If you see this, recommend a short book.
October 5, 2026 at 9:58 AM
If you see this, recommend a short book.
Visiting family (and my old bookshelves) and looking for a physical book to (re)read. Narrowed down to three finalists.
#amreading #booksky #books
#amreading #booksky #books
October 4, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Visiting family (and my old bookshelves) and looking for a physical book to (re)read. Narrowed down to three finalists.
#amreading #booksky #books
#amreading #booksky #books
"Dios no le dio la lengua al pueblo para que charle, sino para lamer las botas de su amo"
Que difícil es ser Dios
Arkady y Boris Strugatsky
Que difícil es ser Dios
Arkady y Boris Strugatsky
October 4, 2026 at 8:19 AM
"Dios no le dio la lengua al pueblo para que charle, sino para lamer las botas de su amo"
Que difícil es ser Dios
Arkady y Boris Strugatsky
Que difícil es ser Dios
Arkady y Boris Strugatsky
also add ZATO onto it while you're at it. I love my Strugatsky Brother inspired stories. I genuinely do think Roadside Picnic is probably the most influential sci-fi work of the past 50 years so it's nice to see effects outside of "what if we did THE ZONE again?"
October 4, 2026 at 4:32 AM
also add ZATO onto it while you're at it. I love my Strugatsky Brother inspired stories. I genuinely do think Roadside Picnic is probably the most influential sci-fi work of the past 50 years so it's nice to see effects outside of "what if we did THE ZONE again?"
Strugatsky Brothers :: Window To Askoy (Zoku – Zoku) igloomag.com/reviews/stru...
Igloo Magazine :: Strugatsky Brothers :: Window To Askoy (Zoku – Zoku)
Everything about the sound design and palette of Window To Askoy seems suspended in the heat of summer rains and tropical smog. Yet it's the soulful element that's paramount: an exquisite melancholy a...
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October 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Strugatsky Brothers :: Window To Askoy (Zoku – Zoku) igloomag.com/reviews/stru...
Finished up Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers.
Aside from seeing where iconic stuff from the STALKER series gets their inspiration, it was nice to read some sci-fi stories from the perspective of dude who doesn't pontificate about the greater implications of first contact and just lives.
Aside from seeing where iconic stuff from the STALKER series gets their inspiration, it was nice to read some sci-fi stories from the perspective of dude who doesn't pontificate about the greater implications of first contact and just lives.
October 2, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Finished up Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers.
Aside from seeing where iconic stuff from the STALKER series gets their inspiration, it was nice to read some sci-fi stories from the perspective of dude who doesn't pontificate about the greater implications of first contact and just lives.
Aside from seeing where iconic stuff from the STALKER series gets their inspiration, it was nice to read some sci-fi stories from the perspective of dude who doesn't pontificate about the greater implications of first contact and just lives.
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky — Roadside Picnic
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
October 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky — Roadside Picnic
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky — Roadside Picnic
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
October 1, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Arkady & Boris Strugatsky — Roadside Picnic
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
Leonora Carrington — The Hearing Trumpet
Diane Williams — I Liked Rex
Patrick O’Brian — Post Captain
Beppe Fenoglio — A Private Affair
don't come to me with some "NYT Best Seller List"
i only accept literature suggestions from the premier source: in-game quest references
i only accept literature suggestions from the premier source: in-game quest references
October 1, 2026 at 1:42 PM
don't come to me with some "NYT Best Seller List"
i only accept literature suggestions from the premier source: in-game quest references
i only accept literature suggestions from the premier source: in-game quest references
Reminiscent of Strugatsky brothers
Wordier/longer
Good story not sure the translation is up to it.
Fantastic ideas in later books of trilogy. Even wilder than Heechee saga.
Wordier/longer
Good story not sure the translation is up to it.
Fantastic ideas in later books of trilogy. Even wilder than Heechee saga.
September 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Reminiscent of Strugatsky brothers
Wordier/longer
Good story not sure the translation is up to it.
Fantastic ideas in later books of trilogy. Even wilder than Heechee saga.
Wordier/longer
Good story not sure the translation is up to it.
Fantastic ideas in later books of trilogy. Even wilder than Heechee saga.
Reading #RoadsidePicnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is like reading the cut content from a better book.
#bookreview #sciencefiction #literature
#bookreview #sciencefiction #literature
September 29, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Reading #RoadsidePicnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is like reading the cut content from a better book.
#bookreview #sciencefiction #literature
#bookreview #sciencefiction #literature
Author Laura Cranehill (WIFE SHAPED BODIES) joins this week to help cover ROADSIDE PICNIC by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, the basis for Stalker (1979)!
We're spoiler-free to start, so join us in the Visitation Zone--what could go wrong?
📺 bit.ly/4xQhsKn
🎙️ bit.ly/4rul1nQ
@lauracranehill.bsky.social
We're spoiler-free to start, so join us in the Visitation Zone--what could go wrong?
📺 bit.ly/4xQhsKn
🎙️ bit.ly/4rul1nQ
@lauracranehill.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Author Laura Cranehill (WIFE SHAPED BODIES) joins this week to help cover ROADSIDE PICNIC by Arkady & Boris Strugatsky, the basis for Stalker (1979)!
We're spoiler-free to start, so join us in the Visitation Zone--what could go wrong?
