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Sergey Lukyanenko
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian language, Russian. His works often feature intense Action fiction, action-packed plots, interwoven with the Ethical dilemma, moral dilemma of keeping one's Human nature, 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 Almaty, Alma-Ata, and enrolled at the Kazakh National Medical University, 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 Lukyan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
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Romanization Of Russian
The romanization of the Russian language (the transliteration of Russian text from the Cyrillic script into the Latin script), aside from its primary use for including Russian names and words in text written in a Latin alphabet, is also essential for computer users to input Russian text who either do not have a keyboard or word processor set up for inputting Cyrillic, or else are not capable of typing rapidly using a native Russian keyboard layout ( JCUKEN). In the latter case, they would type using a system of transliteration fitted for their keyboard layout, such as for English QWERTY keyboards, and then use an automated tool to convert the text into Cyrillic. Systematic transliterations of Cyrillic to Latin There are a number of distinct and competing standards for the romanization of Russian Cyrillic, with none of them having received much popularity, and, in reality, transliteration is often carried out without any consistent standards. Scientific transliteration Scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Twilight Watch (Russian Novel)
''Twilight Watch'' (, also known as ''Dusk Watch'') is a fantasy novel by Russian writer Sergey Lukyanenko published in 2004. It is the sequel to ''Night Watch'' and '' Day Watch'' and the third part of a saga that continues with '' Last Watch'' and '' New Watch'' and concludes with '' 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 followed by seven numbered chapters and concluding with an Epilogue. Except for the prologues, the events of each story are written in a first person narrative using the voice of the Light Magician character Anton Gorodetsky, a member of Night Watch. Events in each of the prologues are written in a third person narrative and take place entirely outside of Gordetsky's presence. The entire novel is w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Day Watch (Russian Novel)
''Day Watch'' () is a fantasy novel by Russian authors Sergey Lukyanenko and Vladimir Vasilyev. The second book in the saga of Watches, it is preceded by ''Night Watch'' and followed by '' Twilight Watch'', '' Last Watch'', '' New Watch'', and '' Sixth Watch''. ''Day Watch'' stands out as the only novel in the series not narrated mainly from Anton Gorodetsky's point of view. While the 2006 film '' Day Watch'' bears the same name, it is actually a loose adaptation of the second half of the first book in the series, ''Night Watch'', and not an adaptation of this novel. The English translation by Andrew Bromfield was released in January 2007 both in the US and the UK. (USA Paperback, published by MiramaxAt Amazon/ref> Plot summary Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are The Others. These beings possess supernatural powers and can enter the Twilight, a shadowy world that exists in parallel to our own. Each Other owes allegiance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Andrew Bromfield
Andrew Bromfield is a British editor and translator of Russian works. He is a founding editor of the Russian literature journal ''Glas'', and has translated into English works by Boris Akunin, Vladimir Voinovich, Irina Denezhkina, Victor Pelevin, and Sergei Lukyanenko, among other writers. Bibliography (as a translator) Victor Pelevin :Stories and novellas *"Blue Lantern (short story collection), The Blue Lantern" *"Bulldozer Driver's Day" *"Crystal World" *"Hermit and Six-Toes" *"The Life and Adventures of Shed Number XII" *"Mid-Game" *"News from Nepal" *"Nika (short story), Nika" *"The Ontology of Childhood" *"Prince of Gosplan" *"Sleep (short story), Sleep" *"Tai Shou Chuan USSR (A Chinese folk tale)" *"The Tambourine of the Upper World" *"The Tarzan Swing" *"Vera Pavlovna's Ninth Dream" *"A Werewolf Problem In Central Russia" *"The Yellow Arrow" :Novels *"The Life of Insects" *"Omon Ra" *"Chapayev and Void, Clay Machine Gun" ("Chapayev and Void", "Buddhas Little Finger") *"Homo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Day Watch (film)
''Day Watch'' is a 2006 Russian fantasy film directed and co-written by Timur Bekmambetov. It opened in theatres across Russia on 1 January 2006, the United States on 1 June 2007, and the United Kingdom on 5 October 2007. It is a sequel to the 2004 film '' Night Watch'', featuring the same cast. Despite sharing its title with the second novel in the series, it is actually based on the second and third parts of Sergey Lukyanenko's novel '' Night Watch'', the first part of which the 2004 film was based on. Plot In the first film, Anton Gorodetsky was recruited into the Night Watch in 1992 after hiring a witch to cast a spell that would return his adulterous wife to him, even if it meant miscarrying her illegitimate child. Fourteen years later, he encounters two immensely powerful "Others": nurse Svetlana, who joins the Night Watch after becoming aware of her abilities; and 12 year-old Yegor, who Anton realizes is his own son (not his wife's lover's), and who turns against him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fox Searchlight
Searchlight Pictures, Inc., formerly known as Fox Searchlight Pictures, is an American arthouse film production and distribution company, which since 2019 is owned by Walt Disney Studios, a division of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as a division of 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios), the studio focuses primarily on producing, distributing, and acquiring independent and specialty films. Searchlight is known for distributing the films '' Slumdog Millionaire'', '' 12 Years a Slave'', '' Birdman'', '' The Shape of Water'', and '' Nomadland'', all of which have won an Academy Award for Best Picture. The studio has grossed over $5.3 billion worldwide and amassed 51 Academy Awards, 30 Golden Globe Awards, and 56 BAFTA awards. ''Slumdog Millionaire'' is the studio's largest commercial success, with over $377 million (US) of box office receipts, against a production budget of only $15 million. Searchlight Pictures was one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Night Watch (2004 Film)
''Night Watch'' is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov who wrote the screenplay along with Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel ''The Night Watch'' by Sergei Lukyanenko. It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. It received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, '' Day Watch'', was released in 2006. Plot Since the beginning of time, there have been " Others" – humans endowed with supernatural abilities – and for just as long, the Others have been divided between the forces of Light and Dark. In Medieval times, the armies of both sides met by chance, and a great b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Night Watch (Lukyanenko Novel)
''Night Watch'' () is a fantasy novel by the Russian author Sergei Lukyanenko, the first to feature his fictional world of ''The Others''. The book was first published in Russia by AST in 1998. The story revolves around a confrontation between two opposing supernatural groups (known as "Others"): the Night Watch, an organization dedicated to policing the actions of the Dark Others—and the Day Watch, which polices the actions of the Light Others. The novel is first in a cycle that continues with '' Day Watch'', '' Twilight Watch'' (also known as ''Dusk Watch''), '' Last Watch'' (also known as ''Final Watch''), '' New Watch'', and '' Sixth Watch''. The first story of the novel, ''Destiny'', was made into a successful Russian film, ''Night Watch'', which, although keeping the characters and many of the events of the original novel, alters some significant elements of the story. The second and third stories of the novel were adapted into the 2006 sequel, '' Day Watch'' Backgrou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Seekers Of The Sky
Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (, ; 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 Lukianenko'' on the English version of his official website and as ''Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alternate History
Alternate history (also referred to as alternative history, allohistory, althist, or simply A.H.) is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which one or more historical events have occurred but are resolved differently than in actual history. As conjecture based upon historical fact, alternate history stories propose "what if?" scenarios about pivotal events in human history, and present outcomes very different from the historical record. Some alternate histories are considered a subgenre of science fiction, or historical fiction. Since the 1950s, as a subgenre of science fiction, some alternative history stories have featured the tropes of time travel between histories, the psychic awareness of the existence of an alternative universe by the inhabitants of a given universe, and time travel that divides history into various timestreams. Definition Often described as a subgenre of science fiction, alternative history is a genre of fiction wherein the author speculates upon how the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
