I just saw Stalker a few days ago, and I was told it is inspired by one small part of a novel called Roadside Picnic (Пикник на обочине) by the Strugatsky brothers. What I know of the plot sounds very interesting.
I hear there is also a book based on Tarkovsky's film, called Zona, which is also supposed to be quite good. I fully intend to read both. But I wanted to mention it here to see if one of you were familiar with the books.
I hear there is also a book based on Tarkovsky's film, called Zona, which is also supposed to be quite good. I fully intend to read both. But I wanted to mention it here to see if one of you were familiar with the books.
It was a short (I want to say around 170-180 pages in the paperback edition I had – Gollancz SF Masterworks), but not quick read. There's a lot happening and it behooves the reader to pay very close attention. That being said, I thought it was an excellent novel, even if I never quite got around to writing that review that I intended to do.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie
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Has anyone read Roadside Picnic? (Now also video game related)
- 01/05/2012 06:38:08 PM
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Haven't read it, but I have certainly heard of it.
- 01/05/2012 07:35:52 PM
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Re: Haven't read it, but I have certainly heard of it.
- 01/05/2012 07:38:33 PM
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yes, I wouldn't call Stalker an expansion. More of a distillation. *NM*
- 02/05/2012 04:03:42 PM
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Yes, I read it a couple of years ago
- 02/05/2012 03:39:45 AM
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