


Let us imagine the world where the majority of people are happy with what they do because they are genetically compatible with their work and are programmed to love it. As we are coming closer and closer to the ability to control the genome of a person and to give newborns certain qualities or abilities - for example, to choose sex, color of eyes and hair, give mathematical or musical abilities - I tried to extrapolate it into the future. I believed that the most common psychological problem with people is their dissatisfaction with life, especially with their work and career. The idea came about from my first profession, from being a psychiatrist. for the first time ( paperback, digital), I spoke with him about the roots of this sci-fi detective novel.įirst off, for those who haven’t read it, what is The Genome about, and where did you get the original idea for it? With his 1999 novel The Genome coming to the U.S.

But he’s actually one of the most popular modern writers in Russia. To sci-fi fans, Sergei Lukyanenko is best known as the author of the Night Watch series ( Night Watch, Day Watch, Twilight Watch, Last Watch, and New Watch) and the movies they inspired ( Night Watch, Day Watch). continues to work because the magic is rooted in the realities of modern Russia. Something modern, new and distinctly creepy. When a particular kind of story, heavily based in one culture, gets transferred into a culture distinctly different, something magical happens.

surprisingly readable and relies on suspense and psychological drama and a good dose of humour - rather than blood and guts * Daily Telegraph * cracking read, owing more to Rowling or Philip Pullman than it does to the horror genre. arguably Russia's richest and most famous literary talent of the moment. So good that the film feels like a trailer for it * Time Out * a chiller thriller from cold of Russia, this one's been selling like hot cakes around the world * Sunday Sport * This modern day mythical fantasy is Anne Rice on an epic scale, a hugely imagined world.
