Roadside Picnic - Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky

The Strugatsky brothers' poignant and introspective novel of first contact that inspired the classic film Stalker.

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those strange misfits who are compelled by some unknown force to venture illegally into the Zone and, in spite of the extreme danger, collect the mysterious artefacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the Zone and the thriving black market in the alien products. Even the nature of his daughter has been determined by the Zone. And it is for her that Red makes his last, tragic foray into the hazardous and hostile depths

Gateway, 2023
English
Softcover, 224 pages
198mm x 129mm