Discover new books on Goodreads

See if your friends have read any of Nick Perumov's books

Nick Perumov’s Followers (146)

Nick Perumov

Born

in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation

November 21, 1963

Website

http://www.perumov.com/eng/index.shtml

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

edit data

Nick Perumov (Russian: Ник Перумов ) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Russian: Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Perumov was born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. He began writing short stories since he was a teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in the early 1980s, he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator.

In 1985-1991 he his debut 'Кольцо Тьмы ' (The Ring of Darkness), a fantasy triology, which consisted of two novels: Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade),Черное Копье (Black Lance)and Адамант Хенны. The events of the book took place in J. R. R Nick Perumov (Russian: Ник Перумов ) is the pen name of Nikolay Daniilovich Perumov (Russian: Николай Даниилович Перумов; born 21 November 1963), a Russian fantasy and science fiction writer.
Perumov was born November 21, 1963 in Leningrad, USSR. He began writing short stories since he was a teenager, and after reading The Lord of the Rings in the early 1980s, he became a fantasy fan. After studying at the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute, Perumov worked at a research institute, and later as a translator.

In 1985-1991 he his debut 'Кольцо Тьмы ' (The Ring of Darkness), a fantasy triology, which consisted of two novels: Эльфийский Клинок (Elven Blade),Черное Копье (Black Lance)and Адамант Хенны. The events of the book took place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, 300 years after the War of the Ring. Perumov initially regarded his novel as just a fan fiction written for friends, until one of his colleagues offered to publish it. In 1993 the duology, re-edited and renamed 'Кольцо Тьмы' (The Ring of Darkness) was published in Severo-Zapad publishing, which paid Perumov just $300. The Ring of Darkness has sold at least 100,000 copies, and ranked high in popularity among Russian fantasy readers. At the same time it also provoked a controversy in Tolkien fandom. Some Tolkien fans considered that no one has the right to write sequels to The Lord of the Rings and to change Middle-earth's history. Other critics argue that Perumov eroded the edge between Good and Evil by giving Uruk-hai humanlike behaviour.

After the success of his debut, Perumov decided to start a career of professional writer. He wrote the novel 'Гибель Богов' (Godsdoom), the first to be set in Упорядоченное (The Consistent), his universe of multiple connected worlds. The Consistent became the main locale of his following books, including the most known, 8-volume series Хранитель Мечей (The Keeper of Swords).

Perumov's books published in overall number of more than 4 millions of copies and translated to many languages, Northern and Eastern European mostly. One of his books, Godsdoom has also been translated to English. At Eurocon 2004 he was awarded as the best fiction writer of Europe.

Perumov now lives in the United States of America, where he works at a research center as a microbiologist. He claims writing is his 'hobby', while science is his work.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...more

80 posts
Nick Perumov's Blog

Nick Perumov isn't a Goodreads Author (yet), but they do have a blog, so here are some recent posts imported from their feed.

Пять лет одесской Хатыни

Помни Одессу. Помни тех, кого сожгли живьём, но не заставили сдаться.

xkJFXvhW2go

View more on Nick Perumov's website »

1 like · Like • 0 comments • flag

Published on May 01, 2019 20:47

View all 80 posts »

Combine Editions
Nick Perumov’s books

Average rating: 3.7 · 18,298 ratings · 341 reviews · 84 distinct works • Similar authors

	Рождение мага (Хранитель Мечей, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 1,096 ratings — published 1999 — 7 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
	Diamantsvärdet och träsvärdet I (Svärdens väktare, #1) by Nick Perumov, Britt-Marie Ingdén-Ringselle (Översättare) 3.71 avg rating — 1,143 ratings — published 1998 — 12 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
	Эльфийский клинок (Кольцо Тьмы, #1) 3.46 avg rating — 1,001 ratings — published 1993 — 14 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
	Diamantsvärdet och träsvärdet II (Svärdens väktare, #2) by Nick Perumov, Britt-Marie Ingdén-Ringselle (Översättare) 3.79 avg rating — 900 ratings — published 1998 — 10 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
	Странствия мага. Том 1 (Хранитель Мечей, #2.1) 3.82 avg rating — 875 ratings — published 2000 — 7 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
	Странствия мага. Том 2 (Хранитель Мечей, #2.2) 3.82 avg rating — 819 ratings — published 2000 — 8 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
	Одиночество мага. Том 1 (Хранитель Мечей, #3.1) 3.79 avg rating — 805 ratings — published 2001 — 10 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
	Гибель богов (Хроники Хьёрварда, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 741 ratings — published 1994 — 16 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
	Одиночество мага. Том 2 (Хранитель Мечей, #3.2) 3.80 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 2001 — 7 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
	Война мага. Дебют (Хранитель Мечей, #4) 3.78 avg rating — 723 ratings — 7 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

More books by Nick Perumov…

Series by Nick Perumov

Летописи Разлома (17 books)
by

Nick Perumov

3.79 avg rating — 9,986 ratings

Svärdens väktare (10 books)
by

Nick Perumov

3.80 avg rating — 8,527 ratings

Хранитель Мечей (10 books)
by

Nick Perumov,

Ник Перумов,

Владимир Бондарь (Illustrator)

3.81 avg rating — 7,242 ratings

Кольцо Тьмы (3 books)
by

Nick Perumov

3.41 avg rating — 2,412 ratings

Хроники Хьёрварда (5 books)
by

Nick Perumov

3.81 avg rating — 1,653 ratings

More series by Nick Perumov…

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
100+ Books in 2026: Aga and her books - 2012	110	177	Dec 31, 2012 04:45AM
75 Books...More o...: Aga and her books - 2012	124	69	Dec 31, 2012 04:45AM
Fantasy & Science...: Vilket språk föredrar ni att läsa på?	22	159	Apr 20, 2017 01:33PM
Goodreads Librari...: Book issues (mostly Russian editions)	956	434	Jun 03, 2020 09:26AM
The Sword and Laser: * Introduction and welcome thread!	4401	9572	Aug 17, 2026 11:07AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Nick to Goodreads.

Nick Perumov’s Followers (146)

Nick Perumov

80 postsNick Perumov's Blog

Пять лет одесской Хатыни

Combine EditionsNick Perumov’s books

Series by Nick Perumov

Topics Mentioning This Author

80 posts
Nick Perumov's Blog

Combine Editions
Nick Perumov’s books