Pipe down man, let me fill you in.
Shit! everywhere you look it's just shit!
I didn't do it to win favors with the man upstairs.
If you've got something, spill the beans. if not, take a hike.
We have enough duct tape to patch up the whole zone if need be!
on srs note, has anyone read the book that this entire series is based on?
Roadside Picnic? no.
should do it, it's one of the top 100 sci fi books ever written.
I´d like to know more about that book. Is it this one?
http://www.amazon.de/Roadside-Picnic-S- … amp;sr=8-1
Cause it says nothing about russia. And aliens did all that? I thought the reactor blew up and mutated things?
http://www.amazon.de/Roadside-Picnic-S- … amp;sr=8-1
Cause it says nothing about russia. And aliens did all that? I thought the reactor blew up and mutated things?
Its set in Canada and theres no nuclear disaster (though the whole story is a sort of criticism of mans destruction of the environment, specifically in the Soviet Union as thats where the authors are from). Aliens visit earth and leave behind a load of stuff (artifacts) which scientists are very interested in so Stalkers enter into the area (the zone) through a military cordon to find them , which is very dangerous due to anomalies etc.
The games only really take the idea of the artifacts and the zone itself from the book. There's no factions or government experiments but its a deadly book and very short, if you like the games its well worth the read!
The games only really take the idea of the artifacts and the zone itself from the book. There's no factions or government experiments but its a deadly book and very short, if you like the games its well worth the read!
There was also a movie based on the book in that came out in 1979.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/
Watching that right now! Had it laying around for months, never felt the urge to actually watch it, but do now!Sydney wrote:
There was also a movie based on the book in that came out in 1979.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079944/