Dmitry glukhovsky was born on june 12, 1979 in moscow. Last light an international bestseller, translated into 35 languages. The novel that gave birth to the video games metro 2033 and metro. A video game by the same name, moscow 2033, was released in 2010 and was developed by the ukrainian company 4a games and published by thq, an american company. It is set within the moscow metro, where the last survivors hide after a global. Although it is set in moscow, just one year after the events of the. Buy metro 2033 book online at low prices in india metro. The metro 2033 books are a perfect way to flesh out the metro games universe and actually see what the whole series was based on in its original, unadulterated, literary form. It has been followed by two sequels, metro 2034 and metro 2035, and spawned the vast metro media franchise. Metro 2033 by dmitry glukhovsky is an interesting and creative look into a world. Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic moscow, metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your hands. He wrote his debut novel, metro 2033, at the age of 18.
A few thousand live on, not knowing if they are the only survivors on the planet. Known as metro2, or d6, the rumor holds that this secret network runs in parallel to the moscow metro. The world has been reduced to uninhabitable rubble and only a few score thousand survivors live on in the moscow metro the biggest airraid shelter ever built. This is the platform on which metro 2033 was founded. The breathtaking original story that inspired both the metro 2033 and metro. Humanity is nearly extinct and the halfdestroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic moscow, metro 2033 is a story of.
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Metro 2033 redux gameplay pc max settings hd 1080p 60. The stations built during soviet times, specifically, are also intended to be used as temporary shelters. The novel is set in moscow some years after a nuclear. Metro 2033 is set in moscow, 20 years after a devastating nuclear war which drove survivors into the underground stations and tunnels of the moscow metro. Sequels followed and, in 2010, a video game adaptation. A bunch of these are set in other cities, but several are still set in the moscow metro.
In 20 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earths surface into a poisonous wasteland. At 18, he published his first novel, metro 2033, a postapocalyptic. The cover for the us release of the english translation of metro 2033. Metro 2034 metro 2034 is the first successor to the original story of metro 2033. Set in the shattered subway of a post apocalyptic moscow, metro 2033 is a story of intensive underground survival where the fate of mankind rests in your. Dmitry glukhovsky audio books, best sellers, author bio. His first novel, metro 2033, a postnuclear dystopia set in the moscow subway, the worlds biggest bomb shelter, was written as an online interactive. The story follows the protagonist artyom, a survivor of the nuclear bombing of his country russia, now surviving. His first novel, metro 2033, a postnuclear dystopia set in the moscow subway, the worlds biggest bomb shelter, was written as an online interactive experiment.
Last light the breathtaking original story that inspired both the metro 2033 and metro. Metro 2033 is a 2002 postapocalyptic fiction novel by russian author dmitry glukhovsky. Initially it could be read for free on the authors website, the official publication. Books where does it first mention the transmission that artyom receives from outside of moscow. Metro 2033 author dmitry glukhovsky interview digital trends. The moscow metro has some of the most beautiful metro stations in the world. Over 2 million had read the book on its official site before it even was published in print. The story follows the protagonist artyom, a survivor of the nuclear bombing of his country russia.
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About as much realistic as most of the postapocalyptic books, films, and games. The story follows a man named artyom, who is a resident of the moscow metro system. Metro 2033 author on books 10year long journey to the. Dmitry glukhovsky was awarded the encouragement award of the european science fiction society for metro 2033. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burnedout deserts and the remains of splintered forests. His first novel, metro 2033, a postnuclear dystopia set in the moscow subway, the worlds biggest bomb shelter, was written as an online interactive experiment and published on his own website as a free project in 2002, then completed in 2004. His first print run in russia of 100,000 copies sold out within 3 months.
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