Strugatsky are hardly a sci-fi. Soviet (and post-Soviet) fiction writers are surprisingly bad at sci-fi. For a decent sci-fi I'd recommend to check Stanislaw L

Strugatsky are hardly a sci-fi. Soviet (and post-Soviet) fiction writers are surprisingly bad at sci-fi. For a decent sci-fi I'd recommend to check Stanislaw Lem, especially 'The Invincible' and 'The Futurological Congress'.