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The Wish Machine
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'The Wish Machine' (Russian: ' ', 'Mashna zhelniy', literally "Machine of wishes"), also called 'Stalker', is a screenplay by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky for the movie 'Stalker' that in turn is based on a part of their 1972 novel 'Roadside Picnic', published in 'Avrora' issues 79. There are two versions of it: an early draft, printed by Text Publishers,[https://www.amazon.com/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9-Russian-%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5-%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9-ebook/dp/B00URQAF7U Kindle edition]. The blurb says it is one of the first scenarios, rather remote from the film. and the second one, published in ' ', 1981, issue 25.[https://fantlab.ru/edition25549 . 25] at fantlab.ru
The latter one was translated to French by Svetlana Delmotte in 1981, as "Stalker. Pique-nique au bord du chemin"; to Swedish by Kjell Rehnstrm and Sam J. Lundwall, and published as 'Stalker',[http://libris.kb.se/bib/7756195 Libris: Stalker] to Polish: 'Maszyna ycze', by Pawe Porwit in: Kwazar 01 (13) 1983; and to Hungarian: 'Stalker', by Ivn Fldek, 1984.[https://fantlab.ru/work588 ] at fantlab.ru
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*[https://old.kinoart.ru/archive/2008/02/n2-article15 . ]
Category:1979 novels
Category:Novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Category:Novels based on films
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