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A powerful and poignant novel from the foremost Russian writers of sf 'The story is carried off with a controlled fierceness that doesn't waver for a minute' Kirkus Reviews '[T]he best Soviet sf writers' The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction It was the basis of Andrei Tarkovsky's much admired film Stalker

About the Author

Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) and Boris Strugatsky (b.1931) began to collaborate in the early 1950s after Arkady had studied English and Japanese and worked as a technical translator and editor and Boris as a computer mathematician at Pulkova astronomical observatory.Previous Titles include:Monday Begins on Saturday;Far Rainbow;Prisoners of Power;The Time Wanderers;The Ugly Swans;Doomed Trail;Uneasy Beetle in the Ants Nest;Aliens, Travellers and Other Stranngers (B Strugatsky).