Nikolay Perumov

Nick Perumov is a famous Russian science fiction writer living in the United States. A cult writer for fans of fantasy, steampunk, and science fiction. His books are published in millions of copies, thanks to which the writer got into the ranks of the record-breaking authors writing in the fantasy genre.

Perumov first came to prominence in the 1990s when he published the Ring of Darkness series about the events of the Fourth Age taking place in John Tolkien's Middle Earth. But at the peak of the author's popularity he brought the cycle about the fantastic hyperuniverse "The Orderly".

The science fiction writer was born in November 1963 in the city on the Neva. He was brought up and grew up in the family of a scientist - Doctor of Biological Sciences Daniil Perumov, a descendant of an ancient Armenian family that took root in Russia at the beginning of the 19th century. The ancestors of Nick Perumov on the maternal side are the pillar nobles of the pre-Petrine era.

Nick Perumov was fond of reading fantasy from childhood: the boy's novels by Clive Lewis and John Tolkien were tabletop. As a teenager, Nikolai, who reread science fiction in Russian, took up English books that they did not have time to translate. He translated the most fascinating ones himself.

The cult of science and books reigned in the Perumovs' house. It is not surprising that after leaving school, Nikolai followed in his father's footsteps and entered the oldest university in St. Petersburg - the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (today the University of Peter the Great).

The future writer chose the Faculty of Physics and Mechanics, graduated from the Department of Biophysics and worked for 10 years at the Research Institute, which developed medicines. The young scientist worked on a method of treating children affected by the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

The writing biography of the popular science fiction writer began in the late 1970s. As a member of the Tolkien movement and keeping in touch with the role-playing subculture, Nick Perumov became a regular on Fidonet, where he was recognized under the pseudonyms Captain Urthang, Warrior Orc and Paul Winlow.

The creative debut took place in 1993. Perumov, then still an amateur writer, at the insistence of a colleague, published the dilogy "The Descent of Darkness, or 300 years later." The events described in the novel took place in Tolkien's world - Middle-earth.

Six months later, the publishing house "North-West" released an edited version in the form of a trilogy under the general title "Ring of Darkness". The book instantly won over readers who were looking for novelties on the Russian science fiction market. Nick Perumov had his first fans who claimed that the founding author of Russian fantasy was born. But there were also those who criticized the writer for using the world invented by Tolkien.

Then Nick Perumov stopped “exploiting” Middle-earth and with the heroes of his works “traveled” around the worlds that he invented himself. The Ordered became the scene of events described in the novels that followed The Ring of Darkness. So Perumov called the system of interconnected worlds, which he first wrote about in the novel "The Death of the Gods". The book opens the cycle "Annals of Hjerward".

The worldview position of Nick Perumov, indicated in the system of the worlds of the Orderly, is close to the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

From fantasy, the writer moves on to other genres. Space fiction is used in the novels Skull on Sleeve and Skull in the Sky. The author and his colleague Sergei Lukyanenko resort to steampunk, or steampunk, when they compose the plot of the novel "No Time for Dragons." In the book Mlava Krasnaya, Perumov and his co-author Vera Kamsha use an alternative history.

After the financial crisis that struck the country in the late 1990s, Perumov and his family immigrated to America. In 1998 he stopped in Dallas, but later moved to North Carolina. In the United States, Nick Perumov continued to delight fans with new novels and worked in his specialty: he got a job at a scientific institute and worked in the field of biophysics and molecular biology.

In 1998, within the framework of the Chronicle of the Breach cycle, a novel in 2 volumes “Diamond sword, wooden sword” appeared. The bestseller was awarded the prize of the 4th St. Petersburg Congress "Wanderer". In the 2000s, Perumov supplemented the cycle with four novels about the wars of magicians. The last novel in the series is Elven Guard.

In 2012, Nick Perumov wrote the first novel that opened the Death of the Gods 2 series, calling it Memory of the Flame. In the same year he wrote the second book of the cycle - "Holding the Sky".

For a quarter of a century, fifty novels with a total circulation of over 6 million copies were published from the author's pen. Dozens of works have been translated into German, Bulgarian, Swedish, Czech and other languages. Recently, Nick Perumov left his scientific work to focus his energy and attention on writing new novels and spend more time with his family.

On the official website, the science fiction writer introduces new products to fans, communicates with readers in a question-and-answer format, and announces meetings. In the online store, those who wish to buy new novels in electronic version.

On VKontakte, fans of Perumov's work have formed an official group where they share their impressions of the novels. Nick's personal page in VK is hidden, only authorized users visit it.

Nick Perumov discusses exclusively creative ideas and books with outsiders, but does not talk about personal matters. The science fiction writer has a wife and three sons who were born in Russia.

The writer brings up children as Russian people and lives by what is happening in his homeland. According to him, globalization makes it possible for a writer "to live at least at the North Pole", but at the same time not to lose touch with readers.

In Russia, Nikolai Perumov has parents, friends, graves of ancestors, so he constantly feels nostalgia.

The science fiction writer spends his free time from writing books with his family. He does not like noisy gatherings - he rests in a narrow circle of friends. He does not accept alcohol, the company is limited to a can of beer or a glass of champagne.

In September 2017, the author presented the novel "The Battle of Borghild", written in a mix of fantasy genres, battle fiction and epic fantasy. This is the story of old Chroft about the appearance of the Young Gods, about the struggle against the new masters of the Orderly.

In 2018, Nick Perumov delighted fans of creativity with a new novel from the Death of the Gods 2 cycle, called Eternity Past. In May, the sale of the electronic novel started, and in the fall the author announced the presentation of the book "The Eagle and the Dragon".

"Ring of Darkness" "Chronicle of Hjerward" "Chronicle of the Rift" "Death of the Gods 2" "Tales of the Orderly" "Soul Thieves" "Empire Above All" "The Seven Beasts of Rayleg" "I, Vseslav" "The Adventures of Molly Blackwater"

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