179 pages
Spanish language
Published April 19, 2015 by Gigamesh.
El libro comienza treinta años después de un futuro incidente misterioso en seis zonas distintas del orbe. La teoría más popular es la de una posible visita alienígena a la Tierra. Al ocurrir en lugares deshabitados, nadie vio lo que realmente ocurrió pero tras el incidente, las zonas de visita contienen artefactos y fenómenos físicos peligrosos e incomprensibles.
Sin embargo, los objetos alienígenas en la zona desatan demasiada curiosidad como para ser ignorados y pronto surge una clase de hombres especializados en entrar ilegalmente a la zona, desafiar sus muchos peligros y extraer objetos alienígenas para su venta en el mercado negro. Estos hombres pronto son conocidos como stalkers (acechadores).
Dark and gritty Soviet science fiction. It has a video game-like quality. The characters and their nicknames are well-conceived. The overall crushing cynicism has a Russian feel to it.
I have loved both the Roadside Picnic and the Monday starts on a Saturday. I've specifically tracked this edition for the Tale of Troika to see what else the wizards/scientists at NITWIT were up to next and I loved it.
This has to be one of the most scolding satires of the Soviet bureaucracy, especially their tendency to make a committee for everything. I have recognized so many people from both my experience, and from stories from other people I know in these characters that it has taken me four or five times as long to read through this short story simply because I just couldn't stop laughing at times and had to take breaks.
The ceremonial launch of the elevator and the request for a purple Extraterrestrial with four eyes and four arms to prove that he is in fact not from Earth really got me... you have no …
I have loved both the Roadside Picnic and the Monday starts on a Saturday. I've specifically tracked this edition for the Tale of Troika to see what else the wizards/scientists at NITWIT were up to next and I loved it.
This has to be one of the most scolding satires of the Soviet bureaucracy, especially their tendency to make a committee for everything. I have recognized so many people from both my experience, and from stories from other people I know in these characters that it has taken me four or five times as long to read through this short story simply because I just couldn't stop laughing at times and had to take breaks.
The ceremonial launch of the elevator and the request for a purple Extraterrestrial with four eyes and four arms to prove that he is in fact not from Earth really got me... you have no idea.
I do not wish to reveal more for I will only spoil the jokes. If you liked Monday starts on a Saturday, there is a good chance you will love this story even more.
