Soviet Sci-Fi

So yeah, this is supposed to be a music blog, but for this entry I'm gonna ramble on about a book which led me to a film which led me to some music.

The book is Roadside Picnic, by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, and it was only by good marketing that I noticed it in the first place.  Along with a line claiming Roadside Picnic was the inspiration for both a movie and a video game, a prominently placed note at the bottom of the cover informed me that the book contained a new forward written by Ursula LeGuin.  I've been a fan of LeGuin's work for many years, so I was immediately intrigued and checked out Roadside Picnic.