Title: Roadside Picnic

Title: Roadside Picnic Title Record # 1291
Authors: Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky
Date: 1977-05-00
Variant Title of: [Russian] (1972) (by and ) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: NOVEL
Series:
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Translated by Antonina W. Bouis The 2012 translation by Olena Bormashenko is most notable for its correction of the "thirty"/"thirteen" translation error, which resolves the ambiguous ending of the original translation by Antonina W. Bouis.

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Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
32 ^ⓘ36 votes. It's not entirely clear whether the votes were for one of more translations, the Russian original or some combination of possible options. (as Roadside Picnic)	2012 Locus Online	20th Century Science Fiction Novel

Publications

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika	1977-05-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Macmillan (Best of Soviet Science Fiction)	0-02-615170-7	$8.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	ix+ 245	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni	Richard Powers (artist)
Roadside Picnic / Tale of the Troika	1978-03-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Pocket Books	0-671-81976-3	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 257	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Alan Magee
Roadside Picnic	1978-04-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (4))	0-575-02445-3	£3.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	ix+ 145	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Roadside Picnic	1978-11-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Readers Union / The Science Fiction Book Club (UK)	1145		ix+ 145	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Roadside Picnic	1979-09-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Penguin Books	0-14-005135-X	£0.80^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	160	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Adrian Chesterman
Roadside Picnic	1982-09-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Timescape / Pocket Books	0-671-45842-6	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	153	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Alan Magee
Roadside Picnic	2000-08-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Gollancz (SF Collectors' Editions)	0-575-07053-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	ix+ 145	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel
Roadside Picnic	2007-02-00	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #68)	0-575-07978-9	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	145	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Dominic Harman
Roadside Picnic	date unknown	Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky	Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz SF Masterworks #68)	0-575-07978-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	145	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Dominic Harman

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Reviews

Review by Lester del Rey (1977) in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1977
Review by Chris Evans (1978) in Vector 87
Review by Alan Myers (1978) in Foundation, #14 September 1978
Review by Paul Kincaid (1979) in Paperback Parlour, October 1979
Review by uncredited (1979) in Ad Astra, Issue Seven
Review by Bruce Gillespie (1980) in SF Commentary, #60/61
Review by Algis Budrys (1983) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1983
Review by uncredited (2000) in Vector 214
Review by Stephen E. Andrews and Nick Rennison (2006) in 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels, (2006) , reprinted in:
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (2007)
100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels (unknown)
Review by L. J. Hurst (2007) in Vector 252
Review by Jonathan McCalmont (2007) in Strange Horizons, 19 March 2007
Review by Annalee Newitz (2014) in Big Sky, #3: SF Masterworks 1