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Roadside Picnic

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Robert Forster
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Ratings
Book
30
Narrator
19
Release Date
October 15, 2012
Duration
7 hours 8 minutes
Summary
Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems.
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Profile Avatar tenchimuyo500 Feb 2026

Good book. Great sci-fi.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Aug 2024

BEST BOOK EVER

Profile Avatar Colin Whitworth Sep 2022

Recommended by a friend. Not what I'd normally go for but I enjoyed it.

Profile Avatar Toby C. Mar 2021

Great listen, I was about to start playing the STALKER games but heard they were based on this book so decided to give it a listen. Wonderful book and I loved the afterword by the author about it's release

Profile Avatar Gary B. May 2018

It's a great listen

Profile Avatar Robert C Aug 2017

The book is a classic and the connection to the masterpiece but very different film is enriching in both directions. Robert Forester is a great actor and his talent really shines here.

Profile Avatar Darya G Jul 2017

Wow wow wow. I'm seriously impressed. I was listening to this along side reading the original Russian version and am pleasantly surprised how excellent the translation is and how wonderfully it's relayed by the narrator. I have listened to several audio books and none of the narrators come close to the artistry of this one. This little audio production is an absolute treasure. Thank you!!!

Profile Avatar Nick B. Apr 2023

More a look at 70s Russia than sci-fi. Are we sure it wasn’t sponsored by a cigarette company? The alcoholism, misogyny and wife beating took away from a mostly meh story.

Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic

Author: Boris Strugatsky
Read by: Robert Forster
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