers have been translated into English. And the Strugatsky Brothers with several other sci-fi writers were probably the peak (The Third Wafe) of Soviet SF. BTW, some of their books have been cenzored out and circulated in hand-made reprints during Soviet time (The Snail on the Hill and Ugly Swans).

wytchcroft March 11 2009, 14:13:52 UTC

i am glad for any work that endures. and certainly i enjoyed the section of picnic i have read before (which was presented at a showing of the Stalker movie). Bu-ut, this all for later, later...

now i have to go stick a fish in my ear:)

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Snail on the Slope alek_morse March 11 2009, 15:26:01 UTC

I'll wait your review from the Strugatsky's novel.

By the way, the most close novel to "Roadside Picnic" is "Snail on the Slope"... in my view, indeed. I recommend it too :)

Re: Snail on the Slope wytchcroft March 13 2009, 20:32:12 UTC

In the UK there was The Wish Machine (which Wiki says is based on the early film script) - published as Stalker. THIS i have read before - and not Roadside picnic. I wonder now if i can find The Wish Machine anywhere?

Roadside Picnic is excellent - very enjoyable.:))

eugenebo March 12 2009, 22:59:09 UTC

I'd be interested to hear your opinion. That book is a wonderful mix of concepts originating from very different grounds, ranging from "depressing existentialism" to "ramping communism". I [hopefully] have no trouble separating them in the book, but would be interested to know if that obsructs a view of a person with a different cultural background :)

Nvertheless, I believe you made a right choice -- that's one of the best pieces of Soviet literature. Hope you'll enjoy it :)

wytchcroft March 13 2009, 03:52:46 UTC

thank you:) and yes, so far i am enjoying it very much!:)

wytchcroft March 13 2009, 20:29:37 UTC

what i didn't expect - is how funny the book is, a very dry humour but also laugh out loud. I read some out today on a train and many people were laughing. It is that sort of dark Russsian humour, and very well done.