📺 bit.ly/4xQhsKn
🎙️ bit.ly/4rul1nQ
@lauracranehill.bsky.social
We're spoiler-free to start, so join us in the Visitation Zone--what could go wrong?
📺 bit.ly/4xQhsKn
🎙️ bit.ly/4rul1nQ
@lauracranehill.bsky.social
The Strugatsky Bros, in writer heaven, looking down at this and shaking their fists.
September 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The Strugatsky Bros, in writer heaven, looking down at this and shaking their fists.
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by the Strugatsky brothers
Truly one of the most lovable books I've ever read
Truly one of the most lovable books I've ever read
September 23, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The Dead Mountaineer's Inn by the Strugatsky brothers
Truly one of the most lovable books I've ever read
Truly one of the most lovable books I've ever read
Russia’s new “Hard to Be a God” series adds more characters, more adventures, and more spectacle to the Strugatskys’ classic novel. It leaves out the politics.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Strugatsky brothers’ Soviet sci-fi classic ‘Hard to Be a God’ took aim at dictatorship. Russia’s new state-backed TV adaptation strips away the politics. — Meduza
The streaming platform Wink is releasing a series called “Hard to Be a God,” based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers. The creators have noticeably changed the book’s plot: now we follow Earth’s…
meduza.io
September 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Russia’s new “Hard to Be a God” series adds more characters, more adventures, and more spectacle to the Strugatskys’ classic novel. It leaves out the politics.
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
meduza.io/en/feature/2...
The Strugatsky brothers’ Soviet sci-fi classic ‘Hard to Be a God’ took aim at dictatorship. Russia’s new state-backed TV adaptation strips away the politics.
The Strugatsky brothers’ Soviet sci-fi classic ‘Hard to Be a God’ took aim at dictatorship. Russia’s new state-backed TV adaptation strips away the politics. — Meduza
The streaming platform Wink is releasing a series called “Hard to Be a God,” based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers. The creators have noticeably changed the book’s plot: now we follow Earth’s ...
meduza.io
September 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The Strugatsky brothers’ Soviet sci-fi classic ‘Hard to Be a God’ took aim at dictatorship. Russia’s new state-backed TV adaptation strips away the politics.
"Immediately, Window To Askoy summons the peculiar gravitational field of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. Not through homage or cinematic reference, but through a shared philosophy of space."
👇 Read the full review below 👇
choonreview.com/strugatsky-b...
👇 Read the full review below 👇
choonreview.com/strugatsky-b...
Strugatsky Brothers ⋄ Window To Askoy (Zoku – Zoku) Album Review – ChoonReview.com - The Latest Electronic Music Reviews and News — your guide to the most exciting and boundary-pushing experimental el...
Immediately, Window To Askoy summons the peculiar gravitational field of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. Not through homage or cinematic reference, but through a shared philosophy of space. Tarkovsky’s Zo...
choonreview.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:57 AM
"Immediately, Window To Askoy summons the peculiar gravitational field of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. Not through homage or cinematic reference, but through a shared philosophy of space."
👇 Read the full review below 👇
choonreview.com/strugatsky-b...
👇 Read the full review below 👇
choonreview.com/strugatsky-b...
I think tonight I’m going to revisit Tarkovsky’s STALKER. This is a great example of an adaptation of a good book that’s very different from the source material and it works. The Strugatsky brothers’ book “Roadside Picnic” is worth reading too.
September 20, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I think tonight I’m going to revisit Tarkovsky’s STALKER. This is a great example of an adaptation of a good book that’s very different from the source material and it works. The Strugatsky brothers’ book “Roadside Picnic” is worth reading too.
One Billion Years to the End of The World by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I've read it four or five times, and it still turns my head inside out.
September 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM
One Billion Years to the End of The World by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. I've read it four or five times, and it still turns my head inside out.
Next up in the Tarkovsky retrospective at the GFT, and it's a biggie tonight, Stalker. With a screenplay written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, loosely based on their sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic.
September 20, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Next up in the Tarkovsky retrospective at the GFT, and it's a biggie tonight, Stalker. With a screenplay written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, loosely based on their sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic.
Roadside Picnic (book) by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
September 17, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Roadside Picnic (book) by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
"Carlos, how have you managed to rent a movie that's both boring and disgusting?"
it's a knack. hey check out HARD TO BE A GOD! great Strugatsky adaptation.
it's a knack. hey check out HARD TO BE A GOD! great Strugatsky adaptation.
September 17, 2026 at 8:40 PM
"Carlos, how have you managed to rent a movie that's both boring and disgusting?"
it's a knack. hey check out HARD TO BE A GOD! great Strugatsky adaptation.
it's a knack. hey check out HARD TO BE A GOD! great Strugatsky adaptation.
Soviet fantasy stories are a good place to start. Most of the works blend various Slavic folklore with the mundane world of the Soviet Union. Monday Begins on Saturday by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky is a good starting point. Magical creatures are mundane and everyone knows Baba Yaga.
September 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Soviet fantasy stories are a good place to start. Most of the works blend various Slavic folklore with the mundane world of the Soviet Union. Monday Begins on Saturday by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky is a good starting point. Magical creatures are mundane and everyone knows Baba Yaga.