One Billion Years to the End of the World

One Billion Years to the End of the World
Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky
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Paperback
h181 x 111mm - 176pg
30 Jul 2020 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9780241472477
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Astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov is on the precipice of a major discovery - a Nobel Prize-worthy break though. Yet, home alone in his Leningrad apartment, his work is beginning to be stymied. Strange and improbable distractions are mounting around him - and he is not alone. Across the city, his scientific colleagues, all close to their own eureka moments, keep finding themselves subject to countless mysterious interruptions. Are they paranoid, or is a malign authority conspiring against them . . . ? A science fiction classic from two Russian masters, One Billion Years to the End of the World is at turns both hilarious and suspenseful, while at its heart hides a quiet yet biting critique of Soviet totalitarianism.
One of the Strugatsky brothers is descended from Gogol and the other from Chekhov, but nobody is sure which is which . . . A beautiful book -- Ursula K. Le Guin One of the best and most provocative novels I have ever read, in or out of sci-fi -- Theodore Sturgeon They open windows in the mind and then fail to close them all, so that, putting down one of their books, you feel a cold breeze still lifting the hairs on the back of your neck. * The New York Times *
Arkady Strugatsky (1925 - 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1933 - 2012) are Russia' s most acclaimed and popular science-fiction writers. Their unique style - at once hilarious and pitch black - encompassed a remarkable variety of different genres- from space opera to alien invasion, from locked-room mystery to dystopian apocalypse. While their initial output was uncritical of Soviet life, over time their work became much more subversive - science fiction being the perfect vehicle to hide their critiques from censors. In 1981 they shared the Aelita Award, Russia' s most prestigious science-fiction prize.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780241472477
Published: 30 Jul 2020
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Height: 181mm
Width: 111mm
Spine: 9mm
Weight: 107g
Pages: 176

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