"«Science fiction is literature», — the Strugatsky brothers often repeated. And they regularly confirmed the truth of this thesis with their books. But what if the phenomenon of the Strugatskys had not occurred? Who among the great prose writers could have taken the vacant position of the Soviet «science fiction writer № 1»? Fazil Iskander, Vasily Aksyonov, Viktor Konetsky, Vasily Shukshin, Yuri Koval — or someone else? What themes and plots would have enriched science fiction literature, what would it have gained, and what would it have lost? These alternative universes in the anthology «A World without Strugatsky» are explored by Sergey Kuznetsov, Darya Bobyleva, Vladimir Berezin, Timur Maxutov, Ina Goldin, and other contemporary writers". (Vasily Vladimirskiy, compiler) "Our contemporaries inventively create a new history of literature, focusing on another future, other fears, and other dreams. The reader is invited to share the pleasure of an exciting literary experiment — playing with the classics". (Sergey Shikarev, critic, historian of science fiction) "The beloved hero of the Strugatskys always chose the kindest option from all solutions. «A World without Strugatsky», but with Salnikov, Verkin, K.A. Terina, Mikheeva, and other wonderful authors, inventively and kindly shows how lucky we are to have them". (Shamil Idiatullin, writer).
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