The Second Invasion from Mars
by Arkadij Natanovič Strugackij, Boris Strugatski
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HG Wells' Martians try again, only this time they've learned marketing. So much easier to have people sell themselves to you than killing them. Especially people who are used to being told what to do. Just replace their leaders, tell their media what to write, and step 3: profit.
You call it slavery, but every sensible human would consider this a normal business agreement that's profitable to both parties. (...) You talk of the end of culture and civilization, but that's simply not true! I don't even know what you mean. Newspapers come out every day, new books are published, they write new TV plays and the industry is running as usual... What are you missing? They've left you everything just as it was: freedom of speech, independence and show more the constitution. (...) And last but not least, they've given you a permanent source of income that will never run out and doesn't depend on the economic situation.
I just wish there was a bit more to it, it's all described from the diary of one old guy who doesn't really know - or, seemingly, much care - what's happening. show less
You call it slavery, but every sensible human would consider this a normal business agreement that's profitable to both parties. (...) You talk of the end of culture and civilization, but that's simply not true! I don't even know what you mean. Newspapers come out every day, new books are published, they write new TV plays and the industry is running as usual... What are you missing? They've left you everything just as it was: freedom of speech, independence and show more the constitution. (...) And last but not least, they've given you a permanent source of income that will never run out and doesn't depend on the economic situation.
I just wish there was a bit more to it, it's all described from the diary of one old guy who doesn't really know - or, seemingly, much care - what's happening. show less
Told in diary form, in a small village a retired postman worries about his pension. After hearing strange noises at night he complains to the local policeman to no result. Things sort of spiral, driven by the comedy of the situation...A wonderful alternate to Wells...
Два фантастических города, живущих своей собственной эагадочной жизнью. Тихий город господина Аполлона, куда прилетели за желудочным соком просвещенные марсиане. И обреченный Град Андрея Воронина, где неизвестно откуда явившиеся Наставники ставят непонятный чудовищный Эксперимент над человечеством.
Sep 24, 2006Russian
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Popular science-fiction writers, the Strugatsky brothers have used the genre since the 1960s to comment on contemporary society, at times provoking major controversy. It's Hard to Be a God (1964) is a dysutopia with commentary on historical theories. The Snail on the Slope (1966--68) features a KGB-like organization and an extraordinarily show more oppressive atmosphere. Pre-glasnost, glasnost, some of the Strugatskys' major works had to be circulated in samizdat, but the brothers' situation is now dramatically better. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Second Invasion from Mars
- Original title
- Второе нашествие марсиан
- Alternate titles*
- Die zweite Invasion der Marsianer
- Original publication date
- 1968
- People/Characters*
- Marsianer, Pandareus, Eurydice, Artemis
- Epigraph*
- Oh, diese verfluchte konformistische Welt!
- First words*
- 1. Juni (drei Stunden nach Mitternacht).
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ich geh mal runter und seh nach, was Hermione macht.
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- PG3476 .S78835 .D33 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1917-1960
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