Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Vladimir Vasilyev

| image = Vladimir N Vasiliev 2006.jpg

| caption = Vasilyev in 2006

| pseudonym = Vokha, Boxa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|08|08}}

| birth_place = Mykolaiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| occupation = Novelist, short story writer, musician

| citizenship =

| genre = Science fiction, fantasy

| years_active = 1991 - present

| website = {{URL|vasilyev.com}}

}}

Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev ({{langx|ru|Влади́мир Никола́евич Васи́льев}}, {{langx|uk|Володи́мир Микола́йович Васи́льєв}}; born August 8, 1967) is a Russian science fiction writer and musician.

Bibliography

=Series=

  • Shandalar (Шандалар)
  • Cloudy Land (Облачный край), 1994
  • One Year of Life (Год жизни), 1996
  • Otran's Black Stone (Черный камень Отрана), 1996
  • Blades (Клинки)
  • Blades (Клинки), 1996
  • A Thicket's Soul (Душа чащобы), 1996
  • 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
  • Death or Glory (Смерть или слава)
  • Death or Glory (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

:As Vasilyev noted in an interview, "Death or Glory was written under the impression from David Brin's duology Startide Rising and The Uplift War".[http://fandom.rusf.ru/inter/vasilyev_2.htm 2002 Interview with Vladimir Vasilyev] (in Russian). While a relative success in Russia (17,000 copied of Death or Glory issued by 2000), the novel was only POD [https://web.archive.org/web/20050324153832/http://www.capricornpublishing.com/images/CP_Catalog.pdf 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
  • World of Watches (Мир Дозоров)
  • Day Watch (Дневной дозор), 2000 with Sergey Lukyanenko
  • Black Palmira's Face (Лик Черной Пальмиры), 2003
  • Time of Inversions (Время инверсий), 2012
  • 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.
  • Going Into The Night (Идущие в Ночь), 1999 with Anna Kitayeva (Lee).
  • 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 Gromov
  • The "Capudania"'s Treasure (Сокровище "Капудании"), 2007
  • The Shadows of Future (Тени грядущего), 2009 with Konstantin Utolin and Roman Arilin
  • Hide-and-Seek on Centre Line (Прятки на осевой), 2010 - novel in cross-author cycle of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game Universe
  • Children of a duplicator (Дети дупликатора), 2011 - novel in cross-author cycle of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 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

  • Aelita, awarded for contribution into science fiction

Music

Vladimir Vasilyev is also a guitar player and is also known as a singer and composer. In his songs, Vasilyev uses fantastical and unrealistic motifs.

His most well-known song is "Battlecat's March" (Марш Бойцовых котов), which has an allusion to Arkady and Boris Strugatsky's novel The Kid from Hell ("Парень из Преисподней").

Albums

  • The Ambush-92 (Засада-92)
  • Live in Kharkiv (Концерт в Харькове)
  • Overdue confession 2014 (with "Prospekt Mira" band)

References