Второе нашествие марсиан

aka Второе нашествие марсиан: Записки здравомыслящего [The Second Invasion from Mars: Diary of a Sane Person]

The Second Invasion from Mars

Author

Strugatsky Brothers (Arkady and Boris Strugatsky)

Language

Russian

Year

1968

Country

Soviet Union

Genre

Novel

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The Second Invasion from Mars, subtitled Diary of a Sane [Person], is a relatively short 1968 science fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky that portrays two weeks from the life of a common person in highly unusual circumstances. The novel raises the question of the balance between simple, basic needs such as food and stability, and the elevated spiritual values such as "pride of humanity", but rather than explicitly arguing either of the approaches, the novel simply shows that common person's reactions and visualizes his thoughts.