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Have you read Oblomov? How is that copy of the book that you have?
That copy of Oblomov is one of my favorite books in my personal (physical) library. The quality is top tier for a paperback, and the cover design is perfect.
Nice!! Would you mind sending a Amazon link?
Unfortunately, I bought it from Ebay, and the original seller doesn't have another copy listed. However, I found other sellers with that particular copy.
Seller 1
Seller 2
Seller 3 (Maybe)
Seller 3 is Thrift Books, and while I buy from them often, they don't always deliver the same cover as advertised.
Great, thanks for the info!!
What's it about? Did you like it?
That's a great question, and I hope someone here can answer that. I came across it yesterday. Surprisingly, I didn't have a Strugatsky in my personal library, so I had to get it.
you've never read Roadside Picnic?! it's fantastic
I have. I've read Roadside Picnic and Monday Starts on Saturday. I just haven't read this particular book I bought yesterday. Have you?
I would say that "Ugly swans" is more similar to the "Roadside Picnic" and overall quite a solid Strugatsky brothers novel.
While the "Lame fate" is more similar to the "Monday Starts on Saturday" - a little bit more "absurd" in it's setting and themes.
And "Lame fate" is more like a kind of novel-shaped self-reflection from Strugatsky - I am not sure if it would even be interesting for a someone who's not a hardcore Strugatsky fan.
P.S. And you absolutely can read "Ugly swans" as a stand-alone novel if "Lame fate" is not your cup of tea.
I mean that simetimes those novels are published in "intertwined" way (one chapter of "Lame fate", then chapter of "Ugly swans" then "Lame fate" again etc) and sometimes they are not - I am not sure how it is with your book.
P.S. Also I would personally greatly recommend those Strugatsky novels:
Hard to Be a God
Inhabited Island (sometimes published as Prisoners of Power)
The Doomed City - if you are really into their philosophical stuff
Wow, looks cool, Russian covers are more simple. Love it, especially The Ugly Swans part.
Blue folder picture on the cover is also very fitting since in-universe "Ugly Swans" is a novel stored in the blue folder of the protagonist of the "Lame fate"
Never heard of it. What's the premise?
This one is two books rolled into one, isn't it?