Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Time Wanderers by Arkady Strugatsky Prominent : Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are well-known Soviet-Russian writers with a highly developed fan base. They became the spiritual leaders of Russian sci-fi literature in the 1960s, and to this day, their influence remains immense - entire generations were brought up on their books and loved them for their unique style. Though the early works of the Strugatsky bothers lacked individuality – at the beginning of their writing career their novels and short stories resembled those of Ivan Yefremov, a Soviet paleontologist and science fiction author who was the brothers’ lifetime icon and role model. Strugatsky novels were very different from ordinary sci-fi novels: strictly speaking they didn’t write showpiece science fiction. The brothers have always tried to write not just about spaceships, technology or other fantastic stuff, but also about people and their problems. At the beginning of the 1990s the brothers became the best-known and loved Soviet science-fiction writers abroad – their works were translated into multiple languages and published in 27 countries; a success Russian writers rarely experienced in the West. Arkady Strugatsky. Childhood. Arkady Strugatsky was born on 28 August 1925 in Batumi, Georgia; his mother was a teacher and his father – a fine arts expert, who at the same time earned a bit on the side as a newspaper editor. Two months after the elder son was born, in autumn 1925, the family moved to Leningrad (now ). When WWII broke out, Arkady first helped constructing defenses and then assisted at the grenade manufactory. In 1942, together with his father, Arkady was evacuated from Saint Petersburg (his mother and younger brother were evacuated a bit later), which was under siege from the Germans. The blockade of Leningrad lasted 872 days and left more than a million and a half dead. The train in which the boy and his father were evacuated was blasted and Arkady was the only survivor in his train car. War years. Lonely and frustrated, Arkady buried his father in Vologda and went to Orenburg. In the suburbs of the little city of Tashle he worked at a milk receiving station and studied at a field artillery school. Later he was called up for military service and in spring 1943 was seconded to , to the Military Institute of Foreign Languages, which he finished in 1949. He became an interpreter with two foreign languages, English and Japanese, by profession. Solo literary works. Arkady had a chance to work in his specialty – for some time he taught at the Canadian School for Military Interpreters and worked as a divisionary interpreter in the Far East. When Strugatsky left the military in 1955, he first worked at the “Review Magazine” and later as an editor at “The Detgiz” (the State Children’s Publishing House) and the State Political Publishing House. Arkady started writing science fiction long before the war broke out, but all his manuscripts were lost during the blockade. His first novella, “How Kang Died” (1946), was published only in 2001, ten years after his death! The first short story written by Arkady (co-authored with Leonid Petrov, another well-known Russian science-fiction writer), “Bikini Ash,” was published in 1958 and marked the beginning of the elder brother’s literary career. In 1986 Arkady was awarded the State Prize for the script of the film “Letters of a Dead Man,” together with Vyacheslav Rybakov, a well known science fiction author, and Konstantin Lopushansky, the film’s director. Arkady wrote several works under the pen-name S. Yaroslavtsev; among them the harlequin fairy-tale “An Expedition into Inferno” (1974) and “Devil Among People,” written in 1991 and published two years later. No one actually knew where the pen-name came from; some believe it is derived from the name of the railway station, Yaroslavsky Vokzal, near which Arkady lived, and the initial “S” denoted the first letter of the famous surname. Family and private life. Arkady was married twice. His first marriage was not durable, the couple divorced in 1954, though they had a daughter, who after the divorce stayed with Arkady; his second wife, Elena Oshanina, had a daughter with him, too, and brought up both girls as her own. Arkady Strugatsky died on 12 October 