Sergei Lukyanenko
Author of Night Watch
About the Author
Image credit: Wikipedia
Series
Works by Sergei Lukyanenko
Die Wächter – Nacht der Inquisition: Roman (Die neuen Abenteuer der Wächter 3) (German Edition) (2016) 5 copies
Destiny, Inc. [short story] 3 copies
калеки 2 copies
Visagalio akis 2 copies
Die gemeinsame Sache 1 copy
Маги без времени 1 copy
Семь дней до Мегиддо 1 copy
Три дня Индиго 1 copy
Temporary Vanity 1 copy
Прекрасное далеко 1 copy
Ночь накануне 1 copy
Тени снов (Линия грёз, #3) 1 copy
Zvezdy - Holodnye Igrushki 1 copy
Foxtrot at High Noon 1 copy
Sergey Lukyanenko: Night Watch, Novels by Sergey Lukyanenko, Genome, List of Characters in the Night Watch Universe,… (2010) 1 copy
Der gemeinsame Feind 1 copy
Das gemeinsame Schicksal 1 copy
Eine andere Kraft 1 copy
Segodnia, mama! ;: Ostrov Rus ; TSar, tsarevich, korol, korolevich-- (Biblioteka fantastiki "Khronos") (Russian… (1997) 1 copy
From Fate 1 copy
Where the Mean Enemy Lurks 1 copy
Der eigene Kreis 1 copy
Fremd unter Anderen 1 copy
Associated Works
The SFWA European Hall of Fame: Sixteen Contemporary Masterpieces of Science Fiction from the Continent (2007) — Contributor — 122 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Lukyanenko, Sergei Vasilievich
- Other names
- Lukianenko, Sergej
Łukjanienko, Siergiej - Birthdate
- 1968-04-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Russia
- Birthplace
- Karatau, Kazakhstan, USSR
- Places of residence
- Karatau, Kazakhstan (formerly USSR)
Moscow, Russia - Education
- Alma-Ata State Medical Institute (1992)
- Occupations
- fantasy writer
science fiction writer - Awards and honors
- Ruscon (SF writer of the year) 2005
- Short biography
- Sergei Lukyanenko (as his name appears on books and films in U.S. markets) is a science-fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian, and is arguably the most popular contemporary Russian sci-fi writer. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, interwoven with the moral dilemma of keeping one's humanity while being strong.
Recently his works have been adapted into film productions, for which he wrote the screenplays. He lives in Moscow with his wife Sonia and two sons, Artemiy and Danil, keeps mice as pets and enjoys cooking.
Members
Reviews
I only made it through the first short story.
It wasn't bad but the further I got the less I enjoyed it.
I usually enjoy a good somber and gloomy mood in a book but here the simplistic fatalism made it all feel so pointless. I just couldn't understand why anyone in this story had enough drive to even get out of the bed in the morning. It all felt to me like everyone should just keel over on the spot, roll into a ball and rock back and forth.
To be frank "why didn't you just kill yourself already" went through my mind repeatedly.
Instead of caring more I kept caring less and less because I had real trouble to connect to anyone in this depressing cast.
The book tries very hard to be wise but never really makes it past the obvious in the context of philosophy and its attempts at hiding that behind mystery shroud™ isn't able to disguise it.
A lot of the interesting parts of the world were pointlessly hidden behind this ominous mystery shroud™.
The first story ends with a blatant sledgehammer foreshadowing which completely killed any vestiges of interest to read on for me.
It could've been a play on the free will vs destiny thingy and not actual prophecy which was a carefully broached topic a few times but even if- that still was very crude either way.
So, all the gloom instead of being mysterious was just depressing and the philosophy instead of being intriguing it was just unrefined and shallow.
Despite all that, I think a good 3/5 star rating for the first story is fair.
This might be a case of its not you, it's me. If you hit me with philosophy I need the full packet. I have a bad time dealing with philosophy-light.
Just a quick reminder that my reviews always sound very negative. I usually only talk about the flaws and how I felt about them. Pay attention to the star rating for how I feel overall about a book.… (more)
It wasn't bad but the further I got the less I enjoyed it.
I usually enjoy a good somber and gloomy mood in a book but here the simplistic fatalism made it all feel so pointless. I just couldn't understand why anyone in this story had enough drive to even get out of the bed in the morning. It all felt to me like everyone should just keel over on the spot, roll into a ball and rock back and forth.
To be frank "why didn't you just kill yourself already" went through my mind repeatedly.
Instead of caring more I kept caring less and less because I had real trouble to connect to anyone in this depressing cast.
The book tries very hard to be wise but never really makes it past the obvious in the context of philosophy and its attempts at hiding that behind mystery shroud™ isn't able to disguise it.
A lot of the interesting parts of the world were pointlessly hidden behind this ominous mystery shroud™.
The first story ends with a blatant sledgehammer foreshadowing which completely killed any vestiges of interest to read on for me.
It could've been a play on the free will vs destiny thingy and not actual prophecy which was a carefully broached topic a few times but even if- that still was very crude either way.
So, all the gloom instead of being mysterious was just depressing and the philosophy instead of being intriguing it was just unrefined and shallow.
Despite all that, I think a good 3/5 star rating for the first story is fair.
This might be a case of its not you, it's me. If you hit me with philosophy I need the full packet. I have a bad time dealing with philosophy-light.
Just a quick reminder that my reviews always sound very negative. I usually only talk about the flaws and how I felt about them. Pay attention to the star rating for how I feel overall about a book.… (more)
Just not as good as Night Watch, which I admittedly read about a decade ago. This volume made me wonder if something was getting lost in the translation or if these stories were very trope-reliant in any language. Don't get me wrong, still going to read the next one, probably in less than another decade.
Lists
Read in 2014 (2)
Awards
You May Also Like
Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 113
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 13,266
- Popularity
- #1,759
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 293
- ISBNs
- 478
- Languages
- 18
- Favorited
- 60
Overall I enjoyed reading it! I don't read a lot of books with witches and warlocks and magicians, and I typically find them cheesy (I am still not tempted to pick up Harry Potter), but I really enjoyed this story and characters. The ending was super cheese, and it was a bit of a cop out in my opinion. My friend who only reads books and watches movies that have happy endings would love this book. I didn't learn anything about myself reading this, nor did I really learn anything about the world (maybe perhaps a bit about Russian culture), but it was enjoyable enough; a nice break from the usual stuff that makes me question my existence.… (more)