I've really enjoyed the audiobook (narrated brilliantly by: Robert "My Voice is Bourbon and Gravel" Forster) – the 'character business' in each scene is charmingly dated, but the science and the questions the story raises are absolutely top-notch

This is one of those books that I'd point to when giving an example of what science fiction does better than anything else. A New Translation of The One Russian Science Fiction Novel You Absolutely Must ReadIf you’re going to read just one Soviet-era Russian science fiction novel, it should be Arkady and Boris Strugatsky’s … Continue reading I've really enjoyed the audiobook (narrated brilliantly by: Robert "My Voice is Bourbon and Gravel" Forster) – the 'character business' in each scene is charmingly dated, but the science and the questions the story raises are absolutely top-notch