In its first-ever unexpurgated edition a sci-fi landmark thats a comic and suspenseful tour-de-force and puts distraction in a whole new light Its not you its the universeBoris and Arkady Strugatsky were the greatest science fiction writers of the Soviet era their books were intellectually provocative and riotously funny full of boldly imagined scenarios and veiledmdashbut clearmdashsocial criticism Which may be why Definitely Maybe has never before been available in an uncensored edition let alone in English It tells the story of astrophysicist Dmitri Malianov who has sent his wife and son off to her motherrsquos house in Odessa so that he can work free from distractions on the project hersquos sure will win him the Nobel PrizeBut hersquod have an easier time making progress if he wasnrsquot being interrupted all the time First itrsquos the unexpected delivery of a crate of vodka and caviar Then a beautiful young woman in an unnervingly short skirt shows up at his door Then several of his friendsmdashalso scientistsmdashdrop by saying they all felt they were on the verge of a major discovery when they got distractedIs there an ominous force that doesnrsquot want knowledge to progress Or could it be something more naturalIn this nail-bitingly suspenseful book the Strugatsky brothers bravely and brilliantly question authority an authority that starts with crates of vodka but has lightning bolts in store for humans who refuse to be cowedFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
