The Time of Apprentices (Russian: "Время учеников") is a massive collaborative Strugatsky fanfiction project that began in 1991 and was sanctioned by Boris Strugatsky. Disquiet (1965 first published as a standalone novel Snail on the Slope between 19, while the original draft was only published in 1990).Works by the Strugatsky brothers include: Petersburg where he resided during his final years was named after the brothers. He was quoted to describe solo writing as "sawing a log with a two-man saw, only alone". Boris Strugatsky published two solo novels (neither translated to English) before his death on November 19, 2012. (The film, in turn, would inspire a video game).Īrkady Strugatsky died on October 12, 1991, ending the collaboration.
The most famous adaptation is that of Piknik na obochine, translated into English as " Roadside Picnic", which became a film under the title Stalker (1979). Movie adaptations are not quite as scarce, but suffer from horrible Adaptation Decay. Unfortunately, the chances of getting new English translations is close to nil since Boris Strugatsky refused to take the original Russian texts off his website (something which is apparently a prerequisite for having his work translated in the West).
The fact that they are based on Soviet-era censored versions of the works doesn't help.
Unfortunately, English translations are few, lacking in quality and out of print. Averting True Art Is Incomprehensible, these books were read by people of all ages, inspired generations of idealists and are cited as an influence by prominent Russian intellectuals. The banned books were printed unofficially (a practice known as samizdat and naturally a crime in the Soviet Union) and passed from hand to hand as subversive material. Their later books were very philosophical and subversive: many were heavily censored, others were banned. They started the most enduring trends in Russian sci-fi and many Russian sci-fi writers were heavily influenced by their work. Arkady Natanovich (left) and Boris Natanovich (right) in The '80sĪrkady and Boris Strugatsky were probably the best-known and most influential Soviet sci-fi writers.
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