Definitely Maybe (Neversink)

Definitely Maybe (Neversink)

In its first-ever unexpurgated edition, a sci-fi landmark that's a comic and suspenseful tour-de-force, and puts distraction in a whole new light: It's not you, it's the universe!

Boris 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 veiledâ€”but clearâ€”social 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 motherâ€™s house in Odessa so that he can work, free from distractions, on the project heâ€™s sure will win him the Nobel Prize.

But heâ€™d have an easier time making progress if he wasnâ€™t being interrupted all the time: First, itâ€™s 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 friendsâ€”also scientistsâ€”drop by, saying they all felt they were on the verge of a major discovery when they gotÂ .â€†.â€†. distractedÂ .â€†.â€†.
Is there an ominous force that doesnâ€™t want knowledge to progress? Or could it be something moreÂ .â€†.â€†. natural?

In 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 cowed.

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-02-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-02-04
Format	Kindle eBook