Monday Starts on Saturday

Monday Starts on Saturday

1965 • 224 pages

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Average rating3.8

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When young programmer Alexander Ivanovich Privalov picks up two hitchhikers while driving in Karelia, he is drawn into the mysterious world of the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, where research into magic is serious business. And where science, sorcery and socialism meet, can chaos be far behind?

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2 primary books

НИИЧАВО

НИИЧАВО is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1965 with contributions by Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, and Аркадий Стругацкий.

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9/10

This book is really weird. It can be described as a sci-fi fairy tale. A brilliant example of Soviet satire. It is extremely funny and witty. Highly recommended to every sci-fi or fantasy fan.

September 16, 2022

Will review at www.fantasyliterature.com.

November 17, 2020

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