Item #20928 HARD TO BE A GOD. Arkadi Strugatski, Boris Strugatski.

HARD TO BE A GOD.

New York: The Seabury Press, [1973]. Octavo, cloth. First edition in English. Translation by Wendayne Ackerman of TRUDNO BYT BOGOM (1964). "Earth agents spy on the backward society of a colonized planet but are under strict instructions not to intervene-even when things begin to go badly wrong. A notable meditation on historical necessity by Russia's leading SF authors." -Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (1990), pp. 146. Made twice into feature films, Germany (1989) and Russia (2013). Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-717. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 950-55. Some light foxing to page edges, a nearly fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with a touch of shelf wear to spine ends and corner tips, some light spots to front panel from being pressed to tight to another book jacket. (20928). Item #20928

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