ROADSIDE PICNIC Literature 1971. Written by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.

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Total Records: 57 - Medium: LITERATURE

#	Record Name	Group	Category	Subcategory
BOGUS BUSINESS BUREAU
1	Batteries	BBB	Technology Products	Power Supplies
	Batteries A round black stick, also called So-So, that produced endless energy and can be used to power vehicles instead of an engine.
2	Bloodhound	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	Bloodhound Experimental robotic device that made a brilliant showing during the geological surveys in The Zone.
3	The Borscht	BBB	Nightlife	Nightclubs
	The Borscht Local bar in Harmont that Red frequents.
4	Corsh, Corsh and Saymack	BBB	Legal Aid	Law Firms
	Corsh, Corsh and Saymack Law firm that Noonan visits.
5	Currigan Labs	BBB	Research Institutes	Laboratories
	Currigan Labs Site of catastrophic Witches Jelly incident: "Are you kidding? Did you know what happened with that jelly? Have you heard of the Currigan Labs? There's this little private supplier... So they got themselvessome jelly..."
6	Don't Come Back If You're Not Sure	BBB	Music	Songs
	Don't Come Back If You're Not Sure Song on the jukebox: "Mr. Aloysius Macnaught tried to make some point, quoting a lot of figures. But I wasn't listening. I took a good long gulp, pulled out a lot of change from my pocket, got off the stool and pumped the jukebox. There's a song on there: 'Don't Come Back If You're Not Sure'. It has a good effect on me after a trip to the Zone."
7	Flying Boot	BBB	Vehicles	Aircrafts
	Flying Boot Hovercraft vehicle used to explore The Zone.
8	Harmont Radio	BBB	Radio	Radio Stations
	Harmont Radio Local radio station in Harmont.
9	The Harmont Times	BBB	Periodicals	Newspaper Times
	The Harmont Times
10	International institute of Extraterrestr...	BBB	Research Institutes	Institutes
	International institute of Extraterrestrial Cultures Also known as I.I.E.C. Agency that studies the zones.
11	International Police Force	BBB	Legal Aid	Police Departments
	International Police Force
12	James Cutterfield	BBB	Healthcare	Doctors
	James Cutterfield Doctor, a specialist Noonan recommends to Guta: "Nonsense," Noonan said hollowly. "You should go to a real specialist. Go see James Cutterfield. Do you want me to talk to him? I'll arrange an appointment."
13	The Luna Complex	BBB	Nightlife	Nightclubs
	The Luna Complex "The world's best jazz, and a variety show, and so on. Everything for our glorious troops and our brave tourists, especially the elderly ones, and for the noble knights of science."
14	Mitsubishi Denshi	BBB	Corporations	Companies
	Mitsubishi Denshi Mr. Lemchen nodded as though his worst suspicions had been confirmed, pressed his fingertips together in a steeple in front of his face, and carefully examined them for a while. "I suppose that we won't be discussing the legal affairs of the Mitsubishi DenshiCompany," he finally said.
15	SK-3	BBB	Technology Products	Robot Models
	SK-3 Also known as The Minstrel. Experimental robotic device launched into The Zone that followed the route well and brought back a few bracelets, a strange vanadium-alloy disk and a buckle from a pair of Lux brand suspenders.
16	Special Suit	BBB	Apparel	Body Armor
	Special Suit Suit worn by Stalkers when exploring The Zone: "At first glance it didn't seem like anything special, just an outfit like a diving suit with a bubble-top helmet with a visor. Not really like a diver's, more like a jet pilot's or an astronaut's. It was light, comfortable, without binding any where, and you didn't sweat in it. In a little suit like that you could go through fire, and gas couldn't penetrate it. They say even a bullet can't get through."
17	Stetson's History of the Visitation	BBB	Literature	Books
	Stetson's History of the Visitation Book mentioned by Dr. Valentine Pilman: "According to some sources, the Pilman Radiant was discovered by a schoolboy. Unfortunately, I don't remember his name. Look it up in Stetson's History of the Visitation. It's described in full detail there. His version is that the radiant was discovered by a schoolboy, that a college student published the coordinates, but that for some unknown reason it was named after me."
