"Thinking is a disease of life"

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Prehistoric writers

( Great Writers Always grumble . This their normal condition , because What They - This Patient conscience society , about which Sam Society , maybe Be , even And does not suspect )

I seem to be from that last generation for which Arkady and Boris Strugatsky were “ours”. People younger than me are 10 years old (or even my peers, who did not get acquainted with the work of the Strugatsky brothers in time) no longer understood what Tsimes was in, and often simply refused to read more than one or two works. Say, naive, boring and "about nothing." And we knew all the books, without exception, and vied with the vocepage, then “Monday begins on Saturday”, then “Snail on the slope”, then “ugly swans”.

I was terribly proud of my pedagogical achievements, when my son (born in the 90th year) with obvious pleasure “swallowed” all the works of ABS-from the “simple” ones, it seems to be “difficult to be God” and “hotel from the deceased climber”, to sophisticated “billion years before the end of the world” and “city of doomed”. Moreover, the son himself, without leading questions, characterized what he read on the exquisite-approving youth slang-in short, like cool, and he did not even expect that “prehistoric writers” could compose such exciting science fiction. “No worse than Stephen King” - this was in the lips of my child should be considered the highest compliment. Just as my book shelves are forced by the Strugatsky - he breaks from King. But on the topics of the “bright ideology of the world of noon” or high unity of souls, the son “did not steam”.

Nothing read

( Why We All the same and despite Neither on what should go forward ? A because behind​ u us - or Death , or Boredom , which Same There is death )

Even for such young “connoisseurs”, the Strugatsky brothers are just “cool science fiction writers who know how to light”. And for us (or let's say less categorically - for many of my peers), the work of Arkady and Boris was ... a revelation ... a ray of light in a dark kingdom. I don’t know ... Probably, times have simply changed, and now everything is a much more calm attitude. Normally consumer. In my youth (as many of us again) I tried to write “under the Strugatsky” or any continuation of their incredible stories. But it never occurred to me that this can be published.

And now in “Auchan” (which is characteristic) on shelves with a dozen options for the “sequels” of the “inhabited island”. The zone from the Picnic on the side of the road was completely propagated in hundreds of directions. I tried to read both and threw another on the second "masterpiece". Some cheap wooden dolls instead of living people. Not a picnic on the sidelines, but a booze under the fence ... I’m not even talking about the fact that the Strugatsky language is generally not enough for playback. But how pleasant and easy to read! ABS has always been remembered that no matter how serious the problem was discussed, it should be interesting to write.

And so, there was probably a couple of modern writers, whose works I waited and perceived with a low level of criticality. Now it has become one more less. By and large, there is nothing to read. But I know the way. I’ll finish writing this text, I’ll go to my bookcase and take it ... Well, for example, “burdened by evil” - I have not long gone. Books of the Strugatsky can be re -read at least every three years. It seems that you get acquainted with them again.

Two instance newspapers

( Coming - Not Rejoice , leaving - Not sadness )

Boris Strugatsky was an honorary subscriber of our newspaper. In the first months of the existence of the TRS, we quite arrogantly included the St. Petersburg address of Boris Natanovich in the list of free mailing, without even asking whether the “honorary subscriber” needs it. However, judging by the infrequent publications of Strugatsky in the TRV, Boris Natanovich read our newspaper carefully. He praised much more than criticized, and this was a real reason for pride. At least for me ...

We sent two copies to Strugatsky. I don’t know why. Probably, thinking that the famous writer of the second copy "will spread among the residents of our ZhEK." Congratulating the “Trinity Option” on the release of the anniversary, hundredth number, Boris Natanovich with his characteristic soft ironic humor stood two newspapers coming with the newsletter. We made “work on mistakes” - we began to send one copy. The previous number of the TRV went to St. Petersburg, when Boris Natanovich was no longer ...

Powerless Mira this

( This something​​ It seems to be democratic Election : Most Always for bastard )

Once upon a time, more than 15 years ago, Yegor Gaidar visited in Troitsk in his political affairs. After the main event, Gaidar communicated for a long time with the local press, which was represented by the editors of the then city "Trinity Option". The conversation turned out to be very meaningful and in general “for life”, and Yegor Timurovich showed himself a wonderful, multifaceted and not at all “star” interlocutor. Personally, I could not resist and asked Gaidar how he relates to the work of his father -in -law (Gaidar was married to Arkady Strugatsky’s daughter). I will not reproduce the answer literally, but three ideas sounded approximately as follows. Most very characteristic, Yegor Timurovich said that, he should be bad about the work of the Strugatsky, he would hardly marry the daughter of one of them. On the other hand, the excessive pounds to the famous father and a reverent attitude to his work at first, Timur, even prettyly fettered in the sense of relations with his daughter. Well, finally, Gaidar said: “Powerful men, not only writers, people are big ... They would lead the country ... only they don’t need it ...”.

When making an amendment to a certain romanticism of this statement, it is worth noting that the Strugatsky brothers and so, without occupying any official posts (whether in politics, and even in their own literary region), in a sense “led the country”. Moreover, the most advanced and thinking part of it. Creative class, as they would say now. But, as few others, Abs understood that “owning the minds”, perhaps, is even easier than to really lead the country. Especially so, to put it mildly, strange as ours. It is not without reason that the last work of Boris Strugatsky, who saw the light in the far already 2003, is called the "powerless of this world."

Ilya Mirmov

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