Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)
Encyclopedia
Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev (born on August 8, 1967) is a Russian science fiction
writer and musician. His first book was published in 1991. Professional writer since 1997. Currently live in Moscow
at winter and in Mykolaiv
at summer.
Shandalar was a rich and beautiful land, but the high gods have become angry with it, and so came great rains, great wars, and great hunger. The world was dying, but there were a few brave (or foolish) heroes who decided to prevent the death of the world, even if each of them will have to die for it. Bloody battles awaited the warriors, but they were protected by the Signs - the guardians of the Balance, and they were led by the fearless Miron, the most famous hero of Shandalar.
There is a mystery hidden where the ancient mountains rise, where eternal cold and winter rule. The Vikings call it the Box of Munir-raven, the Pechenegs know it as the Magic Chest, but the fair-haired Slavic
warriors say that the chest hides the great Books of Crafts greater than all others. Three druzhina
s head to find the chest from three parts of the world: Normans
, sons of the sea; nomad
s from steppe
s; and the Russian vityaz
s. They go through danger, darkness, and sorcery. They go through our world and other worlds. Only one of three, however, would get what they seek.
A kind of technological fantasy The Big Kiev Technician. The world in which machines are functioning by themselves and have consciousness similar to that of animals. Various races, such as humans and elves; wild and domestic vehicles.
The Big Kiev Witcher is a short-story cycle included 10 stories which set in the Big Kiev universe. Witcher Geralt's work is to destroy machines-monsters; Geralt combines care for the City and indifference to all other things with inner warm feelings and care for alive, not shown to everyone. The series is inspired by Polish science-fiction writer Andrzej Sapkowski
's series about Geralt
(The Witcher
saga).
Death or Glory describes the struggle of humanity to find its place among the stars, when a giant ship suddenly appears in the skies of a human Wild-West-like colony world, soon to be followed by the five alien races (reptillian Svaigh, avian Aczanny and Zoopht, insectoid Swarm, and crystalline Ayeshi) and their extragalactic enemies (Imperishables). The humans embark on a quest to find out if the ship is a blessing or a curse.
Black Relay Race departs from the science-fiction theme and becomes a horror novel, in which people disappear one-by-one while transporting a mysterious object across space.
The War for Mobility duology takes place centuries after Death or Glory. Humanity has just joined the great Alliance of superior races, when a human scout ship locates a portal into another galaxy. The discovery sparks an interstellar war, as two of the former Alliance slave races (skeleton-like Shat-Tsurs and shapeshifting Oaons) attempt to destroy their former masters. Now the aliens which only recently looked down on humans must now rely on them to win the war and be the first to find the cache of star portals left behind by an ancient race in another galaxy, for the one who possesses the portals can move entire fleets instantaneously from system to system with nothing to stop them.
In duology describes Earth-like world, inhabited by beings, having descended from dogs not apes.
Day Watch was written in cooperation with famous Russian writer Sergey Lukyanenko. Vladimir Vasilyev wrote the second story of the Day Watch book - A Stranger Among Others - and part of the third story Another Power.
Black Palmira's Face describes the life of Kiev
city Day Watch and secret mission of Ukrainian Dark Mage's team in Saint Petersburg
.
"Nobody believes, that we were only eight at first. Eight strong foolhardy chaps, trained at Special Centre in London, for whom it was all the same, whether to be at war with terrorists, mafia or extraterrestrials. And then - hell and war, flying saucers, combat robots, labs and hangars. And the ruthless conquerors from space, who never knew doubt, as throughout millennia they have subdued thousands of inhabited worlds. All moves have been calculated long ago, every reciprocal action by the enemy considered. Soon a new planet will enter the interstellar empire. However, it is well known that humans learn to fight devilishly easy."
"Вeyond the Yuben River lie the Wild Lands, where no trodden paths exist and every traveller must choose his or her own way - in the hopes of staying alive. Few have returned from there, and their tales were full of horrors. However, no one has ever told tales of the Stone Forest because nobody has ever returned from it. Who will go into the eternal night of the Stone Forest of their own free will? Morgan and Turi, who have nothing to lose, as there is blood on their hands and death behind them. No one will spare those who had the misfortune of being born werewolves."
"Antarctica is a harsh, cold continent on the edge of the world and of little interest to the nations of the world. But if an unknown cataclysm moves it to the tropics, there will be plenty of interested parties who wish to add the new lands to their spheres of influence. Especially if drunk Russian polar researchers jokingly challenge the entire world and declare an independent Antarctic republic."
