I’m making my way through the Strugastky brothers’ works, found out about them through roadside picnic but i just finished “Monday starts on Saturday” and enjoyed it just as much. Edit to add: it’s a science fiction novel from the perspective of a soviet programmer who stumbles into magic. He meets a lot of people for whom magic is mundane, and the book does such an awesome job describing his confusion and curiosity vs everybody elses acceptance of it as day-to-day. Its also super funny :)
I’m going to go back a few books and say Stalking the Wild Pendulum, simply because it’s so out there and weird while still feeling vaguely plausible, maybe?
Just reading through the acknowledgements and preface made me excited to read this. Thanks for the link!