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Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. Hard to be a god




Arkadi and Boris Strugatski. Hard to be a god




┬й Copyright Arcady and Boris Strugatsky
┬й Copyright Translated by Wendayne Ackerman, 1973
┬й Copyright DAW Books, INC.
Origin: "Trudno byt bogom"
OCR: SCOUT




PROLOGUE

The stock of Anka's crossbow was made of black plastic. The
string of
chrome steel was operated by a noiselessly moving winch. Anton did
not think
much of such innovations. He owned a conventional arquebus in the
style of
Marshal Totz, King Pitz the first. It was overlaid with black
copper and a
rope of steer sinews ran along small wheels. Pashka, on the other
hand, had
an air rifle. Crossbows were childish weapons, he thought, for he
was lazy
by nature and lacked manual dexterity.
They landed on the north shore at a spot where the gnarled
roots of
mighty pine trees protruded from the yellow sandy slope. Anka let go
of the
rudder and looked around. The sun had risen above the forest. A
blue fog
hung over the lake. The pines glowed dark green and a yellow
sandy beach
stretched in the distance. A light blue sky arched over the whole
landscape.

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The children bent over the side of the boat and looked into the
water.