The famous song is "Battlecat's March" (Марш Бойцовых котов),it has an allusion on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
's novel "The Kid from Hell
" ("Парень из Преисподней").
Albums
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
writer and musician. His first book was published in 1991. Professional writer since 1997. Currently live in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
at winter and in Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv
Mykolaiv , also known as Nikolayev , is a city in southern Ukraine, administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv is the main ship building center of the Black Sea, and, arguably, the whole Eastern Europe.-Name of city:...
at summer.
Series
- Shandalar (Шандалар)
- Cloudy Land (Облачный край), 1994
- One Year of Life (Год жизни), 1996
- Otran's Black Stone (Черный камень Отрана), 1996
Shandalar was a rich and beautiful land, but the high gods have become angry with it, and so came great rains, great wars, and great hunger. The world was dying, but there were a few brave (or foolish) heroes who decided to prevent the death of the world, even if each of them will have to die for it. Bloody battles awaited the warriors, but they were protected by the Signs - the guardians of the Balance, and they were led by the fearless Miron, the most famous hero of Shandalar.
- Blades (Клинки)
- Blades (Клинки), 1996
- A Thicket's Soul (Душа чащобы), 1996
There is a mystery hidden where the ancient mountains rise, where eternal cold and winter rule. The Vikings call it the Box of Munir-raven, the Pechenegs know it as the Magic Chest, but the fair-haired Slavic
Slavic peoples
The Slavic people are an Indo-European panethnicity living in Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia. The term Slavic represents a broad ethno-linguistic group of people, who speak languages belonging to the Slavic language family and share, to varying degrees, certain...
warriors say that the chest hides the great Books of Crafts greater than all others. Three druzhina
Druzhina
Druzhina, Drużyna or Družyna in the medieval history of Slavic Europe was a retinue in service of a chieftain, also called knyaz. The name is derived from the Slavic word drug with the meaning of "companion, friend". -Early Rus:...
s head to find the chest from three parts of the world: Normans
Normans
The Normans were the people who gave their name to Normandy, a region in northern France. They were descended from Norse Viking conquerors of the territory and the native population of Frankish and Gallo-Roman stock...
, sons of the sea; nomad
Nomad
Nomadic people , commonly known as itinerants in modern-day contexts, are communities of people who move from one place to another, rather than settling permanently in one location. There are an estimated 30-40 million nomads in the world. Many cultures have traditionally been nomadic, but...
s from steppe
Steppe
In physical geography, steppe is an ecoregion, in the montane grasslands and shrublands and temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biomes, characterized by grassland plains without trees apart from those near rivers and lakes...
s; and the Russian vityaz
Vityaz
Vityaz is a Russian term for a valiant warrior or knight. Usually given to a man who owns a horse and proves himself in battle. The word is derived from the Old German Witing.The word may also refer to one of the following:...
s. They go through danger, darkness, and sorcery. They go through our world and other worlds. Only one of three, however, would get what they seek.
- Big Kiev (Большой Киев)
- The Big Kiev Technician a.k.a. Hunt for Wild Trucks (Техник Большого Киева/Охота на дикие грузовики), 1997
- The Big Kiev Witcher (Ведьмак Большого Киева), 1999–2009
A kind of technological fantasy The Big Kiev Technician. The world in which machines are functioning by themselves and have consciousness similar to that of animals. Various races, such as humans and elves; wild and domestic vehicles.
The Big Kiev Witcher is a short-story cycle included 10 stories which set in the Big Kiev universe. Witcher Geralt's work is to destroy machines-monsters; Geralt combines care for the City and indifference to all other things with inner warm feelings and care for alive, not shown to everyone. The series is inspired by Polish science-fiction writer Andrzej Sapkowski
Andrzej Sapkowski
Andrzej Sapkowski, born 21 June 1948 in Łódź, is a Polish fantasy writer. He is best known for his best-selling book series The Witcher.-Biography:...
's series about Geralt
Geralt of Rivia
Geralt of Rivia is a fictional character and protagonist of The Witcher series by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as its adaptations.-Fictional biography:...
(The Witcher
The Witcher
The Witcher, or , by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski is a cult series of fantasy short stories and five novels about the witcher Geralt of Rivia...
saga).
- Death or Glory (Смерть или слава)
- Death or GloryDeath or Glory (Russian novel)Death or Glory [Death or Glory [Death or Glory [(Smert ili Slava, Смерть или Слава (Russian)] is a hard science fiction novel by Vladimir Vasilyev, first published in Russian in 1998, then in English in 2004 by . The first part of Death or Glory may be read ....
