Comments on the Past

Comments on the Past (Russian: Комментарии к пройденному)[a]} is the memoir by the Russian science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky devoted to the histories of creation of the works of Strugatsky brothers. In is availabe online at the official Strugatskys' website. Its sections follow the chronology and titled by the major works of the corresponding period.[1] In vol. 31 (2020) of Strugatskys' Complete Works the memoir is structured as follows:

Initially they were written during 1997–1998 as a set of prefaces for a collection of Strugatskys' works and in 2003 they were published as a separate book in a slightly censored form. Later it was published unabridged.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ The title is ambiguous: The Russian word "пройденный" may mean "<the way that was> passed", as well as the "studied material".

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