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Picnic extraterrestre / Leyendas de la Troika
by Boris Strugatsky, Arkady Strugatsky
I only read half the book since I was only interested in reading Roadside Picnic. This was definitely an odd little story with some real great ideas. I think that by taking the slower and less action oriented approach to the story, the authors were able to explore the greater effects the Zone had on people besides being in the thick of it. I liked the intergenerational angle taken in regards to the Zone's effects, such as the father coming back as a harmless zombie and the daughter being born as a monkey-like creature. The items being drawn from the zone were also intriguing, given the fact that they were given different names by the general populace and scientists. I also liked that they were clearly otherworldly and people struggled to understand them, yet still used them for progress but without deep consideration of cost. I was a bit disappointed with how slow the book was though. I can imagine this story as being one that may have influenced Vandermeer in the writing of the Annihilation series. Feels a bit like a precursor to it.