One Billion Years to the End of the World
by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
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(1 ratings)176 pages2020Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780241472477
About this book
This mordantly funny and provocative tale from Soviet Russia's leading science fiction writers is the story of astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov. As he reaches a major breakthrough, he finds himself plagued by interruptions, from a mysterious crate of vodka to a glamorous woman on his doorstep. Is the Universe trying to tell him something?
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2020
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN
- 9780241472477
- Language
- en
About Arkady Strugatsky
Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky was born in Batumi, Russia. While he was a child, he moved with his family to Leningrad. In 1942, Leningrad was under siege and he left with his father, who did not survive the trip to Vologda. Arkady was later drafted into the Soviet Army, and in 1949 he graduated from the Military Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow. He worked as a teacher and interpreter for the military until 1955. From 1955 he began to work as an editor and writer. In 1958, he began his lifelong collaboration with his brother Boris.
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