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Yaroslav Barsukov

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in Moscow, Russian Federation

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Fantasy, Science Fiction

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#NoToWar #НетВойне
2x Nebula, SCKA, FFA Finalist. BSFA-longlisted. Member of SF&F Writers of America & Codex.
Left one former empire only to settle in another.
Speaks German by day, Russian by night.
Writes in English.

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Average rating: 3.71 · 672 ratings · 229 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Tower of Mud and Straw 3.63 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory 3.68 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2024 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grimdark Magazine, Issue 33, January 2023 by Beth Tabler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Chorn (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Galaxy's Edge Magazine Issue 25, March 2017 by Mike Resnick (Editor), Kevin J. Anderson (Goodreads Author), Robert Silverberg really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fioriranno i meli su Marte: Fantascienza contemporanea russofona by Francesco Verso (Goodreads Author), K.A. Teryna, Ivan Naumov 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grantville Gazette Volume 86 (Grantville Gazette #86) by Walt Boyes (editor), Bjorn Hasseler (editor), Yaroslav Barsukov (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grantville Gazette Volume 85 by Walt Boyes (editor), Bjorn Hasseler (editor), Yaroslav Barsukov (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphorosis 2020: The Complete Stories (Complete Metaphorosis, #5) by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Felicity Drake, Michael Sherrin 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphorosis 2018: The Complete Stories (Complete Metaphorosis, #3) by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katherine Perdue, Emily McIntyre it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphorosis Magazine, Issue 58, October 2020 by B. Morris Allen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Caleb Costelle (Illustrator), M. Douglas White (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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My upcoming novel, Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory, made quite a splash at the Worldcon in Glasgow!

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“All life is sacred unless it means lifting a finger.” On Retii 4, six humans are walled up in an outpost, observing the native population of “rettys.” By human standards, the rettys are primitive: on a technological level, they’re barely out of the S ...more
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Yaroslav Barsukov rated a book it was amazing The Runemaster's Daughter: A Tale of Gorsk Mountain by Lawrence M. Schoen (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Gorsk Mountain is eaten away by the troll blight. Once a great dwarven realm, it is now home to a small expedition of (mostly) young people seeking to reclaim its old glory. All of them, except for one, have not yet reached their second century; for ...more
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Violent—extremely violent in a graphic way—and full of characters you wouldn’t necessarily consider likeable. EXCEPTIONALLY well-written. The book hooks you from the very first chapter and doesn’t let go. Declan the Tall, Cynthia, the Justice Hunter ...more
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“What makes guilt so grotesque is the fact that it adorns itself with whatever remains of our righteousness.”
― Yaroslav Barsukov, Sleeping Worlds Have No Memory

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Unread Nebula nominees for June

Tower of Mud and Straw by Yaroslav Barsukov

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The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk

2 votes, 25.0%

Finna by Nino Cipri

1 vote, 12.5%

Ife-Iyoku, Tale of Imadeyunuagbon by Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki

1 vote, 12.5%

The Four Profound Weaves by R.B. Lemberg

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Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi

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“Hell,’ I tell her, ‘is where all the interesting people are.”
― Hannu Rajaniemi, The Quantum Thief

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“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
― Richard Feynman

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“Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.”
― Richard P. Feynman

tags: doubt, science, science-vs-religion

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“Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn't matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”
― Richard P. Feynman

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“I've found that there is always some beauty left -- in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you.”
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

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