The planet where Maxim Kammerer's ship crashes boggles his mind: the aftermath of a nuclear conflict, the mental conditioning of the population, the constant 'echo of war,' a brutal dictatorship... Seeing numerous examples of savagery and injustice, Maxim, who grew up in a communist world, decides to correct all the deformities of the state system of the planet Saraksh.
Authors: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky
He was born on August 28, 1925, in Batumi, where his father, Natan Zalmanovich Strugatsky, worked as editor of the newspaper Trudovoy Adjaristan. His mother, Aleksandra Ivanovna Litvitcheva (1901–1981), was a teacher and taught literature.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Strugatsky family was trapped in besieged Leningrad. In January 1942, his father, Natan Zalmanovich Strugatsky, and Arkady were evacuated via the “Road of Life” across Lake Ladoga, while his mother remained in the city with the ill Boris.…