1991 from liver cancer. He was. cremated on his own accord and his ashes were scattered from a helicopter. Boris Strugatsky was born on 15 April 1933 in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). During the Great Patriotic war he was evacuated, but returned after the war was over. Boris graduated from school in Leningrad with honors. He wanted to enter the physics department of the Leningrad State University but was not admitted; after the failure Boris decided to enter the mechanical-mathematical department of the same university. He qualified as an astronomer and worked for some time at the Pulkovo Observatory. In 1964 Boris, along with his elder brother Arkady, was admitted to the USSR Writers’ Guild and started working as a professional writer. Accomplishments and solo works. In 1972 Boris was appointed head of the Leningrad Seminary for Young Sci-fi Writers (which later changed its name to the Boris Strugatsky. Seminary). Later he became a “Bronze Snail” prize founder. In 2002 Boris became editor-in-chief of the magazine “Noon, XXI Century”; four years later he participated in writing the book “Autograph of the Century” – Boris signed every single one of the 250 editions. After his elder brother, Arkady, died, Boris continued to write sci-fi stories and novels under the pen-name of S. Vititsky, producing “Search for Designation or Twenty Seventh Theorem of Ethics” and “The Powerless Ones of this World.” Boris has written a book of commentaries dedicated to the complete set of works by the brothers, that describes how this or that novel or short story was written, what influenced the Strugatskys at the time, etc. In 2002 Boris Strugatsky became an annual Literature and Arts Award winner and in 2008 he was given the “Symbol of Science” medal. Boris Strugatsky is also a winner of the “Great Ring Award” literary prize. Family and private life. Boris Strugatsky is married to Adelaide Karpyuk; the couple has two children – Andrey and Viktor. Boris is well-known for his passion for stamps; he is a votary of philately. The two brothers as a rule worked in collaboration with each other, and their novels were published under the name of Brothers Strugatsky or under the pen-names of S. Pobedin and S. Vitin. The first book written by the Strugatskys, a novella “The Land of Crimson Clouds,” was published in 1959. The brothers recall that it was a bet – Arkady’s first wife did not believe in its future success, and the brothers were eager to prove her wrong. The short stories written by the two brothers were different from Western sci-fi prose: the characters in their books were human-like and very accurately depicted – they were all intellectual and kind people. Their first collection of stories, “Six Matches,” was published in 1960. The Strugatsky brothers created a new method for arranging the history of the future. Unlike its Western antitype, the method didn’t possess a clear-cut chronological pattern, but had a complicated set of pass-through characters – those that were mentioned in practically every novel and short story, “wandering” from one book to another; thus a huge complex sci-fi world was created, one that had no match in any other country or culture. The first trilogy of novels is set at the turn of the 22nd century when space exploration has resulted in the universe being united under planet-wide communism. The story begins with three cosmonauts, Bykov, Yurkovsky and Krutikov flying to Venus (in the first novel, “V Strane Bordovih Tuch,” in Russian “The Land of Crimson Clouds,” published in 1959), and continues as the brave young men make routine inspection trips to all the planets of the Solar system in the third novel “Stajery” or “Apprentices” (1962). Despite the nod towards Soviet-style space romance, the early works written by the brothers stood out against the background of Soviet science fiction: the style was always vivid and memorable; a number of “pass through” topics and interesting uncommon socialist problems were dealt with and described in a humorous manner, which was quite uncharacteristic of the sci-fi genre. The best-known and most famous books of the period are the novels of the series “Polden, 22 vek” or “Noon, XXII century.” The fundamental idea of the series was that people of the future did not actually differ much from those of the