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Translated scifi (Roadside Picnic, etc)

  • 10-01-2013 8:24pm
    #1
    Trojan
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    I read Metro 2033 recently after playing the game - the translation from Russian wasn't amazing but it was still very enjoyable. I was thinking about giving Roadside Picnic a go.

    Anyone reading sf originally written in other languages? Recommendations?

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  • #2
    Cavehill Red
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    We, by Yevegeny Zamyatin.
    Orwell, Burgess and most 20th century SF writers owe him a living for that one novel.


  • #3
    Dades
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    Coincidentally, I just started Roadside Picnic yesterday. :)
    A few chapters in I'm both mildly confused and intrigued...


  • #4
    mcgovern
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    I wasn't that impressed with Roadside Picnic.
    I haven't read these, but they are supposed to be good:
    • Night Watch books by Sergei Lukyanenko
    • Solaris by Stanislaw Lem


  • #5
    shrapnel222
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    la machine de rene belletto is a great read and was the blue print for a number of films.


  • #6
    Kinski
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    Roadside Picnic has some interesting ideas and one or two good sections - the initial foray into the Zone, which is far and away the most interesting "character" in the whole story, stands out in my mind - but overall is a bit rubbish. Bears almost no resemblance to the game STALKER, or indeed the Tarkovsky film (the one that doesn't resemble the game either!)


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  • #7
    Dades
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    I actually moved onto something else yesterday about 20% into Roadside Picnic.

    It was mildly interesting but I dislike most books written in the first person, and Red Schuhart was starting to remind me of Holden Caulfield (I f*cking hate CITR).


  • #8
    old hippy
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    Roadside Picnic I found enjoyable, if not revalatory. It still stands as a good, short story.


  • #9
    Stenth
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    The Stranger, by Max Frei. Translated from Russian. Weird and a bit different from other urban fantasy I've read.

    The blurb says "If Harry Potter smoked cigarettes and took a certain matter-of-fact pleasure in administering tough justice, he might like Max Frei". Personally I would rather describe it as "Dresden Files written by a Russian Neil Gaiman".


  • #10
    Rowan Big Fibula
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Rowan Big Fibula


    mcgovern wrote: »
    I wasn't that impressed with Roadside Picnic.
    I haven't read these, but they are supposed to be good:
    • Night Watch books by Sergei Lukyanenko
    • Solaris by Stanislaw Lem

    Loooove the night watch books


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