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Roadside Picnic

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Translated by Olena Bormashenko ...

Series series Rediscovered Classics
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a "full empty," ... Read more

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Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a "full empty,"
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The Beetle in the Anthill

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Translated by Olena Bormashenko ...

Series series Rediscovered Classics
A classic Soviet science fiction novel of moral ambiguity and hidden agendas, now in a vivid new translation.In the twenty-second century, Maxim Kammerer investigates threats to Earth as part of COMCON-2. He must track down Lev Abalkin, a "progressor" who has returned from a mission gone wrong. Is Abalkin a danger, or a victim of misunderstanding?As Kammerer delves deeper, he uncovers a web of ... Read more

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A classic Soviet science fiction novel of moral ambiguity and hidden agendas, now in a vivid new translation.In the twenty-second century, Maxim Kammerer investigates threats to Earth as part of COMCON-2. He must track down Lev Abalkin, a "progressor" who has returned from a mission gone wrong. Is Abalkin a danger, or a victim of misunderstanding?As Kammerer delves deeper, he uncovers a web of
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Hard to Be a God

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Translated by Olena Bormashenko ...

Series Book 19 - Rediscovered Classics
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works.It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a ... Read more

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Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works.It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a
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The Snail on the Slope

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Translated by Olena Bormashenko ...

Series series Rediscovered Classics
The Snail on the Slope takes place in two worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. Candide crashed in the Forest years ago and wants to return to the ... Read more

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The Snail on the Slope takes place in two worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. Candide crashed in the Forest years ago and wants to return to the
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The Snail on the Slope

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Narrated by Chris Andrew Ciulla ...

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9 hours 35 min

The Snail on the Slope takes place in two distinct worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people, and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. Candide crashed in the Forest years ago and wants to ... Read more

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The Snail on the Slope takes place in two distinct worlds. One is the Administration, an institution run by a surreal, Kafkaesque bureaucracy whose aim is to govern the forest below. The other is the Forest, a place of fear, weird creatures, primitive people, and violence. Peretz, who works at the Administration, wants to visit the Forest. Candide crashed in the Forest years ago and wants to
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Hard to Be a God

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Narrated by Matt Addis ...

Unabridged

8 hours 12 min

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works.It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a ... Read more

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Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely known as the greatest Russian writers of science fiction, and their 1964 novel Hard to Be a God is considered one of the greatest of their works.It tells the story of Don Rumata, who is sent from Earth to the medieval kingdom of Arkanar with instructions to observe and to influence, but never to directly interfere. Masquerading as an arrogant nobleman, a
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Monday Starts on Saturday

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Narrated by Ramiz Monsef ...

Unabridged

8 hours 56 min

Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy.The adventures Sasha has in the largely dysfunctional institute involve all sorts of magical beings—a wish-granting fish, a tree mermaid, a cat ... Read more

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Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy.The adventures Sasha has in the largely dysfunctional institute involve all sorts of magical beings—a wish-granting fish, a tree mermaid, a cat
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The Doomed City

by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky ...

Translated by Bromfield Andrew ...

Series series Rediscovered Classics
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely considered the greatest of Russian science fiction masters, and their most famous work, Roadside Picnic, has enjoyed great popularity worldwide. Yet the novel that was their own favorite, and that readers worldwide have acclaimed as their magnum opus, has never before been published in English. The Doomed City was so politically risky that the Strugatsky ... Read more

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Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are widely considered the greatest of Russian science fiction masters, and their most famous work, Roadside Picnic, has enjoyed great popularity worldwide. Yet the novel that was their own favorite, and that readers worldwide have acclaimed as their magnum opus, has never before been published in English. The Doomed City was so politically risky that the Strugatsky
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The Eternal Champion

An Eternal Champion Novel

by Michael Moorcock ...

Series Book 1 - The Eternal Champion
Embark on the first Tolkienesque adventure in an epic fantasy series about destiny, war, betrayal—and the return of a long-dead hero—by a giant of British fantasy.John Daker dreams of other worlds, and a name: Erekosë. He finds the strength to answer the call, travelling to a strange land ruled by the aging King Rigenos of Necranal.Humanity is united in a desperate fight against the inhuman Eldren ... Read more

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Embark on the first Tolkienesque adventure in an epic fantasy series about destiny, war, betrayal—and the return of a long-dead hero—by a giant of British fantasy.John Daker dreams of other worlds, and a name: Erekosë. He finds the strength to answer the call, travelling to a strange land ruled by the aging King Rigenos of Necranal.Humanity is united in a desperate fight against the inhuman Eldren
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Definitely Maybe

by Arkady Strugatsky, Strugatsky Boris ...

Translated by Antonina W. Bouis ...

Series series Neversink
In its first-ever unexpurgated edition, a sci-fi landmark that's a comic and suspenseful tour-de-force, and puts distraction in a whole new light: It's not you, it's the universe!Boris and Arkady Strugatsky were the greatest science fiction writers of the Soviet era: their books were intellectually provocative and riotously funny, full of boldly imagined scenarios and veiled—but clear—social ... Read more

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In its first-ever unexpurgated edition, a sci-fi landmark that's a comic and suspenseful tour-de-force, and puts distraction in a whole new light: It's not you, it's the universe!Boris and Arkady Strugatsky were the greatest science fiction writers of the Soviet era: their books were intellectually provocative and riotously funny, full of boldly imagined scenarios and veiled—but clear—social
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Return from the Stars

by Stanislaw Lem ...

**An astronaut returns to Earth after a 10-year mission to find a utopian society he hardly recognizes in this classic science fiction novel by the author of Solaris.“[Lem’s] marvelous, absorbing and often hilarious books make our weary universe seem pale and undistinguished by comparison.” —The Washington Post**Stanisław Lem’s Return from the Stars recounts the experiences of Hal Bregg, an ... Read more

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**An astronaut returns to Earth after a 10-year mission to find a utopian society he hardly recognizes in this classic science fiction novel by the author of Solaris.“[Lem’s] marvelous, absorbing and often hilarious books make our weary universe seem pale and undistinguished by comparison.” —The Washington Post**Stanisław Lem’s Return from the Stars recounts the experiences of Hal Bregg, an
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Nine Princes in Amber

The Chronicles of Amber Book One

by Roger Zelazny ...

Series Book 1 - Chronicles of Amber
After what seemed most of an eternity he woke up in a hospital not knowing who he was or how he got there. He was absolutely certain, however, that his life depended on getting out of that hospital and finding out who he was. And so starts an epic adventure in one of science fiction and fantasy’s most revered series, The Chronicles of Amber. Amber is the one true world of which all others are but ... Read more

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After what seemed most of an eternity he woke up in a hospital not knowing who he was or how he got there. He was absolutely certain, however, that his life depended on getting out of that hospital and finding out who he was. And so starts an epic adventure in one of science fiction and fantasy’s most revered series, The Chronicles of Amber. Amber is the one true world of which all others are but
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