Grisha Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 Since I have nothing better to do (no dice on my order as of yet), it seemed a good idea to transcribe this novel onto the internet. The book, Zvezda, or "Star," was a very popular novel written in the late 1940s, and won the Stalin Prize for literature in 1947. The author, E.Kazakevich, drew upon his own experiences during the war to produce a rather good novel about the razvedchiki, or scouts. I've started the transcription process with two chapters, and will try to OCR a new chapter on a semi-daily basis. Click below to enjoy Kazakevich' work: >>>Star<<< Enjoy, comrades! [ September 25, 2002, 03:34 PM: Message edited by: Grisha ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killmore Posted September 25, 2002 Share Posted September 25, 2002 There is a movie called "Zvezda" (my friend has it) Probably based on the novel The book is about summer 1944? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted September 25, 2002 Author Share Posted September 25, 2002 Yes, The recent movie Zvezda is a second iteration of the novel. The first was in the 1960s and had a different ending from the novel. The recent film is pretty good (I purchased it in Moscow this summer). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Leader Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Worth a bump for sure. Great reading, keep it up, I HAVE to find out what happens next! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nippy Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Fun fact: "Zvezda" is also the name of a Russian Plastic scale model company. They re-isssue a lot of the old Italeria kits. As for the book. Is there any place to pick it up in Russian? Or any books in Russian. I'm learning to read/speak the language now and I could use some pratice materal. hehe...that's how I justified my purchase of CMBB 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted September 26, 2002 Author Share Posted September 26, 2002 Panzer Leader, You think it's good now? Wait until the scouts really go about there business Nippy, Yes, when I was in Russia at "Detskii Mir" I was sorely tempted to buy a few Zvezda aircraft models. More than a little tempted As for getting a Russian copy, I'd check www.kniga.com. But you'll need to know Russian, of course. [ September 25, 2002, 10:11 PM: Message edited by: Grisha ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Duquette Posted September 26, 2002 Share Posted September 26, 2002 Great work Greg! The video you bought in Moscow...is it in PAL or NTSC format? Anyway I'd be doing some of my own translation work as well, but all my free time is taken up with playing CMBB. Oh thats right, I'm sorry I didnt mean to rub salt into an open wound, but you still don't have the game yet If only Seattle had decent mail delivery services like Portland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted September 26, 2002 Author Share Posted September 26, 2002 Well, I guess it's not so bad I haven't received CMBB yet. My computer needs to go in with terminal cra****is. Of course, this also means I'll not be able to OCR new chapters for Star, but as soon as the ol' PC is up and runnin' I'll get on it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipanderson Posted September 27, 2002 Share Posted September 27, 2002 Grisha, hi, Great work. I one real regret is that I never learnt Russian, in childhood knew Danish and they tried to teach my French, of course. Jeff, hi, good to see you are still around, CMBB really is a stunner. All the best, Kip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted September 30, 2002 Author Share Posted September 30, 2002 Bump. BTW ... The trouble with my machine was the Athlon AMD 1900XP+. It got so hot the motherboard was baked (think I had two fans in there). So, switching back to the cooler intels - unfortunately. This will most likely require a new install of WinXP (XP dislikes changes in hardware configs), which is a pain. So, I guess it can be expected that the machine will be back online by Wednesday, 2 Oct, at the latest. And, wouldn't you know, the frickin' games showed up the day after all this happened on Friday, 27 Sept - one week after they were most likely sent out. So, I still haven't seen the full version of CMBB yet. [ September 29, 2002, 07:22 PM: Message edited by: Grisha ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Commissar Posted September 30, 2002 Share Posted September 30, 2002 Excellent stuff Grisha. I bookmarked the book and will hopefully get a better chance to read it soon. Thanks a bunch! PS: Hopefully with the arrival of CMBB you'll still find time to post up new chapters 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted October 1, 2002 Author Share Posted October 1, 2002 My machine is good to go, CMBB is loaded, and chapter three of Star is up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertston Posted October 2, 2002 Share Posted October 2, 2002 The Stalin Prize for Literature ? Isn't that a little like the Genghis Khan Prize for Flower Arranging ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted October 9, 2002 Author Share Posted October 9, 2002 Chapter Four is now up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Hi Grisha, Thanks, sir. I'm looking forward to reading it! Regards, Oddball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Grisha, Devoured it in one sitting. Yum! Thanks! Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotte Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Ahh Zvezda, it's a really good movie even if I don't understand more then a dozen Russian words. Good to hear your PC is up and running again. :cool: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Oberst Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Well Grisha??? It's not nice leaving your guests at the table waiting for the next course... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha_Field_Marshall Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 Looking forward to the rest of the chapters, also what is the name of the movie and is it in english 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph Posted October 9, 2002 Share Posted October 9, 2002 This is great, thanks for taking the time to do it! The only thing that sucks is that now I read through the first 5 chapters and have to wait for the others to arrive. Seems like there's been a lot of "anxious waiting for things to arrive" on this board yet! (what the hell, in the meantime I'll play CMBB, which thankfully is in safely my hard drive) Murph 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jotte Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 The movie is in russian and called Zvezda too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted October 10, 2002 Author Share Posted October 10, 2002 I should have chapter 5 up tomorrow - meaning about twelves hours from now. Btw, people, if you see any grammatical or spelling errors, please point them out if so inclined. The OCR program tends to see the odd 'h' as a 'b', so on and so forth. I should spend more time going over it, rather than the cursory rush through. [ October 10, 2002, 01:40 AM: Message edited by: Grisha ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keke Posted October 10, 2002 Share Posted October 10, 2002 Originally posted by Hertston: The Stalin Prize for Literature ? Isn't that a little like the Genghis Khan Prize for Flower Arranging ? Hear, hear! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grisha Posted October 10, 2002 Author Share Posted October 10, 2002 Okay, chapter 5 was late, but it's up now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Posted January 9, 2003 Share Posted January 9, 2003 Never told us you were up to chapter eight yet Grisha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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