Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev (, ; born August 8, 1967) is a Ukrainian 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".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 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 Official website