Noon: 22nd Century
Cover of the Macmillan edition | |
| Author | Arkady and Boris Strugatsky |
|---|---|
| Original title | Полдень. XXII век |
| Translator | Patrick L. McGuire |
| Language | Russian |
| Series | Noon Universe |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
Publication date | 1961 |
| Publication place | Soviet Union |
Published in English | 1978 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0-02-615150-2 (Hardcover edition) |
| OCLC | 3966201 |
| 891.7/3/44 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.S919 No PG3476.S78835 |
| Followed by | Escape Attempt |
Noon: 22nd Century (Russian: Полдень. XXII век, romanized: Polden'. Dvadcat' vtoroy vek) is a 1961 science fiction book by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky that was expanded in 1962 and further in 1967 and translated into English in 1978. It is sometimes considered an episodic novel, a collection of linked short stories or a fix-up since some parts had been published as independent short stories. The novel relates several stories of the 22nd century and provides the background "feeling" for the style of life which gave birth to the Noon Universe.
The title was chosen by the authors to imitate the postapocalyptic Daybreak: 2250 AD by Andre Norton. The Noon Universe has been given its name by the fans after this book.