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Monday Starts on Saturday

By Boris Strugatsky and Arkady Strugatsky
Series: S.F. Masterworks
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Monday Starts on Saturday by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky is a satirical and whimsical science fiction novel set in the Soviet Union. It follows a young programmer who inadvertently joins a mysterious research institute, where scientists challenge the boundaries of reality and engage in peculiar magical experiments. The story blends humour with philosophical reflections, exploring themes of curiosity, bureaucracy, and the pursuit of knowledge.
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Monday Starts on Saturday

When young programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, where research into magic is serious business.

And where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

A brilliant and incisive satire of the Soviet pseudo-science research of the Cold War, with a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

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When young programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, where research into magic is serious business.

And where science, sorcery, and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

Monday Starts on Saturday is a captivating exploration of a world where the lines between the magical and the mundane blur, inviting readers to ponder the intriguing interplay between different realms of knowledge.

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Monday Starts on Saturday is highly regarded as a work of science fiction by distinguished Soviet authors Boris and Arkady Strugatsky. The book creatively blends traditional folktale motifs with a contemporary narrative, offering a picaresque journey through modern science and society, noted for its exploration of magic and alienation.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781473202214

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 August 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Gollancz

Contributors:

  • Translated by Andrew Bromfield
  • Translated by Andrew Bromfield
  • Translated by Andrew Bromfield

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 200.0mm

Height: 130.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 256

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Arkady Strugatsky Boris Strugatsky Fiction General Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Series: S.F. Masterworks

About the Author

Arkady Strugatsky (1925-1991) and Boris Strugatsky (1931-2012)

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky began to collaborate in the early 1950s after Arkady had studied English and Japanese and worked as a technical translator and editor, and Boris was a computer mathematician at Pulkova astronomical observatory. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes them as 'the best Soviet SF writers' and works such as Hard to be a God, Definitely Maybe, The Snail on the Slope and Monday Begins on Saturday are powerful and poignant novels that continue to amaze and move readers. Andrei Tarkovsky's much admired film, Stalker, was based on their most famous work, Roadside Picnic.

Read more at http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/strugatski_arkady

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