{"product_id":"roadside-picnic-volume-16-paperback","title":"Roadside Picnic: Volume 16 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eArkady Strugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBoris Strugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRed Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a \"full empty,\" something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he'll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems.\u003c\/p\u003e First published in 1972, \u003ci\u003eRoadside Picnic\u003c\/i\u003e is still widely regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels, despite the fact that it has been out of print in the United States for almost thirty years. This authoritative new translation corrects many errors and omissions and has been supplemented with a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin and a new afterword by Boris Strugatsky explaining the strange history of the novel's publication in Russia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArkady and Boris Strugatsky\u003c\/b\u003e are the most famous and popular Russian writers of science fiction, and the authors of over 25 novels and novellas. Their books have been widely translated and have been made into a number of films. Arkady Strugatsky died in 1991. Boris Strugatsky died in November 2012. \u003cb\u003eUrsula K. Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, and other science-fiction classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987734921517,"sku":"9781613743416","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ai9wUHVpaThMZEtRaTA2SVlPR1FRZz09.webp?v=1776183784","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/roadside-picnic-volume-16-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}