The Wish Machine (screenplay)
The Wish Machine (Russian: Машина желаний), also called Stalker, is a screenplay by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky for the movie Stalker that in turn is based on a part of their 1972 novel Roadside Picnic, published in Avrora issues 7–9. There are two versions of it: an early draft, printed by Text Publishers,[1] and the second one, published in Сборник научной фантастики, 1981, issue 25.[2]
The latter one was translated to French by Svetlana Delmotte in 1981, as "Stalker. Pique-nique au bord du chemin";[citation needed] to Swedish by and Sam J. Lundwall, and published as Stalker,[3] ISBN 91-86222-27-9 to Polish: Maszyna życzeń, by Paweł Porwit in: Kwazar 01 (13) 1983; and to Hungarian: Stalker, by Iván Földeák, 1984.[4]
References[]
- ^ Kindle edition. The blurb says it is one of the first scenarios, rather remote from the film.
- ^ Сборник научной фантастики. Выпуск 25 at fantlab.ru
- ^ Libris: Stalker
- ^ Аркадий и Борис Стругацкие «Машина желаний» at fantlab.ru
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