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Roadside picnic is so ridiculously melancholy. Everyone in that book is so depressed! I also don't think I've ever seen so much smoking and drinking in a sci-
by narrator 3y ago
Roadside picnic is so ridiculously melancholy. Everyone in that book is so depressed! I also don't think I've ever seen so much smoking and drinking in a sci-fi book. You could tell the brothers were really not enjoying communism.
- devindotcom 3y agoNow watch the film adaptation, Stalker - even more depressing!
- the_af 3y agoThe novel itself and the setting are not about communism though, not even in disguise. It would have to be in disguise because the setting is an unnamed North American (possibly Canadian?) city, but even if it was, the themes are not about communism. Agreed about the melancholy.
- pjc50 3y agoYes, that's Russian literature. Even before communism the melancholy is strong.
- SideburnsOfDoom 3y agoTry their other book, "The Doomed City". it's as upbeat as the title suggests.