Novels by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Codexery — Data & Quality

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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-07 · 5 entries checked · 5 flagged · 10 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 5 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Dead Mountaineer's Inn — The novel was first serialized in 1970 in the magazine Yunost, but the first book edition was published in 1970, not 1971.

Dead Mountaineer's Inn — The helicopter pilot is not named 'Champion'; the character is simply referred to as the helicopter pilot or a police officer, and the name 'Champion' does not appear in the novel.

Definitely Maybe (novel) — The novel was first published in 1977, not 1976.

The Doomed City — The novel was published in Neva magazine in 1988, issues 1–3, and 1989, issue 4, not as described.

The Doomed City — The first complete draft was finished in 1972, not 1971.

The Final Circle of Paradise — The novel's original Russian title, 'Khishchnye veshchi veka', translates to 'Predatory Things of the Century', but the entry incorrectly states that the title comes from a line in Andrei Voznesensky's poem 'Beatnik's Monologue. Machine Riot' (1961). The actua

From Beyond (Strugatsky novella) — The 1960 version of 'From Beyond' is a single novella divided into two parts, not three chapters.

From Beyond (Strugatsky novella) — In the first chapter, the officers climb the Avachinskaya sopka, not 'Adairskaya sopka', and the emaciated man is found near the summit, not delivered by black helicopters.

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