Hey, /lit/. I recently read Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky Brothers, and i really enjoyed it. What did you think of the book? I'm not very good at starting discussion, but i'd like to talk with someone about it.
it's great
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>>7976771
It's disgusting that people put scenes from the film adaptation on the book
I’ve only seen the movie it inspired—which I loved. How different is the novel? I was under the impression that rather than a direct adaption from the source material, Stalker was more or less using the ideas present in the original and presenting them in a new way.
>>7978396
fucked me up for a while
>>7978407
actually the game is more like the book, there's a ton more supernatural stuff in the book than the film.
>>7978407
Russian sci-fi is a lot different than the American one. A lot more depressing, a lot more humane, a lot more human. The future is there, but it's not the focus. Roadside Picnic is a great experience, different from the film, different from the game. Read it for what it is.
How many translations of it are available? Is there any in particular that I should seek out?
>>7978527
There's a shit old one and a great 2012 one.
>>7978531
Old one is completely gutted story-wise, isn't it? The soviets censored large parts for authority disobedience or something.
