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Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий, Борис Натанович Стругацкий, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky: Roadside Picnic (1977, Macmillan) 4 stars

Roadside Picnic is set in the aftermath of an extraterrestrial event called the Visitation that …

I'm a little surprised I hadn't read this one already, and really glad that I have it under my belt - weird and disturbing, strong New Wave vibes through a Russian/Soviet lens, astonishing that it was published 14 years before the Chernobyl disaster.