18	A Surprising Property of Magnetic Traps ...	BBB	Literature	Books
	A Surprising Property of Magnetic Traps of Type 77b One of Kirill's posthumous papers that had been published.
19	Witches' Jelly [beverage]	BBB	Menu	Mixed Drinks
	Witches' Jelly [beverage] Mixed drink Red mentions, named after the substance in The Zone. "I learned how to make a new cocktail at this bar," Redrick was saying as he poured more whiskey. "It's called Witches' Jelly, I'll make you one later, after we've eaten. Brother, it's not something you should have on an empty stomach, it's dangerous to the health: one drink makes your arms and legs numb."
MAKE BELIEVE MAP
20	16th Street	Map	Transit Routes	Streets
	16th Street Street in Harmont.
21	7th Street	Map	Transit Routes	Streets
	7th Street Street in Harmont.
22	Central Avenue/Boulevard	Map	Transit Routes	Avenues
	Central Avenue/Boulevard Street in Harmont.
23	First Blind Quarter	Map	Nature	Natural Areas
	First Blind Quarter Some areas of the Zones later became labeled by scientists as the 'First Blind Quarter', 'Plague Quarter', 'Second Blind Quarter' based on the effects the Visitation had on the population.
24	Harmont	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Harmont
25	The Hot Springs	Map	Water	Bodies of Water
	The Hot Springs
26	Miner Street	Map	Transit Routes	Streets
	Miner Street Street in Harmont.
27	Plague Quarter	Map	Nature	Natural Areas
	Plague Quarter Some areas of the Zones later became labeled by scientists as the 'First Blind Quarter', 'Plague Quarter', 'Second Blind Quarter' based on the effects the Visitation had on the population.
28	The Rainbow Lakes	Map	Water	Lakes
	The Rainbow Lakes
29	Rexopolis	Map	Urban Areas	Cities
	Rexopolis City: "We turned in our passes to the last sergeant, only this time, for a change of pace, it was a lieutenant. I know him, his father sells grave borders in Rexopolis."
30	Second Blind Quarter	Map	Nature	Natural Areas
	Second Blind Quarter Some areas of the Zones later became labeled by scientists as the 'First Blind Quarter', 'Plague Quarter', 'Second Blind Quarter' based on the effects the Visitation had on the population.
31	White Mountain	Map	Nature	Mountains
	White Mountain
32	The Zone	Map	Nature	Natural Areas
	The Zone
OTHER
33	Black Sparks	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Black Sparks Mentioned, but never described in the novel.
34	Black Sprays	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Black Sprays Black beads that are sometimes used in jewelery. A ray of light shone into one of these beads will be delayed in time and distorted. The transmission of the light is delayed depending on the bead's weight, size, and several other parameters. The light which exits the bead is always less than what entered. No other known properties.
35	Bracelets	Other	Artifacts	Jewelry
	Bracelets Somehow causes the person wearing one to become healthier over time.
36	Bug Traps	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Bug Traps A.k.a "Gravi-concentrates". Dangerous, invisible traps that crush the unwary.
37	The Burning Fluff/fuzz	Other	Matter	Substances
	The Burning Fluff/fuzz Dangerous substance in The Zone.
38	Death Lamp	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Death Lamp "Eight years ago a Stalker by the name of Stefan Norman, nicknamed Four-Eyes, brought out an apparatus from the Zone that, as far as can be judged, was some kind of ray-emitting system fatal to earth organisms. This Four-Eyes offered the apparatus to the Institute. They did not agree on the price. Four-eyes re-entered the Zone and never came out again. The present whereabouts of the apparatus is unknown. People at the Institute are still tearing their hair out over failing to buy it, and now are offering any amount for it that could be written on a check."
39	Dick the Tramp	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Dick the Tramp Never actually seen, this artifact seems to cause noise and shaking inside the industrial plant in the Zone. A Nobel Prize winning scientist jokes that it could be a wind-up toy that a Visitor child accidentally left behind. Possibly the only long term 'inhabitant' of the Zone.
