▁God ▁as ▁" one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁skill fully ▁written , ▁heavily ▁fre ight ed ▁sf ▁nov els ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁read ," ▁saying ▁" The ▁writing ▁is ▁well ▁pac ed ▁and ▁the ▁narr ative ▁is ▁beautiful ly ▁struct ured ." ▁ ▁Ada pt ations ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁Str ug at sky ' s ▁nov els , ▁Hard ▁to ▁Be ▁a ▁God ▁was ▁adapted ▁multiple ▁times ▁on ▁different ▁media . ▁ ▁The atr ical ▁films ▁▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Peter ▁Fle isch mann ▁and ▁st arring ▁Werner ▁Herzog . ▁▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁film ▁known ▁previously ▁as ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁Ar kan ar ▁Mass acre , ▁directed ▁by ▁Ale k se i ▁German . ▁ ▁Without ▁We ap ons ▁Without ▁We ap ons ▁( Б ез ▁ору жи я , ▁Bez ▁or uz h ia ) ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁A ▁Man ▁from ▁a ▁Dist ant ▁Star ▁( Ч е лов ек ▁с ▁да лё кой ▁з вез ды , ▁Ch el ove k ▁s ▁dal y ok oy ▁z vez dy ) ▁was ▁a ▁play ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁Str ug at sky ▁brothers ▁themselves ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁It ▁roughly ▁followed ▁the ▁plot ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁and ▁revealed ▁several ▁previously ▁unknown ▁details . ▁C ertain ▁characters ▁were ▁also ▁combined ▁together ▁for ▁the ▁sake ▁of ▁bre vity . ▁The ▁play ▁was ▁most ▁likely ▁created ▁as ▁a ▁reaction ▁to ▁the ▁Fle isch mann ▁film . ▁ ▁Video ▁game ▁A ▁role - play ing ▁video ▁game