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Lame fate ugly swans by arkady strugatsky, by boris strugatsky, translated by maya vinokour, afterword by boris strugatsky. Hard to be a god also available in format docx and mobi. May 11, 2015 give me that oldtime socialist utopia. The strugatsky combo of boris and arkady is so dynamic and wellmeshed that i had no idea when i made the transition from one writers work to then next.
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