Nik Perumov

Nik Perumov (2009)

Nikolai Daniilowitsch "Nik" Perumov ( Russian: Николай Даниилович "Ник" Перумов , scientific transliteration Nikolai Daniilovič Perumov ; born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad , USSR ) is a Russian fantasy and fantasy science fiction author, a Russian . He became known through the publication of his book The Ring of Darkness , the plot of which takes place in the Middle-earth world of Tolkien . Later, his series on its own universe, The Orderly, became very popular.

biography

Perumov studied biophysics at the Leningrad Polytechnic , specialized in molecular biology and worked for ten years at the Leningrad Research Institute for Particularly Pure Biological Materials .

He started writing in the late 1970s and was very interested in fantasy. He was most enthusiastic about the works of Tolkien, which he read in the English original. For years he was part of a Tolkien fan base.

His first book was published in 1993, revised in 1994 as The Ring of Darkness (Dilogy, a third part followed in 1995). It caused a stir and criticism among Tolkien's fans because he dared to settle new stories in Tolkien's cosmos. Since then he has only been describing his own worlds, mostly the universe he invented, The Orderly . The series now consists of almost twenty fantasy novels. Perumov also wrote several books in collaboration with other authors, including Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko and Svyatoslav Loginov .

2002-2004 his first science fiction novels The Skull on the Sleeve and The Skull in the Sky were published.

There are editions of his works in English, Swedish, Polish, Czech etc. a.

He has lived in the USA since 1998 and is successful in the profession he has learned. But he continues to write very productively, is married and has three sons.

Bibliography (excerpt)

• The Elvish Blade (Эльфийский Клинок), 1993
• The black spear (Черное Копье), 1993
• The Adamant of the Hennas (Адамант Хенны), 1995
• The Fall of the Gods (Гибель Богов), 1995
• The Warrior of the Great Dark (Воин Великой Тьмы), 1995
• The land of no joy (Земля без радости), 1995
• Not the right time for kites (Не время для драконов), 1997 (with Sergej Lukianenko ); German: Drachenpfade , 2009, translated by Anja Freckmann
• The diamond sword, the wooden sword (Алмазный Меч, Деревянный Меч), 1998
• The Birth of the Magician (Рождение Мага), 1999
• The Magician's Travels (Странствия Мага), 2000
• The Magician's Solitude (Одиночество Мага), 2001
• The Magician's War: The Opening (Война Мага: Дебют), 2003
• The Mage's War: The Middlegame (Война Мага: Миттельшпиль), 2004
• The Magician's War: The Endgame (Война Мага: Эндшпиль), 2006
• The Magician's War: The Finale (Война Мага: Конец Игры), 2006

Web links

• Literature by and about Nik Perumow in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website also in German