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reviewed Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky (SF Collector's Edition)

Boris Strugatsky, Борис Натанович Стругацкий: Roadside Picnic (Paperback, 2000, Gollancz) 4 stars

A troubled man leads a writer and a scientist into "The Zone", a mysterious area …

Review of 'Roadside Picnic' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Didn't entirely understand this one. The language barrier doesn't help - although it's translated, the dialogue is not in English that flows very well (for me, at least). The Zone that the Stalkers enter does feel satisfyingly awful though. The characters aren't particularly likeable, mind.