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Monday Starts on Saturday : S.F. Masterworks - Arkady Strugatsky

Monday Starts on Saturday

By: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Paperback | 11 October 2016 | Edition Number 1

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A brilliant and incisive satire of the Soviet pseudo-science research of the Cold War, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

When young programmer Aleksandr Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the Scientific Research Institute of Sorcery and Wizardry, where research into magic is serious business. Where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

About the Author

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky began to collaborate in the early 1950s after Arkady had studied English and Japanese and worked as a technical translator and editor, and Boris was a computer mathematician at Pulkova astronomical observatory. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes them as 'the best Soviet SF writers' and works such as Hard to be a God, Definitely Maybe, The Snail on the Slope and Monday Begins on Saturday are powerful and poignant novels that continue to amaze and move readers. Andrei Tarkovsky's much admired film, Stalker, was based on their most famous work, Roadside Picnic.
Industry Reviews
The best Soviet SF writers -- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

Folktale motifs are masterfully updated to embody in a dark picaresque the black and white Magic of modern alienated science and society -- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

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