present – one of the short stories even bears the title “Almost Alike.” Years of the Thaw. In the late 1960s the novels written by the brothers acquired multiple meanings, and their works started gaining popularity, both from common readers and from the political authorities. And though the Strugatsky brothers were in no way connected with dissident movements, they had difficulty publishing their works in the USSR - many of the books were deformed by censorship. One of the most noteworthy novellas, “A Snail on the Slope,” was only published in 1989, though written in 1966. “Ugly Swans” (1972), which was to a large extent autobiographical, depicted the fate of an artist in a totalitarian society; the element of science fiction was kept to a minimum. In the 1970s the Strugatsky brothers published several novels, though only two gained worldwide popularity: “Piknik na obochine” and “Space Mowgli.” Together with the early novella “From Beyond” (1958) they were published in a book called “Appointments Not Made.” The novels describes a young man, who discovers the site where aliens crash-landed and left numerous strange things behind. The novel “Piknik na obochine” was translated into English as “” in 1977 and filmed by Andrey Tarkovsky under the title “.” Among the last works written by the brothers, critics usually mention a large novel “The Doomed City” (1988-1989); parts of the novel were written much earlier – at the beginning of the 1970s. The story is set in the City, a place beyond time and space. Alien mentors have selected a group of Earthmen from different times and cultures to carry out a social experiment – they want to watch the great clash of cultures and ideologies. But something goes wrong, and the Earthmen have to live through civil wars, economical and ecological disasters, fascist coups and other similar horrors. The gloomy novel marked the onset of Boris’s writer’s block, instigated by his brother, Arkady’s death in 1991. It addressed the philosophical matters of the destination of men on Earth and choices one has to make, not always between good and evil, but sometimes between two evils. Several other works, apart from “Roadside Picnic” were translated into German, French, and English but did not receive the same attention and were less admired by Russian audiences. The Strugatsky brothers, however, were and still are popular in many countries, including Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Germany (most of their works were available in both East and West Germany). Noon Universe. Some of the books written by the brothers take place in the same universe, known as The World of Noon, or The Wanderers’ Universe. The name mirrors the title of one of their best known novels – “Noon: XX Century.” The Noon Universe is very peculiar – it boasts an extremely high level of social, scientific and technological development. The Noon World knows no monetary stimulation (money does not exist) and every person is engaged in a profession that interests him or her. The Earth of the Noon Universe is governed by a global technocratic council composed of the world's leading scientists and philosophers. The Universe was described by the Strugatsky brothers as an ideal place in which they would like to live and work; many people loved the described world and every now and then quoted the novels. Exhibitions. An exhibition, dedicated to the brothers was opened in the Nizhniy Novgorod region in spring 2003. The exhibit presents the three sides of the brothers’ occupation: writing, teaching and translating. A number of articles dedicated to the Strugatsky brothers’ works and novels are gathered at the exhibition together with books written by the brothers’ fans and followers. Acknowledgments. The brothers were Guests of Honor at the 1987 World Science Fiction Convention, held in Brighton, England. The Time Wanderers by Arkady Strugatsky. Last Active: Apr 24, 2019 Threads: 2 Posts: 3. Hoping to get 'em from Mega. Last Active: Yesterday Threads: 11 Posts: 185. I don't like posting mega links for stuff that is already up on TPB, but I do understand that some are unable to use torrents. Given that they are up on TPB I will be deleting these in a few days. Last Active: Apr 24, 2019 Threads: 2 Posts: 3. (Nov 20, 2018, 23:19 pm) Tost Wrote: I don't like posting mega links for stuff