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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by krick on Saturday June 27, 2020 @01:14PM (#23663054)
Yes it did. "Stalker" is the name of their profession in the book.
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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by fnord123 on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:01AM (#23668202)
The word "stalker" comes from the 1500s. Deer stalking is a profession that existed in the 1800s. Roadside Picnic came out in 1971.

Maybe you mean Roadside Picnic introduced the English word "stalker" to the Russian language? It certainly didn't coin the term (create a new word).

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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by zxcmx on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:43AM (#23668357)
It coined the use of "stalker" to refer to a specific sort of post-apocalyptic profession, someone who is adept at navigating the waste left by some disaster or "forbidden" places. Dangers might be physical, radiological, or metaphysical.

In modern usage it has made its way into books and video games, and people who do tours of Chernobyl have been known to refer to themseves as such.

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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by krick on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:15AM (#23669281)
"Roadside Picnic" is a Russian book. The word "stalker" wasn't used in Russian language at all before it. Hence, it coined the term. The rest is demagogy.
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Re:Sensors detect rise in nuclear particles on Baltic Sea by fnord123 on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:11AM (#23674853)
That's not what coining a word means.
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