|
Sergey Lukyanenko Bibliography
This is the bibliography of Sergei Lukyanenko. Sergey Lukyanenko ., et al. (1990), Knights of Forty Islands The story is about several contemporary teenagers "copied" into an artificial environment, where they are forced to play a game with very harsh rules. The action is set on a set of small sand islands, which are interconnected by narrow bridges, and all the world is under a giant dome, similar to the one from "The Truman show". Inhabitants of each island try to conquer their neighbors. The mission is difficult primarily due to the fact that forces on each island are roughly equal in ability. Once one group takes over its neighbor island, it bears human losses and becomes vulnerable for an attack from a third side. The goal of the game is to take over all 40 islands, which is practically impossible to achieve. However, if they do so, the winning group will be sent back home. All children die at the age of 18, if they are not killed before. They use only cold weapons. A person ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Lukyanenko
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, interwoven with the moral dilemma of keeping one's humanity while being strong. Some of his works have been adapted into film productions, for which he wrote the screenplays. Biography Lukyanenko was born in Karatau, Kazakhstan, then a part of the Soviet Union. After graduating from school, he moved to Alma-Ata, and enrolled at the Alma-Ata State Medical Institute in 1986 majoring in psychotherapy. He had started writing as a student, and in 1992 had just started making money from it. During this time he became an active member in Russian fandom, visiting conventions and attending seminars all around the Soviet Union. In 1996 he moved to Moscow where he currently resides. Name transliteration Lukyanenko's name is romanized as ''Sergey L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Talisman (King & Straub Novel)
''The Talisman'' is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The plot is not related to that of Walter Scott's 1825 novel of the same name, although there is one oblique reference to "a Sir Walter Scott novel." ''The Talisman'' was nominated for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, '' Black House'' (2001), that picks up with a now-adult Jack as a retired Los Angeles homicide detective trying to solve a series of murders in the small town of French Landing, Wisconsin. Plot summary Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, sets out from Arcadia Beach, New Hampshire, in a bid to save his mother Lily, who is dying from cancer, by finding a crystal called "the Talisman". Jack's journey takes him simultaneously through the American heartland and "the Territories", a strange fantasy land that is set in a universe parallel to that of Jack's United States. Individuals in the Territories have "twinners", or parallel indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight Watch (Russian Novel)
''Twilight Watch'' (russian: «Сумеречный Дозор», also known as ''Dusk Watch'') is a fantasy novel by Russian writer Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia and its émigrés and to Russian-language literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old East Slavic were composed. By the Ag ... Sergey Lukyanenko published in 2004. It is the sequel to ''Night Watch (Lukyanenko novel), Night Watch'' and ''Day Watch (novel), Day Watch'' and the third part of a saga that continues with ''Final Watch, Last Watch'' and ''New Watch (novel), New Watch'' and concludes with ''Sixth Watch (novel), Sixth Watch''. Structure and style Lukyanenko returns to a structure closer to that he used in the ''Night Watch'' novel than the ''Day Watch'' novel. ''Twilight Watch'' is divided into three stories- ''Nobody's Time'', ''Nobody's Space'', and ''Nobody's Power''. Each story begins with a prologue followe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |