Roadside Picnicby Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky.Translated by Olena Bormashenko,foreword by Ursula K Le Guin, afterword by Boris Strugatsky, 2012.Gollancz, 2012 (1972). Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man. From ‘An Essay on Man: Epistle II’ by Alexander Pope Superficially a speculative thriller, the Strugatsky brothers’ Roadside Picnic … Continue reading A being darkly wise
