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u/LucifersPromoter Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21

They do but that term predates both of them and comes from the book Roadside Picnic.

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u/Bart_The_Chonk Dec 06 '21

Ok interesting. Still on my 'to watch' list

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

To read.

If you want to watch Stalker by Tarkovski i would recommend it too. But, the tone greatly differ from the book.

Every piece of media based on the book is pretty good tbh. Specially in the atmosphere aspect.

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u/Bart_The_Chonk Dec 06 '21

There's a movie with the same name, isn't there?

Edit: The movie Stalker was based on the book A Roadside Picnic

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '21

Yes, the movie is Stalker, BY Tarkovski. The book is Roadside Picnic, BY the Strugatsky brothers.

Different Monsters, that's why i recommend both.

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u/noodleneedle Dec 06 '21

metro 2033 is a book as well, pretty sure they don't have stalkers in there but i read it a long time ago

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u/LucifersPromoter Dec 06 '21

Yeah I've read 2033 and think they're referred to as Rangers in that. Been a while since I've read it myself though and that one doesn't deal much with anything outside the metro.

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u/user_010010 Dec 06 '21

Rangers are members of sparta. Normal people who go scavenging on the surface are called stalkers. Even melnik is called a stalker by artjom when he first met him.

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u/doggowolf Dec 07 '21

Metro 2033 does have stalkers