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Monday Starts on Saturday (Paperback): Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky Monday Starts on Saturday (Paperback)
Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield; Foreword by Adam Roberts; Afterword by Boris Strugatsky
R440 R368 Discovery Miles 3 680 Save R72 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Beetle in the Anthill (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Beetle in the Anthill (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Translated by Olena Bormashenko; Afterword by Boris Strugatsky
R514 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R106 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roadside Picnic (Paperback): Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky Roadside Picnic (Paperback)
Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky 1
R282 R141 Discovery Miles 1 410 Save R141 (50%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Strugatsky brothers' poignant and introspective novel of first contact that inspired the classic film Stalker Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths. Readers can't stop thinking about Roadside Picnic: 'A story of a horrific yet fascinating place, a story of an ordinary and unlikable man just trying to get by, a philosophical interlude on humanity and its significance or lack thereof, of greed and wonder, and the fever dream of the soul scream. It still speaks to me' Goodreads reviewer, 'Such an intriguing setting for me, such an unusual take on alien interaction' Goodreads reviewer, 'It is a thought-provoking, hard-to-put down masterpiece, most probably the best introduction to Soviet science fiction. A must read for any sci-fi fan' Goodreads reviewer, 'A fantastic and creative exploration of what first contact might be like' Goodreads reviewer, 'The tone of the book is akin to that of some noir works, dark, gritty, getting darker and grittier as the tale wears on . . . Like many great books, the meaning of the ending is left up to the reader' Goodreads reviewer, 'A beautifully depressive and wonderfully atmospheric science fiction novel about life on Earth after an alien "Visitation" that leaves humans with more questions than answers . . . Once I started reading it today, I couldn't stop. The story captured my heart and held my attention' Goodreads reviewer, 'This is the sort of book that you read and then immediately feel the need to lend it to someone you know so that they can experience and enjoy it themselves . . . I was truly astonished-by both the poignancy and the deceptive(?) simplicity of this relatively short novel' Goodreads reviewer,

Hard to Be a God Volume 19 (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Hari Kunzru Hard to Be a God Volume 19 (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Hari Kunzru; Translated by Olena Bormashenko
R474 R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Save R76 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Don Rumata has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to save what he can. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler, and a brawler, he is never defeated, but yet he can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the first minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play? This long overdue translation will reintroduce one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience. Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel "Hard to Be a God "is considered one of the greatest of their works. Yet until now the only English version (unavailable for over thirty years) was based on a German translation, and was full of errors, infelicities, and misunderstandings. Now, in a new translation by Olena Bormashenko, whose translation of the authors' "Roadside Picnic "has received widespread acclaim, here is the definitive edition of this brilliant work. It tells the story of Don Rumata, who has been sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar, with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly intervene. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a dueler and a brawler, Don Rumata is never defeated but can never kill. With his doubt and compassion, and his deep love for a local girl named Kira, Rumata wants to save the kingdom from the machinations of Don Reba, the First Minister to the king. But given his orders, what role can he play?"Hard to Be a God "has inspired a computer game and two movies, including Aleksei German's long-awaited swan song. This long-overdue translation will reintroduce one of the most profound Soviet-era novels to an eager audience.

The Snail on the Slope (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky The Snail on the Slope (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky; Translated by Olena Bormashenko; Boris Strugatsky
R497 R416 Discovery Miles 4 160 Save R81 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Waves Extinguish the Wind (Paperback): Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky The Waves Extinguish the Wind (Paperback)
Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky; Translated by Daniels Umanovskis; Afterword by Boris Strugatsky
R527 R422 Discovery Miles 4 220 Save R105 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roadside Picnic: Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky Roadside Picnic
Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky
R309 R252 Discovery Miles 2 520 Save R57 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Strugatsky brothers' poignant and introspective novel of first contact that inspired the classic film Stalker Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths. Readers can't stop thinking about Roadside Picnic: 'A story of a horrific yet fascinating place, a story of an ordinary and unlikable man just trying to get by, a philosophical interlude on humanity and its significance or lack thereof, of greed and wonder, and the fever dream of the soul scream. It still speaks to me' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'Such an intriguing setting for me, such an unusual take on alien interaction' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'It is a thought-provoking, hard-to-put down masterpiece, most probably the best introduction to Soviet science fiction. A must read for any sci-fi fan' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A fantastic and creative exploration of what first contact might be like' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'The tone of the book is akin to that of some noir works, dark, gritty, getting darker and grittier as the tale wears on . . . Like many great books, the meaning of the ending is left up to the reader' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'A beautifully depressive and wonderfully atmospheric science fiction novel about life on Earth after an alien "Visitation" that leaves humans with more questions than answers . . . Once I started reading it today, I couldn't stop. The story captured my heart and held my attention' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ 'This is the sort of book that you read and then immediately feel the need to lend it to someone you know so that they can experience and enjoy it themselves . . . I was truly astonished-by both the poignancy and the deceptive(?) simplicity of this relatively short novel' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Lame Fate | Ugly Swans Volume 36 (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky Lame Fate | Ugly Swans Volume 36 (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky; Translated by Maya Vinokour; Boris Strugatsky
R550 R456 Discovery Miles 4 560 Save R94 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Inhabited Island (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Inhabited Island (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
R173 Discovery Miles 1 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When Maxim Kammerer, a young space explorer from twenty-second-century Earth, crash-lands on an uncharted world, he thinks of himself as a latter-day Robinson Crusoe. Eager to establish first contact with the planet's humanlike inhabitants, he finds himself increasingly entangled in their primitive way of life. After his experiences in their nightmarish military, criminal justice, and mental health systems, Maxim begins to realize that his sojourn on this radioactive and war-scarred world will not be a walk in the park. The Inhabited Island is one of the Strugatsky brothers' most popular and acclaimed novels, yet the only previous English-language edition (Prisoners of Power) was based on a version heavily censored by Soviet authorities. Now, in a sparkling new edition by award-winning translator Andrew Bromfield, this landmark novel can be newly appreciated by both longtime Strugatsky fans and new explorers of the Russian science fiction masters' astonishingly rich body of work.

