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The Waves Extinguish The Wind
''The Waves Extinguish the Wind'' (; also translated as ''The Time Wanderers'') is a 1985 science fiction novel by Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. The book is narrated by Maxim Kammerer, and tells the story of ''The Great Revelation''. Plot summary The principal characters are Maxim Kammerer and Toivo Glumov, both working for an organization which investigates "Unexplained Events" (UEs). Their investigation of a series of events leads them to believe that they are witnesses the "progressorship" intervention by the precursor civilization of the Wanderers. This idea was discredited earlier, up to the level of mockery, therefore their research was met with distrust. After much investigation, the UEs are discovered to be the work of a secret society called the Ludens. They claim to have chosen this name for themselves as a derivative of the Russian word ''lyudi'' "humans", "people" with several semi-jocular allusions such as the popular L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkady And Boris Strugatsky
The brothers Arkady Strugatsky (28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Strugatsky (14 April 1933 – 19 November 2012) were Soviet and Russian science-fiction authors who collaborated through most of their careers. Their notable works include ''Hard to Be a God'' (1964), ''Monday Begins on Saturday'' (1965), and ''Roadside Picnic'' (1971), later adapted by Andrei Tarkovsky into the film ''Stalker (1979 film), Stalker'' (1979). Life and work The Strugatsky brothers ( or simply ) were born to Natan Strugatsky, an art critic, and his wife, a teacher. Their father was Russian Jews, Jewish and their mother was Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox. Their early work was influenced by Ivan Yefremov and Stanisław Lem. Later they went on to develop their own, unique style of science fiction writing that emerged from the period of Soviet rationalism in Soviet literature and evolved into novels interpreted as works of social criticism. Their best-known novel, ''Piknik na obo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanderers (Noon Universe)
The Noon Universe (Russian language, Russian term: "Мир Полудня" or "Мир Полдня" – "World of Noon"; also known as the “Wanderers’ Universe”) is a future history, fictional future setting for a number of hard science fiction novels written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The universe is named after ''Noon: 22nd Century'', chronologically the first novel from the series and referring to humanity reaching its noon in the 22nd century. According to Arkady Strugatsky, the brothers at first did not make a conscious effort to create a fictional universe. Rather, they reused characters and settings from prior works whenever they found it convenient. It was only later that they began drawing on common themes and plot threads from various novels to create newer works. Description The victory of communism and the advance of technological progress on the Earth of the Noon Universe has resulted in an overabundance of resources and eliminated the need for most types ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