that is already up on TPB, but I do understand that some are unable to use torrents. Given that they are up on TPB I will be deleting these in a few days. The Time Wanderers by Arkady Strugatsky. Choose another writer in this calendar: by birthday from the calendar. TimeSearch for Books and Writers by Bamber Gascoigne. This is an archive of a dead website. The original website was published by Petri Liukkonen under Creative Commons BY-ND-NC 1.0 Finland and reproduced here under those terms for non-commercial use. All pages are unmodified as they originally appeared; some links and images may no longer function. A .zip of the website is also available. Russian author, who collaborated with his brother Boris Strugatski and published acclaimed science fiction novels. The Strugatskis became best- known Soviet science fiction writers, continuing the Russian tradition starting from Nikolai Gogol's novel Chronicles of a City , Vladimir Mayakovsky's play The Bedbug, and Mikhail Bulgakov's fantasy The Master and Margarita . Under the official Soviet ideology much of the Strugatskis' works were written in code to avoid censorship. In Ulitka na sklone (The Snail on the Slope) they argued, that no form of knowledge can be the ultimate truth, questioning indirectly the validity of Marxist-Leninist theories of progress. Arkady and Boris Strugatski's first story, the novella Land of Crimson Clouds , appeared in 1957. Their father, who had a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Leningrad, had kindled Arkady's interest in the works of Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and Arhur Conan Doyle. The combination of Boris's scientific expertise and Arkady's knowledge of western science fiction helped make them 's most widely translated writers of the genre. Six Matches , collected short stories originally published from 1957 to 1959. The early stories followed the tradition of Ivan Jefremov and praised the achievements of science and technology. During the Cold War, at the time when the was leading the space race, it was taken for granted in the Soviet SF, that in the future the Socialist system will be far ahead of capitalism. An example of these works is Stazhery (1962, Space Apprentice), written for young adult readers. It contrasted to outposts: Einomisa, where the staff of an undersupplied and overcrowded research station work happily, and Bamberga, an asteroid mining colony run by a an unscrupulous boss named Richardson. Vladimir Yurkovsky, the Inspector-General of the International Administration of Cosmic Communications (IACC), puts Richardson under arrest. In Noon: 22nd Century (1962) the cosmonauts optimistically search unknown frontiers. Capitalism is a thing of the past. The short story 'Six Matches' called for a limit on risk taking in the name of science. An ingenious scientist suffers a mental breakdown after trying to lift a bundle of matches via telekinesis. "The human race should gain mastery over nature not by sacrificing its best sons but by using powerful machines and precise instruments," concludes one of the characters. The same theme comes up at the end of Space Apprentice , where the heroic Yurkovsky dies while chasing what seems to be an alien satellite. After the brothers began move gradually to the direction of social satire, they came into conflict with the censors, although they were never dissidents or anti-Soviet. Only for a period during the Brezhnev era, they were unable to publish their work. Usually the authorities did not object the use of the word Zhid/Yid, a deragotary term for a Jewish person, but when their play "The Yids of the City of Peter," or Joyless Conversation by Candlelight (1990) was performed in the city of Tula, only the words "Joyless Conversation" were allowed on the posters. In Trudno byt' bogom (1964, It's ) a group of historians from the future visit a medieval planet in order to observe its historical development. Anton alias Don Rumata, a historian, witnesses in the city of Arkanar increasing tension. Don Reba, Minister for Security, accedes more influence and his pogroms among the members of the intelligentsia spread terror. Finally Reba comes to power and establishes a tyranny, beginning a systematic purging of the people. Anton feels he must contravene the Terran Historical Institute's directive of non-interference by helping dissidents to escape from Arkanar. 