Predatory things of the century. The second invasion of Martian (CDMP3)

Arkady Natanovich and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky are the classics of modern scientific and social fiction. The works of the Strugatsky were published in translations in 42 languages ​​in 33 countries of the world. In Russian, four complete collections of their works were published.

“Predatory things of the century” is a fantastic detective, whose main character conducts an investigation in a small resort country where a new deadly drug appeared. In a society of abundance - a well -fed world, exhausting from boredom - a prosperous life is adjacent to the wretchedness of spiritual requests. Here people wish only “bread and spectacles” and enjoy the destruction of the beautiful, and not its creation ...

“The second invasion of Martian” is a sparkling fun and ironically sad satirical parable. The seizure of the Earth occurs unnoticed: the Martians plant the fields with blue wheat, buy gastric juice in people and gradually turn them into a herd of “doctors”. But the inhabitants of the small town are absorbed in disputes about brands and drinking, and they are not very interested in abstract problems of violation of rights and freedoms ...

Both works written in the 1960s as fantastic anti-utopias today become prophetic and almost realistic