The Doomed City (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Doomed City (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 1
R320 R151 Discovery Miles 1 510 Save R169 (53%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is a mysterious city whose sun is switched on in the morning and switched off at night, bordered by an abyss on one side and an impossibly high wall on the other. Its inhabitants are people who were plucked from twentieth-century history at various times and places and left to govern themselves, advised by Mentors whose purpose seems inscrutable. This is life in the Experiment. Andrei Voronin, a young astronomer plucked from Leningrad in the 1950s, is a die-hard believer in the Experiment, even though his first job in the city is as a garbage collector. As increasinbly nightmarish scenarios begin to affect the city, he rises through the political hierarchy, with devastating effect.

The Doomed City - Volume 25 (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Doomed City - Volume 25 (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield; Foreword by Dmitry Glukhovsky
R634 R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Save R96 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Roadside Picnic Volume 16 (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Ursula K. Le Guin Roadside Picnic Volume 16 (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Ursula K. Le Guin; Translated by Olena Bormashenko
R468 R381 Discovery Miles 3 810 Save R87 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a "full empty," something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he'll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. First published in 1972, "Roadside Picnic" is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel's publication in Russia.

Monday Starts on Saturday (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Monday Starts on Saturday (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield 1
R313 R143 Discovery Miles 1 430 Save R170 (54%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When young programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, where research into magic is serious business. And where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

The Waves Extinguish the Wind: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Waves Extinguish the Wind
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Read by Kevin Pariseau; Translated by Daniels Umanovskis
R928 R692 Discovery Miles 6 920 Save R236 (25%) Out of stock
The Snail on the Slope (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Snail on the Slope (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky 1
R314 R145 Discovery Miles 1 450 Save R169 (54%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

ENTER THE ADMINISTRATION Peretz spends his days navigating the bureaucracy of the Administration, the institute tasked with governing the Forest below. Except no one ever seems to go there, and his attempts only trap him further within the workings of this strange organisation. ENTER THE FOREST Candide cannot remember how he got to the Forest, and he is certain he belongs somewhere else. Determined to escape, he finds that all paths lead him round strange bends and into encounters with bizarre creatures. NOTHING IS AS IT SEEMS This classic SF novel sees Boris and Arkady Strugatsky meditate on how little man can understand of the wider world, and in doing so produce one of the great literary works to come out of Soviet Russia.

One Billion Years to the End of the World (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky One Billion Years to the End of the World (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
R273 R220 Discovery Miles 2 200 Save R53 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'A beautiful book' Ursula K. Le Guin This mordantly funny and provocative tale from Soviet Russia's leading science fiction writers is the story of astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov. As he reaches a major breakthrough, he finds himself plagued by interruptions, from a mysterious crate of vodka to a glamorous woman on his doorstep. Is the Universe trying to tell him something? 'On putting down one of their books, you feel a cold breeze still lifting the hairs on the back of your neck' The New York Times

Hard To Be A God (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Hard To Be A God (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
R315 R146 Discovery Miles 1 460 Save R169 (54%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His place is to observe rather than interfere - but can he remain aloof in the face of so much cruelty and injustice ...?

Picknick am Wegesrand (German, Paperback): Arkadi Strugatzki, Boris Strugatzki Picknick am Wegesrand (German, Paperback)
Arkadi Strugatzki, Boris Strugatzki
R305 Discovery Miles 3 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Red Star Tales - A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction (Paperback): Yvonne Howell Red Star Tales - A Century of Russian and Soviet Science Fiction (Paperback)
Yvonne Howell; Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
R622 Discovery Miles 6 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Inhabited Island (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky The Inhabited Island (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield
R573 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R101 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Far Rainbow (Paperback): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Far Rainbow (Paperback)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
R654 Discovery Miles 6 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"We all know what Rainbow is," began Lamondois. "Rainbow is a planet colonized by science and designed for physical experiments." "The Far Rainbow was written at one breath, it is full of dynamics and genuine dramatism." - Literary Gazette "Science-fiction stories by the Strugatsky brothers are philosophical pieces. They are full of action but each action is clearly imbued with speculation."- Neva Magazine "Take the Far Rainbow, for instance. 'Authentic' is the word, and this is rather unusual where science fiction is concerned." - The Young Guard Magazine The brothers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky have chosen different careers. Arkady is a linguist and Boris an astronomer. Perhaps it is this divergence of interest which has helped them to describe the world of the far future so vividly. The brothers Strugatsky are among the most prominent Soviet science-fiction writers. They have written a number of works in the genre.

Monday Starts on Saturday Lib/E (Standard format, CD): Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky Monday Starts on Saturday Lib/E (Standard format, CD)
Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield; Foreword by Adam Roberts
R1,675 R1,188 Discovery Miles 11 880 Save R487 (29%) Out of stock
The Doomed City (Standard format, CD): Arkady Strugatsky The Doomed City (Standard format, CD)
Arkady Strugatsky; Afterword by Boris Strugatsky; Foreword by Dmitry Glukhovsky; Translated by Andrew Bromfield; Read by Chris Andrew Ciulla
R990 R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Save R256 (26%) Out of stock
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