'Can man be a god?' asks Anton. Can – or should – a god permit evil? This Dostoyevskian theme brought Arkady and Boris Strugatski recognition as serious writes. However, taking a critical view on the work of the Stugatskis, the Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem argued, that when "this type of literature, which refers only to a very concrete type of totalitarian relations, loses a lot of its social relevance and vitality when the system which it critiques collapses." ('Reflections on Literature, Philosophy, and Science', in A Stanislaw Lem Reader , 1997, p. 22) Vtoroe nashestvie marsian (1968, The Second Invasion from Mars) was a humorous sequel to H.G. Wells's famous novel War of the World . In the story the Martians come back after their defeat but now they have better weapons: bribes and propaganda. Far Rainbow (1963) was a story about a catastrophe threatening a whole planet, called Rainbow. The hero, Leonid Gorbovsky, must decide who can leave the planet, a test ground for null-T (teleportation), and who will die. Gorbovsky himself refuses to board his spaceship, Tariel II . However, he reappeared in several subsequent stories. The Second Invasion from Mars and The Tale of the Troika (1969) caught the eye of conservative reviewers. The Ugly Swans , a dystopian story set in an unnamed country, did not find publisher. Eventually it appeared in Germany in 1972. In the story the indolent intelligentsia has lost its role as a critical counterforce and the new generation, children transformed into geniuses, decides to leave the whole old world. Konstantin Lopushansky's film adaptation from 2006, set in a rainy Siberian town, was loosely based on the book. Obitayemyi ostrov (1971) was about a planet governed by a tyranny and the attempts of an young idealistic pilot to change the society. In Definitely Maybe (1976-77), set in the contemporary Soviet Union, scientists witness strange events, which refer that somebody wants to hinder their work. Eventually a theory is developed: the faceless threat from above is the whole world order protecting the Second law of thermodynamics. The protagonist's phone number was Boris Strugatski's phone number with one digit changed. Though Soviet authorities promoted the publication of the brothers' work abroad, they enjoyed the role of semi-outcasts in the West until the advent of glasnost. Their first novels published in the USA were The Second War of the Worlds and Hard To Be a God , both came out in 1973. Noteworthy, the paperback publication of Snail on the Slope by Bantam was withdrawn in 1980 when the Strugatskis refused to market it as a work of dissident fiction. "Our science fiction is socially and ideologically commited and humane," said Arkady Strugatski in an interview in 1983. "It fosters an active mentality, a kind of mentality that is intolerant of narrow-minded bourgeois attitudes." After the death of Arkady in 1991, it remained uncertain whether or not Boris would continue writing alone. However, he published two books, but then ceased writing fiction. Among their other major works is Roadside Picnic (1972), which was made into a movie by under the title Stalker . The script of Stalker had little in common with the novel. Before Tarkovsky began to work on the film himself, he had recommended the novel to his friend, Giorgi Kalatozishvili, thinking he might adapt it to screen. The original story tells of a mysterious Zone in Canada where enigmatic artifacts can be found, left there like picnic rubbish on an alien stopping place. In the screen version the smuggler-saint Stalker is a guide to two men, the Writer and the Scientist, across a waste land and to the Room, where one's most secret wish will be granted. When the group reach their objective, nobody has the courage to enter the Room. The journey into the Zone can be interpreted as a psychoanalytical process in which Stalker shows the way to the subconscious. "People have often asked me what the Zone is, and what it symbolizes, and have put forward wild conjectures on the subject. I'm reduced to a state of fury and despair by such questions. The Zone doesn't symbolize anything, any more than anything else does in my films: the zone is a zone, it's life, and as he makes his way across it a man may break down