Stalker (novel)
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Stalker is a novel by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky based on an early draft screenplay for the movie Stalker
that in turn is based on a part of their book Roadside Picnic
. The novel is quite short and perhaps better described as a Novelette
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Stalker (film)
Stalker is a 1979 science fiction film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky, with a screenplay written by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, loosely based on their novel Roadside Picnic...
that in turn is based on a part of their book Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic is a short science fiction novel written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky between January 18 and November 3 of 1971. As of 1998, 38 editions of the novel were published in 20 countries. The novel was first translated to English by Antonina W. Bouis...
. The novel is quite short and perhaps better described as a Novelette
Novelette
A novelette is a piece of short prose fiction. The distinction between a novelette and other literary forms is usually based upon word count, with a novelette being longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella...
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