(Смерть или слава), 1998 - Black Relay Race (Черная эстафета), 1999
- Mobility War (Война за мобильность)
- Giants' Legacy (Наследие исполинов), 2002
- No One but Us (Никто, кроме нас), 2005
- Death or Glory
Death or Glory describes the struggle of humanity to find its place among the stars, when a giant ship suddenly appears in the skies of a human Wild-West-like colony world, soon to be followed by the five alien races (reptillian Svaigh, avian Aczanny and Zoopht, insectoid Swarm, and crystalline Ayeshi) and their extragalactic enemies (Imperishables). The humans embark on a quest to find out if the ship is a blessing or a curse.
Black Relay Race departs from the science-fiction theme and becomes a horror novel, in which people disappear one-by-one while transporting a mysterious object across space.
The War for Mobility duology takes place centuries after Death or Glory. Humanity has just joined the great Alliance of superior races, when a human scout ship locates a portal into another galaxy. The discovery sparks an interstellar war, as two of the former Alliance slave races (skeleton-like Shat-Tsurs and shapeshifting Oaons) attempt to destroy their former masters. Now the aliens which only recently looked down on humans must now rely on them to win the war and be the first to find the cache of star portals left behind by an ancient race in another galaxy, for the one who possesses the portals can move entire fleets instantaneously from system to system with nothing to stop them.
- As Vasilyev noted in an interview, "Death or Glory was written under the impression from David BrinDavid BrinGlen David Brin, Ph.D. is an American scientist and award-winning author of science fiction. He has received the Hugo, Locus, Campbell and Nebula Awards.-Biography:...
's duology Startide RisingStartide RisingStartide Rising is a 1983 science fiction novel by David Brin and the second book of six set in his Uplift Universe . It earned both Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novel...
and The Uplift WarThe Uplift WarThe Uplift War is a 1987 science fiction novel by David Brin and the third book of six set in his Uplift Universe. It was nominated as the best novel for the 1987 Nebula Award and won the 1988 Hugo and Locus Awards...
". While a relative success in Russia (17,000 copied of Death or Glory issued by 2000), the novel was only PODPrint on demandPrint on demand , sometimes called, in error, publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book are not printed until an order has been received...
published in English in 2004 by Capricorn Publishing.
- Wolf Nature (Волчья натура)
- Wolf Nature (Волчья натура), 1999
- Everyone With Beast Inside (Зверь в каждом из нас), 2000
In duology describes Earth-like world, inhabited by beings, having descended from dogs not apes.
- World of Watches (Мир Дозоров)
- Day WatchDay Watch (novel)Day Watch is a fantasy novel by Russian authors Sergey Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasilyev. The second book in the tetralogy of Watches, it is preceded by Night Watch and followed by Twilight Watch and Last Watch...
(Дневной дозор), 2000 with Sergey LukyanenkoSergey LukyanenkoSergei Vasilievich Lukyanenko is a science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian, and is arguably the most popular contemporary Russian sci-fi writer... - Black Palmira's Face (Лик Черной Пальмиры), 2003
- Day Watch
Day Watch was written in cooperation with famous Russian writer Sergey Lukyanenko. Vladimir Vasilyev wrote the second story of the Day Watch book - A Stranger Among Others - and part of the third story Another Power.
Black Palmira's Face describes the life of Kiev
Kiev
Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....
city Day Watch and secret mission of Ukrainian Dark Mage's team in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
.
- The Altitude (Высота)
- The Skies Masters (Хозяева поднебесья), 2001
- A Chorister Owl Trill (Трель певчей совы), 1996
Single Novels
- UFO: Enemy Unknown (UFO: Враг Неизвестен), 1997. Novelization of the game UFO: Enemy Unknown.
"Nobody believes, that we were only eight at first. Eight strong foolhardy chaps, trained at Special Centre in London, for whom it was all the same, whether to be at war with terrorists, mafia or extraterrestrials. And then - hell and war, flying saucers, combat robots, labs and hangars. And the ruthless conquerors from space, who never knew doubt, as throughout millennia they have subdued thousands of inhabited worlds. All moves have been calculated long ago, every reciprocal action by the enemy considered. Soon a new planet will enter the interstellar empire. However, it is well known that humans learn to fight devilishly easy."
- Going Into The Night (Идущие в Ночь), 1999 with Anna Kitayeva (Lee).
