Another mind-boggling book would be the Roadside Picnic by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. It made it to the movie theaters in 1979 with the name Stalker. Also recent quite successful PC game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl uses some ideas taken from this novel. The story of the book is based on existence of some kind of Zone a wilderness area that is cordoned by the government. Nobody knows how this Zone came to existence but it is dangerous and the gravity or other physical laws are twisted there and can kill the visitor. But it is worth of going there even that the special police forces guarding the Zone can shoot and kill any trespasser. There are so called artifacts that can be sold and also it is rumored that there is a room where all wishes can be fulfilled. There is no mention of the Zone being created by some E.T. but it is being speculated upon. The book is worth reading!
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Roadside Picnic
Another mind-boggling book would be the Roadside Picnic by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. It made it to the movie theaters in 1979 with the name Stalker. Also recent quite successful PC game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl uses some ideas taken from this novel. The story of the book is based on existence of some kind of Zone a wilderness area that is cordoned by the government. Nobody knows how this Zone came to existence but it is dangerous and the gravity or other physical laws are twisted there and can kill the visitor. But it is worth of going there even that the special police forces guarding the Zone can shoot and kill any trespasser. There are so called artifacts that can be sold and also it is rumored that there is a room where all wishes can be fulfilled. There is no mention of the Zone being created by some E.T. but it is being speculated upon. The book is worth reading!
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