In Far Rainbow, a calamity is spreading across the planet Rainbow, caused by a science experiment that's gotten out of control. The science doesn't really matter; it's important only insofar as any disruption in human affairs that threatens to destroy lives will be important. What matters to the Strugatskys is how everyone reacts; they've taken their characters to a point of extremity to see what they do, and the results are as recognizable as any real-life disaster story you'll read or see, reported with compassion but with no trace of the excess sentiment, attempt at uplift, or glossing over of selfishness and desperation that often mars such accounts.
- ISBN10 1410106683
- ISBN13 9781410106681
- Publish Date 26 August 2004 (first published August 1967)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Fredonia Books (NL)
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 152
- Language English