02422cam a2200409 i 4500 2791777642 TxAuBib 20250624120000.0 r 260327s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781613743447 electronic bk. 1613743440 electronic bk. MWT11333742 Midwest rda TxAuBib rda Strugatsky, Arkady, author. Roadside Picnic [Hoopla] / Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky. [United States : Chicago Review Press, 2012. Made available through hoopla. 1 online resource (224 pages.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Instant title available through hoopla. 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. However, when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a full empty, something goes wrong. In addition, the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he'll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems. First published in 1972, Roadside Picnic is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions. It is supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky, which explains the strange history of the novels publication in Russia. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Hoopla eBook. Black market Fiction. Ragpickers Fiction. Science fiction, Russian Fiction. Electronic books. Science fiction. lcgft Fiction. lcgft Strugatsky, Boris, author. Hoopla digital. https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11333742?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh3964 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ipg_9781613743447_180.jpeg Cover image BSBPL