Posts from "Monday starts on Saturday."

I want to find like-minded people! :) I adore the Strugatsky brothers! And I've reread this book at least 10 times since I was 8! Cadavers rule!!! :)
I'm curious, what are your favorite moments in the book?

"The vivarium supervisor, an elderly freedman vampire named Alfred, was drinking tea. Upon seeing me, he tried to hide the teapot under the table, broke a glass, blushed, and looked down. I felt sorry for him."

:smile24: "The right eye (working) tooth of Count Dracula of Transylvania."

And I'm also posting my favorite illustrations for this book (maybe someone has different ones?)

My respects! The Strugatsky brothers are great! Especially "Monday", "Roadside Picnic", "The Last Expedition", "The Snail", and "A Kid". I haven't reread "Monday" in a long time, but I really enjoyed the story about the homunculus Vybeghallo and the Great Seal.

"Monday", "Picnic", "At the Grave of the Fallen Mountaineer", "Snail", "Baby".

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Yes, definitely great works! ... Among my favorites, I also have "It's Hard to Be a God" and "The Boy from Hell" :) :) :) If anyone hasn't read them yet, I highly recommend them :) ... Here...

Here's another favorite excerpt from "Monday":

"The happiest are the jesters, fools, simpletons, and the careless, for they know no lessons of conscience, they do not fear ghosts and other undead, they are not tormented by the fear of future misfortunes, and they are not deluded by the hope of future blessings"...

"On the capitals of the columns and in the labyrinths of the gigantic chandelier hanging from the blackened ceiling, bats and flying foxes rustled. Modest Matveyevich fought them. He poured them with turpentine and creosote, dusted them, sprayed them with hexachlorane; they died in the thousands, but were reborn in tens of thousands. They mutated; among them appeared singing and talking strains, and the descendants of the most ancient species now fed exclusively on pyrethrum mixed with chlorophos, and the institute's film projectionist, Sanya Drozd, swore that he had once seen a bat here that looked exactly like the head of the film department"...

I read "It's Hard to Be a God" quite a while ago, and I was too young for it at the time, so I don't remember anything about it. And I also don't remember "The Boy from Hell"... I don't know if I read it or not. Could you remind me?

I haven't reread "Monday" for a long time, unfortunately, but I really enjoyed the story about the homunculus Vybeghallo and the Great Seal.

It's hard to forget the demon Maxwell, who won big in a coin toss.
But if I'm not mistaken, the Great Seal was in "The Tale of Three."

My respect! The Strugatsky brothers are great! Especially "Monday," "Picnic on the Roadside," "The Dead Mountaineer's Hotel," "The Snails on the Slope," and "Child."

The works are great, but after reading "The Snails on the Slope," I thought for a long time about whether the brothers were slightly Rastafarian.
And we should also remember "The Inhabited Island," "Beetle in the Anthill," "Waves Extinguish the Wind," "Far Rainbow," "The City Doomed," "Predatory Things of the Century," "Return. Noon. XXII Century," and so on. In general, you can read anything by the Strugatsky brothers; you won't go wrong.

It's hard to forget the demon Maxwell, who cleaned up in a coin toss.
Although, if I'm not mistaken, the Great Seal was in "The Tale of Three."

The works are great, but after reading "The Snail on the Slope," I thought for a long time whether the brothers were slightly Rastafarians.
And we should also remember "The Inhabited Island," "The Beetle in the Anthill," "Waves Extinguish the Wind," "Far Rainbow," "Doomed City," "Predatory Things of the Century," "Return. Noon. XXII Century," and so on. In general, you can read anything by the Strugatsky brothers, you won't go wrong.

Yes, the Great Seal was in "The Tale of Three," but I call both of these works "Monday," and I understand that this is incorrect). I don't remember anything about a demon...
The Snail simply amazed me... I didn't think it was possible to create such an atmosphere in a book. It really does feel like a dream... What were my feelings after reading it... Great. Honestly, I didn't really like "Noon"...

I've only read "Hard to Be a God" and "Far Rainbow" so far... But soon (I'm sure) I'll read the complete works of the Strugatsky brothers... :) After reading them, I'll share my opinion.

Hmm. Am I really the slowest one here? I've only read "Roadside Picnic"...
However, I liked it, and I'll download more books when I have the chance.

Lock, after reading "Roadside Picnic," which, by the way, made me appreciate the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R. even more, I read "The Hotel at the End of the Universe"... it's great. I highly recommend it. And of course, I'll recommend "Monday Starts on Saturday" to you and Taco as well. It's a classic of their work.

I'm actually rereading the Strugatsky brothers, starting with the very first volume (about conquering Venus, about Golconda, I forgot the title, it's on the tip of my tongue), and finishing the second ("Noon, 22nd Century," "Interns"). My favorite characters are Bykov, Yurkovsky, Zhilin, and others. They don't have any short stories, novellas, or novels that are bad. They're all excellent. I recommend buying the entire series of books, a collection. For those who are interested, you can trace how the writing style changes – from clumsy to excellent language. One problem with my collection is the memoirs of one of the brothers. I absolutely don't like them: constant criticism of the Soviet government, which, by the way, fed them. But that's not the topic; that's more about the author's personality. Ah, it's a pity that nothing came true... Where are you, photon starships?

The book about landing on Venus is called "Land of Crimson Clouds" if I understood you correctly. I read it a long time ago, but I liked it.

Started reading "Monday..." and I'm already completely delighted :) And I have the same illustrations as Tamara. The same illustrations (by the same artist) were in Kira Bulychev's "Alice"... I remember it clearly – I devoured it as a child ;)

I also started reading "Monday"; it's my first time reading the Strugatsky brothers, and I'm really enjoying it so far!

I've already read "Monday"... I liked it... "The Tale of the Troika" left me with more mixed feelings. Overall, it was positive ;) But "Predatory Things of the Century" is something completely different... It was a bit difficult to get into... But I read it all...

I'm continuing with the Strugatsky brothers ;)

Hmm:)
I haven't read much from A.B.S.'s works –
"The Country of Crimson Clouds," "The Road to Almatea," "Picnic," "A Beetle in an Anthill," "The Troubled Business," "Monday..." Just off the top of my head. Oh, and "The Hotel..."

(By the way... in my edition, the ghoul Alfred is "rehabilitated," not "freed." So maybe Boris Strugatsky wasn't so wrong in his opinion about power? (Correction after rereading – not about power. About BUREAUCRATS. Something like in Bulgakov...))

"Monday..." is something unimaginable. I've never laughed so much before:)

By the way... something I read came to mind... darn, who remembers the title? Here's the plot:
1) A writer, a Soviet man, trying to write "useful and good" things, but he can't – his free spirit demands it! – and he secretly, in the evenings, opens a folder with his most cherished work and writes, writes, writes...
Parallel to this, in the world of the "folder" –
2) A strange city where it ALWAYS rains. The rain is only liked by children, and only at a certain age. There are no CHILDREN OLDER than this age in the city. They simply disappear. There are also some sick people in the city (rumor calls them "wet ones") with whom these children communicate. The main character, the writer, is "sent to his homeland" by Mr. President... he tries to UNDERSTAND what is happening in the city...

It's a great story... I forgot the title... Darn.