or he may come through. Whether he comes through or not depends on his own self-respect, and his capacity to distinguish between what matters and what is merely passing." (Tarkovsky in Sculpting the time , 1986) In 1981 Tarkovsky worked with Arkady in an another film project, but at that time the director was already planning to go into exile and Arkady was suffering from ill health. Tarkovsky's other science fiction film, Solaris (1971), was based on Stanislaw Lem's novel, which appeared in 1961. His last film, The Sacrifice , was heavily influenced by Ingmar Bergman, and contained a section visualizing World War III. Selected works: Strana Bagrovyh Tuch , 1959 [The Country of Crimson Clouds] Shest' Spichek, 1960 - 'Six Matches' (in World Omnibus of Science Fiction, ed. Brian Aldiss and Sam Lundwall, 1986) Stazhery, 1962 - Space Apprentice (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1981) Vozvraschenie, 1962 - Noon: 22nd Century (translated by Patrick L. McGuire, 1978) Popytka k begstvu, 1962 - Escape Attempt (translated by Roger DeGaris, 1982) - Poika Helvetist�: kaksi pienoisromaania (suom. Esa Adrian, 1986) Dalekaia raduga , 1963 - Far Rainbow (translators: A. G. Myers, 1967; Antonina W. Bouis and Gary Kern, 1979) Trudno byt' bogom, 1964 - Hard to Be God (translated by Wendayne Ackerman, 1973) - Hankala olla jumala (suom. Marja Koskinen, 1979) - Films: Es ist nicht leicht ein Gott zu sein, 1990, prod. B.A. Produktion, Garance, Hallelujah Films, dir. Peter Fleischmann, starring Edward Zentara, Aleksandr Filippenko, Hugues Quester, Anne Gautier; Trudno byt bogom, 2008, dir. by Aleksei German, screenplay by Aleksei German, Svetlana Karmalita, starring Leonid Yarmolnik, Laura Lauri, Yuri Tsurilo, Oleg Botin Khischnye veschi veka, 1965 - The Final Circle of Paradise (translated by Leonid Renen, 1976) Ponedel'nik nachinaetsia v subbotu, 1965 - Monday Begins on Saturday (translated by Leonid Renen, 1977) - TV film: Charodei, 1982, prod. Gosteleradio, Odessa Film Studios, dir. by Konstantin Bromberg, screenplay by Arkady Strugatsky, starring Aleksandra Yakovleva-Aasmyae, Aleksandr Abdulov, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Valentin Gaft Ulitka na sklone, 1966 - The Snail on the Slope (translated by Alan Meyers, 1980) Gadkie lebedi, 1966-67, 1972 - The Ugly Swans (translated by Alice Stone Nakhimovsky and Aleksander Nakhimovsky, 1979 - Film: Gadkie lebedi, 2006, prod. Pro Line, Catherine Dussart Productions (CDP), Federalnoe Agentstvo po Kulture i Kinematografii, dir. Konstantin Lopushansky, starring Gregory Hlady, Leonid Mozgovoy, Aleksei Kortnev, Rimma Sarkisyan Vtoroe nashestvie marsian, 1968 - The Second Martian Invasion (edited by C.G. Bearne, 1970) / The Second War of the Worlds (tr. 1973) / The Second Invasion from Mars (translated by Gary Kern, 1979) Skazka o troike, 1969 - Roadside Picnic & The Tale of the Troika (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1977) - Tarina troikasta: kuunnelma (suom. Nina Korimo, Ben Hellman, 1983) Otel "U pogibshego alpinista", 1970 - Film: 'Hukkunud Alpinisti' hotell / The Dead Mountaineer Hotel, 1979, prod. Tallinnfilm, dir. Grigori Kromanov, screenplay by Arkady and Boris Strugatski, starring Uldis Putsitis, Juri J�rvet, Lembit Peterson Malysh, 1971 - Space Mowgli (in Escape Attempt, translated by Roger DeGaris, 1982) - Kasvatti (suom. Esa Adrian, 1992) Obitayemyi ostrov, 1971 - Prisoners of Power (translated by Helen Saltz Jacobson, 1977) - Film: Obitaemyy ostrov, 2008, prod. Art Pictures Studio, CTC Channel, Non-Stop Productions, dir. Fyodor Bondarchuk, starring Vasiliy Stepanov, Yuliya Snigir and Pyotr Fyodorov Piknik na obotshine, 1972 - Roadside Picnick (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1977) - Stalker: huviretki tienpientareelle (suom. Esa Adrian, 1982) - Film 1979, dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, screenplay by Arkadi & Boris Strugatsky, starring Aleksandr Kaidanovsky, Alisa Friendlich, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko Paren iz preispodnei, 1974 - The Kid From Hell (in Escape Attempt, translated by Roger DeGaris, 1982) - Poika Helvetist�: kaksi pienoisromaania (suom. Esa Adrian) Ekspeditsiia v preispodniuiu , 1974 [Expedition into Inferno], (A. Strugastski, as S. Yaroslavtsev) Za milliard let do kontsa sveta , 1976-77 - Definitely