Одни из наиболее популярных советских писателей, классики современной научной фантастики — лучшие книги Стругацких оказали сильнейшее влияние на развитие жанра. Их произведения переведены на 40 языков, авторы удостоены медалей "Символ Науки", а их именем названа планета № 3054. Купить книги братьев Стругацких стоит ценителям философской и социальной фантастики, в которой за необычными приключениями героев или описанием вымышленных миров стоит глубокая философская или нравственная проблема.
The brothers Arkady Strugatsky [Russian: Аркадий Стругацкий] and Boris Strugatsky [Russian: Борис Стругацкий] were Soviet-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers.
Arkady Strugatsky was born 25 August 1925 in Batumi; the family later moved to Leningrad. 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. Arkady was drafted into the Soviet army in 1943. 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. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. In 1955, he began working as an editor and writer.
In 1958, he began collaborating with his brother Boris, a collaboration that lasted until Arkady's death on 12 October 1991. Arkady Strugatsky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers in 1964. In addition to his own writing, he translated Japanese language short stories and novels, as well as some English works with his brother.
I read the works of Strugacki as a teenager and returned to their works a decade later. Truly enjoyable read. Light writing style with deep and original thoughts on moral questions.
A few points:
- As time goes by, our values are tested, and we change. Living is a complicated business - Humans are like those sea creatures, who subconsciously build beautiful corals, only humans build cultures - The purpose of life is to die gloriously (that was in the first book) - The role of the teacher is the highest in the social hierarchy - Work, love, friendship are the cornerstones of happiness