Vladimir Vasilyev (writer)

Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilyev (Влади́мир Никола́евич Васи́льев, Володи́мир Микола́йович Васи́льєв; born August 8, 1967) is a Russian science fiction writer and musician.

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". 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)