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The Inhabited Island

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The Inhabited Island

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Alternate Title: Prisoners of Power
Author: Arkady Strugatsky
Boris Strugatsky
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, 2020
Macmillan Publishing, 1977
Original Russian publication, 1971
Series: Noon Universe: Book 7
Book Type: Novel
Genre: Science-Fiction
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Synopsis

When Maxim Kammerer, a young space explorer from twenty-second-century Earth, crash-lands on an uncharted world, he thinks of himself as a latter-day Robinson Crusoe. Eager to establish first contact with the planet's humanlike inhabitants, he finds himself increasingly entangled in their primitive way of life. After his experiences in their nightmarish military, criminal justice, and mental health systems, Maxim begins to realize that his sojourn on this radioactive and war-scarred world will not be a walk in the park.

The Inhabited Island is one of the Strugatsky brothers' most popular and acclaimed novels, yet the only previous English-language edition (Prisoners of Power) was based on a version heavily censored by Soviet authorities. Now, in a sparkling new edition by award-winning translator Andrew Bromfield, this land-mark novel can be newly appreciated by both longtime Strugatsky fans and new explorers of the Russian science fiction masters' astonishingly rich body of work.


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