![]() ![]() The trade in the black market for items smuggled out of the Zone is huge. ![]() No one except scientist are allowed into the Zones. Thirteen years later they are still being studied. There are also organic life forms that cannot be studied because they kill all who get near them. Some of areas of intense gravity that crush men and vehicles flat. Some of the items in the Zone are powerful energy sources. Eventually world scientific organizations set up on the borders of the Zones and begin to study the visible and invisible. By the end of the day of the visit, the Zones are declared off limits. In six areas of the world, they have come and gone, leaving only their debris or garbage behind. The premise of Roadside Picnic is that the earth has been visited by aliens. The afterward by Boris Strugatsky details the fight to get the book published by the Soviet censors. Le Guin is a fantastic explanation of how the book was received when first published in the 1970 s. The forward by renown science fiction writer Ursula K. It is also a testimony to perseverance on the part of the authors who wrote under Soviet censorship. Roadside Picnic is a classic of science fiction. Written by: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Olena Bormashenko (translator) ![]()
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