Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky

Roadside Picnic (S.F. MASTERWORKS) (Gollancz Collectors' Editions)

by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky

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.

Reviewed by wyvernfriend on

3 of 5 stars

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Interesting look at a world where aliens visited, leaving some things behind which are effecting people around them, it focuses on one man, Red Schuhart who illegally delves into these spaces to find the treasures. These are stories about his life beside this event and how he lives with it and tries to make some money and survive.

Not quite a 4 star read but close.

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