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Boris and Arkady Strugatsky

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The two brothers Arkady (, August 28, 1925October 12,1991) and Boris (, born

April 14,1933) Strugatsky (; alternate spelling: Strugatski) areRussianscience fictionauthors who collaborated on their fiction.

Life and work

The Strugatsky brothers ( ), as they are usually called, became the best-knownSoviet science fiction writers with a well developed fan base. Their early work was influenced byIvan Yefremov. Their most famous novelPiknik na obochine has been translated intoEnglish as

Roadside Picnic in 1977and was filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky under the title Stalker.

Several other works have been translated into English, but did not receive even a fraction of thecritical acclaim of Russian audiences. This can be attributed primarily due to failings that inevitablyarise when an attempt is made to translate colloquial Russian into a language that does not very wellsupport its grammatical structure; the second reason is that a basic understanding of the rigid mindset

promoted by the Stalinist regime is an absolute prerequisite to being able to see the contrast andrejection of uniformity that is evident in every one of the Strugatskys' works. Finally, much of thehumor of works such asMonday Begins on Saturday comes from hundreds of years' worth of culturaland literary allusions.

It should be noted, however, that the Strugatsky brothers were and still are popular in many countries,including Poland, Bulgaria, and Germany, where most of their works were available in both East andWest Germany.

The brothers were Guests of Honour at the 1987World Science Fiction Convention, held in Brighton,England.

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Noon Universe

For more details on this topic, seeNoon Universe.

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Several of the books written by the Strugatskys take part in the same universe, unofficially known asthe Wanderers universe (Russian: , English transliteration: mir Strannikov) orTheWorld of Noon (Russian: , English transliteration: Mir Poludnya), which is another,

perhaps better known, name for the fictional universe serving as a base for many of Strugatskys' texts.The name is due to the title of one of their texts,, XXII (English transliteration: Polden',

XXII vek; literal translation: Noon, XXII century), which relates several stories from the universe inquestion, while providing the background "feel" for its style of life. Among the main characteristics of

Noon Universe are a very high level of social, scientific, and technological development, highcreativity of the general population, and very significant increase in the level of societal maturitycompared to either the modern world, or any of those known to exist. For instance, this world knowsno monetary stimulation (indeed, money does not exist), yet every person is engaged in a professionthat interests him or her. The Earth of Noon Universe is a governed by a global technocratic councilcomposed of the world's leading scientists and philosophers.

One of the important story arcs of those books is how the advanced human civilisation covertly steersthe development of those considered less advanced. Agents of humans are known as Progressors. At

the same time, some humans suspect that a very advanced spacefaring race calledWanderers existsand is 'progressing' humanity itself.

The idea of Progressors is similar to the idea ofSpecial Circumstances organisation in The Culture setof novel byIain M. Banks.

Not all of Strugatsky's stories occur in the World of Noon; few (most notably (Ponedel'nik nachinaetsya v subbotu / Monday Begins on Saturday) and itscontinuation, (Skazka o Troyke / The Tale of the Troika) take place in the Soviettimes, presumably those (or close to those) during which they were written, and some occur inunspecified realms.

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Tributes

Several writers have to a varying degree paid their tribute to the works of Strugatsky brothers.

Sergey Lukyanenkoin his dylogy The Stars Are Cold Toys has the main character visit a world that isin many aspects strikingly similar to Earth from Noon Universe but in truth is revealed to befundamentally different and oppressive.

Kir Bulychev used an alien race called "Wanderers" () in one of hisAlice, Girl from theFuture stories. They share many attributes with the Wanderers fromNoon Universe including a near-mystical reputation, comparatively high levels of technology and zealous tendency to preserve theirsecrets. Unlike Strugatsky's Wanderers, who let the world believe that they vanished centuries ago,Bulychyov's Wanderers appear to be truly extinct. They never appeared in any of Kir Bulychyov'sother books.

In late 1990s, a three-volume collection of fiction by notable contemporary Russian sci-fi authors,titled The Time of the Apprentices ( ), was published with an endorsement of BorisStrugatsky. Each piece in the collection was a sequel to one of Strugatskys' books.

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Selected bibliography

The Way to Amalthea ( ), 1960 Six Matches ( ), a collection of short stories,1960 The Land of Crimson Clouds ( ), 1960 Noon: 22nd Century (, 22- ),1961 Space Apprentice (), 1962 An Attempt to Escape ( ), 1962 Faraway Rainbow ( ), 1963 Monday Begins on Saturday ( ), 1964 The Final Circle of Paradise ( )1965 Hard to Be a God ( ), 1966 The Snail on the Slope ( ),1966-1968 Tale of the Troika ( ), 1968 Hotel Of The Dead Alpinist ( ),1969 Inhabited Island ( ) a.k.a.Prisoners of Power, 1969 Roadside Picnic ( ),1972 A Doomed City ( ), 1975 Definitely Maybe ( ), 1976 Beetle in an Anthill ( ),1981 The Time Wanderers ( ) a.k.a. orWaves Put Out Wind, 1985 The Ugly Swans ( ), 1987 Overburdned with evil ( ), 1988

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