Gelezen: Rob van Essen, De grote schoonmaak
Op de achterflap staat 'niet na te vertellen' en dat klopt. Of je vertelt het hele verhaal, of je blijft in algemeenheden hangen. Dat dan maar: wat een geweldig verhaal weer, typisch Van Essen. Ik vond De goede zoon beter, omdat het punt implicieter was, maar de mix van #sf, absurdisme en Hollandse nuchterheid blijft heerlijk. En als je begint met een #Strugatsky-citaat kan je bij mij niet meer stuk.
2026-18
#Edwinleest #bookstodon #boeken

"Once the future was a continuation of the present, and all changes were looking somewhere on the horizon. Now the future is part of the present. You think they're prepared for that? They don't want to know anything. They just devour".

Stalker
Screenplay by Arkady #Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, and Andrei #Tarkovsky
1978
#stalker #cinema #film #screenwriting #screenplay #SF #sciencefiction

#PsychicDrool | Just what is the ending to Roadside Picnic all about?

Here I argue that the last chapter of the fantastic book Roadside Picnic has two subtly different readings, both of which are perfectly acceptable ways to look at it.

https://www.psychicdrool.site/just-what-is-the-ending-to-roadside-picnic-all-about/

#RoadsidePicnic #Strugatsky #Novel #Criticism #Scifi #ScienceFiction

Just what is the ending to Roadside Picnic all about?

This contains spoilers obvs. The End “In Roadside Picnic, the Strugatsky brothers have employed the tactic of preserving the mystery to excellent effect; indeed, as they surpass the canon established by Wells, so, too, they transcend the SF tradition.” - Stanisław Lem One of the strengths of Roadside Picnic is

Psychic Drool

I'm reading **Hard to Be a God** (1964) by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky.

For *some* reason the passage I just read jumped out at me...

#bookstodon #Strugatsky #fiction #OnPoint #Science #Art

My review of 'Hard to Be a God' by the brothers #Strugatsky for #VintageSciFiMonth: this year is the century of Arkady's birth.
https://wp.me/sezD85-hard
Do Not Enter:  #VintageSciFiMonth

Detail from the Hell panel of Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’. Hard to Be a God by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. Translated by Olena Bormashenko (2014)…

Calmgrove Books
Book - Piquenique na Estrada

A cidade de Harmont está mudada. Desde que foi palco de uma das várias invasões alienígenas na Terra, o clima é de incerteza e medo. Os visitantes anônimos

Eggplant.place

Stalker von tarkovski ist ein langsamer, aber guter Film & auch das Buch Picknick am Wegesrand von den strugatskies kann ich empfehlen.

Also müsst ihr nicht warten bis netflix dieses Spiel verfilmt :)

#Stalker #tarkovksy #strugatsky

#newBookDay shout out to sharon on ebay who turned down my offers of 40, 45 and 50 bucks for this, only for me to win with a single bid for 35.

#strugatsky #strugatskyBrothers #EscapeAttempt

Just started this recently released Strugatsky book. THe audiobook version is really good. The Thing about the Strugatsky's is they represent another spirit. A spirit different than I have found in any other books. Likkew Liu Cixin or Ray Bradbury they are independent serious but not morose. #Literature #Sciencefiction #Strugatsky #books #Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Waves_Extinguish_the_Wind
The Waves Extinguish the Wind - Wikipedia

#NewBookDay one more in the #strugatsky #strugatskyBrothers collection, this one is a hardcover first printing which is tight because when i bought it i thought it was paperback. #NoonUniverse