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Трое из Леса #11
Святой Грааль
Russian
- GenresFantasy
463 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1994
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About the author
Yury Nikitin
3 booksYuri Aleksandrovich Nikitin was a Russian writer of science fiction, historical fiction, and Slavic fantasy.
Although he was active in science fiction before perestroika, the recognition came when he wrote a Slavic fantasy novel, The Three from the Forest (Russian: Трое из Леса). One of the protagonists is a character based on the Russian Rurikid Prince Oleg of Novgorod, who is a mainstay of many sequels. Nikitin also wrote a couple of novels about Vladimir the Great. Nikitin created a website called Inn (Russian: Корчма) as a community portal to help young writers.
Nikitin's books have a distinct, free, and often intentionally primitive and repetitive style with many jokes, reflecting his intent to keep the reader on topic and carry his ideas through. His later books develop the idea of becoming a transhuman through self-development and survival of the spiritually fittest.
According to the literary critic Sergei Chuprinin, Nikitin, with his series of novels "Three from the Forest", is one of the founders of Slavic fantasy. Some of Nikitin's works reproduce the ideas of Slavic neopaganism.
Although he was active in science fiction before perestroika, the recognition came when he wrote a Slavic fantasy novel, The Three from the Forest (Russian: Трое из Леса). One of the protagonists is a character based on the Russian Rurikid Prince Oleg of Novgorod, who is a mainstay of many sequels. Nikitin also wrote a couple of novels about Vladimir the Great. Nikitin created a website called Inn (Russian: Корчма) as a community portal to help young writers.
Nikitin's books have a distinct, free, and often intentionally primitive and repetitive style with many jokes, reflecting his intent to keep the reader on topic and carry his ideas through. His later books develop the idea of becoming a transhuman through self-development and survival of the spiritually fittest.
According to the literary critic Sergei Chuprinin, Nikitin, with his series of novels "Three from the Forest", is one of the founders of Slavic fantasy. Some of Nikitin's works reproduce the ideas of Slavic neopaganism.
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November 13, 2014
The Grail of Sir Thomas (The Knight and the Wonderer Book 1) Okay first off, there are a lot of editing flaws in this book. However I could tell by the sheer amount of effort and world and character building the author used that the reader needed to look beyond those issues to find the gem within. I really actually enjoyed this book despite how many errors there were. I really hope that one day that The Grail of Sir Thomas gets the attention it deserves since I think it would be a really great finish once it does. I gave it three stars because I believe the Grail of Sir Thomas has a lot of potential to be a five star book.
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