40	Dr. Valentine Pilman	Other	Quotes	Quotes
	Dr. Valentine Pilman Dr. Valentine Pilman: The Pilman Radiant is simplicity itself. Imagine that you spin a huge globe and you start firing bullets into it. The bullet holes would lie on the surface in a smooth curve. The whole point of what you call my first serious discovery lies in the simple fact that all six Visitation Zones are situated on the surface of our planet as though someone had taken six shots at Earth from a pistol located somewhere along the Earth-Deneb line. Deneb is the alpha star in Cygnus. The Point in the heavens from which, so to speak, the shots came is the Pilman Radiant.
41	Empties	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Empties Two copper discs the size of Frisbees, about a quarter inch thick, which permanently maintain an empty space of a foot and a half between each other. It is unknown how the two discs are attracted to each other or what holds them in place. No force seems to be able to push them closer together or pull them apart. It is possible to pass any object through the empty space between the two discs. The device seems to possess no other unusual properties and has the mass of two copper discs of the appropriate size. Possibly a type of a container. One unique specimen, the "full empty," has been found, "filled" with blue liquid. The blue substance sifted cloudily in slow streams between the discs, like a glass jar with blue syrup inside. The "full" specimen was too heavy for one strong man to move, and almost too heavy for two men to move. The novel states that a Stalker can get 400 for an empty w.
42	The Golden Ball/sphere	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	The Golden Ball/sphere Artifact Burbridge claims to have found: "The Golden Ball," said Burbridge. "I found it. There were so many tales about it. I spun a few myself. That it would grant your every wish. Any wish, hah! If that were true, I sure wouldn't be here. I'd be living high on the hog in Europe. Swimming in dough."
43	Golden Sphere	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Golden Sphere Also known as the Wish Machine, this universally coveted artifact allegedly grants a wish of a person standing in front of it.
44	Happy Ghosts	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Happy Ghosts
45	Hell Slime	Other	Matter	Substances
	Hell Slime Dangerous substance in The Zone.
46	Itchers	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Itchers A few centimetres in diameter. Squeezing it several times causes strange effects in a radius of a few hundred yards. Dogs start howling and barking as they sense its activation, before humans notice any effects. It affects humans in different ways: some get nose-bleeds, others starts hysterically screaming, some fall into deep depression, others go berserk, and some panic.
47	Lobster Eyes	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Lobster Eyes Unknown function. Very rare item.
48	Pins	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Pins Slightly blue and occasionally spattered with other colors-yellow, red, and green. When squeezed with fingers, a few pins generated "weak red bolts illuminating the pin that were suddenly replaced by slower green pulses." The majority required special machines to cause this effect. Unknown functionality.
49	Rattling Napkins	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Rattling Napkins Unknown function. Very rare item.
50	Ring	Other	Artifacts	Jewelry
	Ring Very rare or possibly unique item. Redrick found one in the novel. It referred to have the size of an actual "ring", and once spun, it never stops, seemingly defying the first law of thermodynamics.
51	Satan's Blossom	Other	Matter	Substances
	Satan's Blossom Dangerous substance in The Zone.
52	Schuhart's Jar	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Schuhart's Jar The full empty that Red brings back from the zone: "But you'll go down in science. That's what they'll call it, 'Schuhart's jar.' Like the sound of it?"
53	Shriekers	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Shriekers
54	Sponges	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Sponges Mentioned, but never described in the novel.
55	Untitled	Other	Themes	Gray Eagle
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56	Witches' Jelly [substance]	Other	Matter	Metals
	Witches' Jelly [substance] The scientists refer to this as a colloidal gas. The substance penetrates any organic material, plus plastic, metal and concrete. Only special ceramic vessels seem to contain it. Almost everything that it touches transforms into more Witches Jelly.
57	Wriggling Magnet	Other	Artifacts	Archaeological Artifacts
	Wriggling Magnet Very rare or possibly unique item. Removed from the Zone by Stalker nicknamed Buzzard. Redrick suspects that Buzzard was granted a wish by the Golden Sphere to be able to safely retrieve and remove this unique item since it could not otherwise be reached without being killed. This theory is supported by the fact that Buzzard mentions to Redrick in the second act, "I've been to places you could only dream of". As Redrick was one of the most talented Stalkers, having explored most of the Zone, it would seem to imply that Buzzard used a wish to enter otherwise inaccessible areas of the Zone. Functionality unknown.

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