Maybe: A Manuscript Discovered under Unusual Circumstances (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1978) - Miljardi vuotta ennen maailmanloppua (suom. Esa Adrian, 1981) - Films: Egymilli�rd �vvel a vil�g v�ge el�tt, 1983, dir. L�szl� F�lix, prod. Magyar Telev�zi� M�vel�d�si F�szerkeszt�s�g (MTV); Dni zatmeniya / The , 1989, prod. Studio, Studio Troitskij Most, dir. Aleksandr Sokurov, screenplay , Pyotr Kadochnikov, Arkadiy Strugatskiy, Boris Strugatskiy, starring Aleksei Ananishnov, Eskender Umarov, Irina Sokolova, Vladimir Zamansky; Prin to telos tou kosmou, 1996, prod. Greek Film Center, Greek Television ET-1, Hyperion, dir. Panagiotis Maroulis, starring Aris Lebessopoulos, Christos Kalavrouzos and Olia Lazaridou Zhuk v muraveinike , 1979-80 - Beetle in the Anthill (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1980) Aliens, Travelers, and Other Strangers, 1984 (translated by Roger DeGaris) Podrobnosti zhizni Nikity Vorontsova, 1984 [The Details of Nikita Vorontsov's Life] (A. Strugastski, as S. Yaroslavtsev) Volney gasiat veter, 1985 - The Time Wanderers (translated by Antonina W. Bouis, 1986) Pisma Myortvogo Cheloveka, 1986 (screenplay) - Film: ( Dead Man's Letters ) 1986, prod Lenfilm, dir. Konstantin Lopushansky, screenplay by Konstantin Lopushansky, Vyacheslav Rybakov, Boris Strugatsky, starring Rolan Bykov, Iosif Ryklin, Viktor Mikhaylov, Nora Gryakalova, Aleksandr Sabinin Grad obrechennyi , 1989 Khromaia sudba , 1989 Bednye zlye liudi, 1989 Otiagoshchennye zlom ili Sorok let spustia , 1989 Zhidy goroda Pitera, ili Neveselye besedy pri svechakh, 1990 ["The Yids of the City of Peter," or Joyless Conversation by Candlelight] Iskushenie B., 1990 (screenplay) - Film 1990, prod. Goskino, Laterna Film, dir. Arkadi Sirenko, screenplay by Arkadi Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, starring Lembit Ulfsak, Oleg Borisov, Natalya Gundareva, Vladimir Zeldin Kuda zh nam plyt'?, 1991 D'iavol sredi liudei, 1991 [Devil Amongst People] (A. Strugastski, as S. Yaroslavtsev) Poisk prednaznacheniia, ili Dvadtsat' sed'maia teorema etiki, 1994 [Search for Designation or Twenty Seventh Theorem of Ethics], (A. Strugastski, as S. Vitisky) Sochineniia, 1996 ( vols.) Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 10. S. Vititskii, S. Iaroslavtsev, 2001 Bessil'nyje mira sego, 2003 [The Powerless of This World], (A. Strugastski, as S. Vitisky) Sobranie sochinenii v odinnadtsati tomakh, 2003 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 4. 1964-1966 gg, 2007 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 9. 1985-1990 gg, 2007 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 11. Neopublikovannoe, 2007 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 1. 1955-1959, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 2. 1960-1962, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 3. 1961-1963, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 5. 1967-1968, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 6. 1969-1973, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 7. 1973-1978, 2009 Sobranie sochinenii v 11 tomakh. Tom 8. 1979-1984, 2009 Neizvestnye Strugatskie. Pisma. Rabochie dnevniki, 1963 - 1966 gg, 2009 (ed. S.P. Bondanrenko) Some rights reserved Petri Liukkonen (author) & Ari Pesonen. Kuusankosken kaupunginkirjasto 2008. Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky. I have only recently started reading the Strugatsky Brothers, and only a small percentage of their work has been translated into English. Their stories have a feel of unreal fantasy in a realistic world (much like magic realism). In ``About the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic '', Stanislaw Lem attributes this to the Strugatsky brothers use of imagery from Russian fairy tales. This page a work in progress. Please links to the works, or reviews, of Strugatsky, or any corrections and feedback. English Translations of Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky. These are books which have been translated into English. None of them are, so far as I can find, still in print in American English editions. Noon: 22nd Century , 1960-1966. Macmillan, 1978, Translation of Vozvrashchenie , an interwoven collection of novelettes and short stories written between 1960 and 1966. Introduction by Theodore Sturgeon. Roadside