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
External links
- [http://rusf.ru/boxa/english/ Official website]
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