While a working knowledge of Soviet society is not necessary to get absorbed in this book, I think it probably helps provide some context to the reader. I really enjoyed it but I clearly missed lots of the message in light of reading the LA Review of Books review. It was more overtly political, the setting felt much dingier, and the characters felt much more grounded. It certainly had a different feel from its Western cousin. This was my first foray into Soviet science fiction. With that being said I do have some thoughts on the experience of reading the book. I cannot hold a candle to it and highly recommend giving it a read. It delves into the background of the authors and the context they were writing in.
Here is a fantastic, deep, and nuanced review of this work at the LA Review of books by a professor of Russian and Comparative literature.
In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. He trained first at the artillery school in Aktyubinsk and later at the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, from which he graduated in 1949 as an interpreter of English and Japanese. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. In January 1942, Arkady and his father were evacuated from the Siege of Leningrad, but Arkady was the only survivor in his train car his father died upon reaching Vologda.
The brothers Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.Īrkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi the family later moved to Leningrad.
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