Publisher's abstract: “Comments on the past” - the history of the legendary creative union of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky (ABS), the history of the emergence and implementation of their literary plans, the funny and dramatic story of the fate of people, ideas and books.*** “Comment on the past "is, in fact, the Book of Life of two of the most famous Russian science fiction writers, Boris and Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky. The book tells how, step by step (from 1955 to the end of the 1990s), literary works of science fiction writers were created. Here you can find absolutely everything: from the basics of literary cuisine to the most secret plans and intentions. What was the name of the “tale about magicians and sorcerers” “Monday Begins on Saturday” before its usual name appeared? What record gave birth to "Roadside Picnic"? Who was active there before the image of stalkers emerged? Through what incredible efforts did the authors manage to publish “The Doomed City”? What does the current literary pseudonym of Boris Strugatsky mean - “S. Vititsky,” and thousands of other, large and small, but equally important details and details of the work of the masters of Russian fiction.

This file presents the so-called. "Stogov edition" of 2003, published as a separate book. It is somewhat different in composition from the previously published ones (“Stalker edition” as part of the PSS - 2001, and the “magazine version” - 1998).