The main theme of Optron issue 39 centers around sci-fi and fantasy literature. This issue concludes the biographical research on J.R.R. Tolkien by exploring his cultural phenomenon in Ukraine, accompanied by a critical essay on Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher saga. Discussions from the ZX-Net network cover the Strugatsky brothers' legacy and the boundary between SF and fantasy, supplemented by a sci-fi subgenre popularity ranking based on Locus magazine data. Rounding out the issue are original fiction from the community, Chaos Constructions 2000 announcements, and Lviv hardware classifieds.
Issue contents:
- four kilobytes - the contents of the issue.
- Pages of History - Tolkien: The end of the story of a cult writer.
- Opinion - Sapkowski - constructive criticism.
- ZX-Net - a couple of interesting letters from enthusiastic spektrumistov science fiction and fantasy.
- ZX-Review - Fantastic rating literature.
- Litstranichka - "Cup".
- Advertising - advertising and announcements from the city.
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