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LCSF reads Roadside Picnic

  • Lost City Books 2467 18th Street Northwest Washington, DC, 20009 United States (map)

Join us and our host Evan once a month for a discussion on some of the most stirring classic and contemporary speculative fiction. Next up is Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic!

About Roadside Picnic:

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger, to venture illegally into the Zone to collect the mysterious artifacts that the alien visitors left scattered around. His life is dominated by the place and the thriving black market in the alien products. But when he and his friend Kirill go into the Zone together to pick up a “full empty,” something goes wrong. And the news he gets from his girlfriend upon his return makes it inevitable that he’ll keep going back to the Zone, again and again, until he finds the answer to all his problems.

This book club will be hosted via ZOOM, a video conferencing app for computers and phones. Open to all -- please just rsvp with a ticket for access to the ZOOM meeting. You can also purchase a copy of the book here which will give you:

  • a copy of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's Roadside Picnic

  • access to the guided ZOOM discussion with our host, Evan , from Lost City Books

*** We ask that participants be aware that you will need to download the ZOOM app to join the meeting. Within ZOOM, your camera's audio will pull your video to center-screen so it is advisable to set up in a quiet area. Additionally we ask that participants be courteous and take turns speaking/remain aware of your floor time so that everyone can get the most out of the book club experience.