Metro 2033 (book)
Encyclopedia
Metro 2033 is a novel written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky
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It's in this surrounding that Artyom tries to save his station and for that he needs to find the city of "POLIS".
Along his way he will meet many characters and events that will make him to mature and question his quest. Why is he the Chosen?
The book first appeared online in 2002 and has later become an interactive experiment, drawing in thousands of readers from around Russia. In 2005 it was printed by an established publisher and has become a nationwide bestseller.
By 2009, over 400,000 copies of Metro 2033 had been sold in Russia alone. Online readers are five times as numerous. Foreign book rights have been sold to more than 20 countries.
contest in Copenhagen
for his novel Metro-2033.
, was released worldwide in March 2010 for PC
and Xbox 360
platforms. As of November 2010, Glukhovsky is in talks with Hollywood-based studios and producers to sell the film rights.
Dmitry Glukhovsky
Dmitry A. Glukhovsky is a professional Russian author and journalist. Glukhovsky started in 2002 by publishing his first novel, Metro 2033, on his own website to be viewed for free. The novel has later become an interactive experiment, drawing in many readers, and has since been made into a video...
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History
Some twenty years after a nuclear war, only a few thousands of people survive in the metro. Life is far from being easy with the radiations, mutants and psychical abnormalities.It's in this surrounding that Artyom tries to save his station and for that he needs to find the city of "POLIS".
Along his way he will meet many characters and events that will make him to mature and question his quest. Why is he the Chosen?
The book first appeared online in 2002 and has later become an interactive experiment, drawing in thousands of readers from around Russia. In 2005 it was printed by an established publisher and has become a nationwide bestseller.
By 2009, over 400,000 copies of Metro 2033 had been sold in Russia alone. Online readers are five times as numerous. Foreign book rights have been sold to more than 20 countries.
Awards
In 2007, Glukhovsky was awarded the Encouragement Award of the European Science Fiction Society in the EuroconEurocon
Eurocon is an annual science fiction convention held in Europe. The organising committee of each Eurocon is selected by vote of the participants of the previous event. The procedure is coordinated by the European Science Fiction Society. The first Eurocon was held in Trieste, Italy, in 1972. Unlike...
contest in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
for his novel Metro-2033.
Adaptations
A video game, Metro 2033, developed by 4A Games4A Games
4A Games is a video game development company in Ukraine, which is known for Metro 2033.-History:The company was formed in Kiev, Ukraine. It was founded by former employees of GSC Game World, a year before the release of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, in particular Oles Shyskovtsov and...
, was released worldwide in March 2010 for PC
Personal computer
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and Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
platforms. As of November 2010, Glukhovsky is in talks with Hollywood-based studios and producers to sell the film rights.