Picnic , 1977. Published in Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika by Macmillan. A close encounter between an alien race and the Earth leave ``zones'' containing inexplicable artifacts. Roadside Picnic is the best first contact story I have ever read, and a thought provoking work of fiction. It was the basis for Russian director Andrie Tarkovksy's Stalker . Tale of the Troika , 1977. Published in Roadside Picnic and Tale of the Troika by Macmillian. Far Rainbow , 1979. Translation of Dalekaia , published by Macmillan in Far Rainbow and The Second Invasion From Mars , 1979. A planetary disaster, from which only a handful will survive, brings out the best in the inhabitants. The Second Invasion From Mars , 1979. Translation of Vtoroe nashestvie marsian , published by Macmillan in Far Rainbow and The Second Invasion From Mars , 1979. A sequel to War of the Worlds . The Final Circle of Paradise , 1965. English translation copyright 1976 by Daw Books, Inc. Original edition: Khischnye Vesch Veka , published by Young Guard Publishing house, Moscow 1965. Translated by Laurence Kresek. Monday Begins on Saturday , 1966. English translation copyright 1977 by Daw Books, Inc. Originally published in Russian by Young Guard Publishing house, Moscow 1966. Translated by Leonid Renen. Prisoner of Power An astronaut is stranded on a planet whose inhabitants have never seen the stars, and do not believe his story. Since he cannot explain where he is from, they assume he is a sky or mad. German title (translated) Inhabited Island . Escape Attempt , 1982. Visitors to a planet find the inhabitants living in a concentration camp, manipulated by strange machines which originate from the planets interior. English translation published by Macmillan. Definable Maybe , 1978 English edition Macmillian, 1978. Book review. Other Titles. These are books listed in other books or database, or which have been recommended to me. I am interested in any additional information. Aliens, Travelers, and Other Strangers , 1984. Published in English by Macmillan. Inspector Glebsky's Puzzle. Hard to be a God. Tale of the Three. Beetle in the Ant-Hill. Waves Damp the Wind. Links. Pegasos' Strugatsky page Pegasos Literature Resource Strugatsky page. Biographical and bibliographical information. Russian Science Fiction in English Translation Including: The Final Circle of Paradise , Poor Cruel Folk and The Time Wanderers by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. Book list Cyberspace Spinner's Strugatsky entry: Book list. Stanislaw Lem. Bibliography of the works of Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. THE TIME WANDERERS. Science fiction's premier collaboration (most recently Escape Attempt, 1982) weighs in with a scintillating middle/far-future docudrama, the fictional memoir of Max Kammerer, head of the Department of Unusual Events. For some time, Kammerer has intimated the presence among humans of the Wanderers, space-traveling aliens who supposedly vanished ages ago; even more worrisome, he suspects the Wanderers of ""Progressorist"" activities (i.e., they are artificially directing the course of human evolution). He sends his data to the brilliant but erratic researcher Bromberg, who responds with a set of predictions for events by which the purpose of the Wanderers might be determined. (Mere days later, Bromberg dies under mysterious circumstances.) So Kammerer calls in his best field agent, Toivo Glumov, who proceeds to investigate the predicted outbreak of apparently inexplicable phenomena. Slowly an explanation emerges: the participants in, or victims of, the phenomena are being tested--by someone--for evidence of new and superior talents. Kammerer's, and eventually Glumov's, suspicions focus on the Institute for Eccentrics, a sort of clearinghouse for wild new talents; it turns out to be a hotbed of--not Wanderers, but emerging-supermen! Even worse, Glumov--to his own horror --turns out to be one of the supermen, though he resists joining them through loyalty to his boss, family, and friends. Thoughtful, intriguing, challenging work, set forth with consummate skill, and, above all, illuminated by the piercing insight characteristic of the finest Russian writing. Pub Date: April 1, 1987. Publisher: Richardson & Steirman--dist. by Kampmann (9 East 40 St., New York, NY 10016)