Obligatory comment whenever Stalker comes up: Roadside Picnic, the novel which inspired Tarkovsky' Stalker (and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. videogame series) is great, and I highly recommend people read...
Obligatory comment whenever Stalker comes up: Roadside Picnic, the novel which inspired Tarkovsky' Stalker (and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. videogame series) is great, and I highly recommend people read it, especially if they're classic scifi fans. From a previous comment of mine:
The basic premise was really unique and interesting, too. Without giving too much away, it's a story of Alien "invasion" only when the Aliens visited Earth, instead of doing any of the standard scifi trope stuff, the event was basically that of a Roadside Picnic to them. That is to say, they showed up, barely noticed the humans who were tantamount to ants to them, did whatever Alien travelers with incomprehensibly advanced technology do when taking a quick pitstop on another world, and left a bunch of trash behind when they left. The story is about "stalkers" that venture into the exceptionally dangerous wasteland left behind by the Aliens in order to recover their trash (also usually exceptionally dangerous, but also exceptionally powerful) in order to sell it on the black market.
Yeah, it really is a great premise. But it actually delivers on the story aspect too, IMO. If/when you read it, lemme know what you think of it... even if you hated it. Ditto to you too...
Yeah, it really is a great premise. But it actually delivers on the story aspect too, IMO. If/when you read it, lemme know what you think of it... even if you hated it. Ditto to you too @NoblePath. Love or hate, I still like hearing other people's opinions on books I've recommended. :)
Obligatory comment whenever Stalker comes up:
Roadside Picnic, the novel which inspired Tarkovsky' Stalker (and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. videogame series) is great, and I highly recommend people read it, especially if they're classic scifi fans. From a previous comment of mine:
A friend had just told me about this novel. Mist be providential for me to read it.
That sounds like an amazing premise! Placing a hold at the library now.
Yeah, it really is a great premise. But it actually delivers on the story aspect too, IMO. If/when you read it, lemme know what you think of it... even if you hated it. Ditto to you too @NoblePath. Love or hate, I still like hearing other people's opinions on books I've recommended. :)
I'm reserving it from the library right now. If you guys circle back for a discussion I'll pop in.