"Вeyond the Yuben River lie the Wild Lands, where no trodden paths exist and every traveller must choose his or her own way - in the hopes of staying alive. Few have returned from there, and their tales were full of horrors. However, no one has ever told tales of the Stone Forest because nobody has ever returned from it. Who will go into the eternal night of the Stone Forest of their own free will? Morgan and Turi, who have nothing to lose, as there is blood on their hands and death behind them. No one will spare those who had the misfortune of being born werewolves."
- Three Steps on Dankarten (Три шага на Данкартен), 2000
- Hot Start a.k.a. Hearts and Engines (Горячий старт/Сердца и Моторы), 2002
- Antarctica-online (Антарктида-online), 2004 with Alexander GromovAlexander GromovAlexander Nikolayevich Gromov is a Russian science fiction writer, who began writing in 1986 and was first published in the early 1990s. His work is influenced by that of the Strugatsky brothers....
"Antarctica is a harsh, cold continent on the edge of the world and of little interest to the nations of the world. But if an unknown cataclysm moves it to the tropics, there will be plenty of interested parties who wish to add the new lands to their spheres of influence. Especially if drunk Russian polar researchers jokingly challenge the entire world and declare an independent Antarctic republic."
- The "Capudania"'s Treasure (Сокровище "Капудании"), 2007
- The Shadows of Future (Тени грядущего), 2009 with Konstantin Utolin and Roman Arilin
- Hide-and Seek on Cetre Lane (Прятки на осевой), 2010 - novel in cross-author cycle of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of ChernobylS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is a first-person shooter video game by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World, published in 2007.It features an alternate reality theme, where a second nuclear disaster occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Exclusion Zone in the near future and causes...
game Universe.
Short Story Collections
- The Warrior Sign (Знак воина), 1996
- A Boarding in Cyberspace (Абордаж в киберспейсе), 1997
- A Stars over Shandalar (Звезды над Шандаларом), 1999 - Shandalar stories under one cover.
- A Jolly Roger on Hydrofoil (Веселый Роджер на подводных крыльях), 2002
- Forgotten Road (Забытая дорога), 2003
- Unlucky Gentlemans (Джентльмены непрухи), 2006
- Foreigner Worlds (Чужие миры), 2006
- The Subway Genius (Гений подземки), 2007
- The Unknown Earth (Незнакомка Земля), 2008
Awards
| Year | Awarder | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Star Bridge" | "Bronze Caduseus" for Going Into The Night (Идущие в Ночь) |
| 2000 | "Star Bridge" | "Golden Caduseus" for Day Watch (Дневной дозор) |
| 2001 | "RusCon" | "Golden RusCon" for Day Watch (Дневной дозор) |
| 2002 | "Star Bridge" | "Golden Caduseus" for Giants' Legacy (Наследие исполинов) |
| 2003 | "Star Bridge" | "Golden Caduseus" for The Big Kiev Witcher (Ведьмак Большого Киева) |
| 2004 | "Star Bridge" | "Silver Caduseus" for Antarctica-online (Антарктида-online) |
| "Star Bridge" | "Bronze Caduseus" for Black Palmira's Face (Лик Черной Пальмиры) | |
| 2005 | "RusCon" | "Bronze RusCon" for Antarctica-online (Антарктида-online) |
| "Boris Strugatsky award" | "Bronze Snail" for Antarctica-online (Антарктида-online) | |
| 2007 | "Star Bridge" | "Bronze Caduseus" for The "Capudania"'s Treasure (Сокровище "Капудании") |
| "Star Bridge" | "Kharkiv Dragon" - "Star Bridge" Hall of Fame | |
| 2008 | "Ayu-Dag Constellation" | "Violet Crystal" for The "Capudania"'s Treasure (Сокровище "Капудании") |
| 2009 | "Aelita Aelita Prize Aelita Prize is an award for science fiction writers founded by the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation and "Ural Pathfinder Magazine" in 1981... " |
Awarded for contribution into science fiction |
Music
Vladimir Vasilyev is guitar player and also known as singer and composer. In his song Vasilyev use fantastic and unrealistic motifs.The famous song is "Battlecat's March" (Марш Бойцовых котов),it has an allusion on Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
The brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky are Soviet Jewish-Russian science fiction authors who collaborated on their fiction.-Life and work:...
's novel "The Kid from Hell
The Kid from Hell
The Kid from Hell is a 1974 sci-fi novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky set in the Noon Universe. The English translation was included in a single volume entitled Escape Attempt with the other Noon universe stories Escape Attempt and Space Mowgli.-Plot summary:The novel tells the story of Gack, a...
" ("Парень из Преисподней").
Albums
- The Ambush-92 (Засада-92)
- Live in Kharkiv (Концерт в Харькове)