Universe of metro 2033 book series metro wiki fandom. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its an important polity, because its makeshift hydropower. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Kolesnikova, and nina alyoshina, and opened in 1983. 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. Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing. It is a key location of the sevastopolskaya hpp overview edit. After finishing the book, it isnt so much the story that sticks in your memory, but the geography and setting of the metro, and what more stories could be told there.
Though it takes place in moscow one year after the first book, it follows different characters. The basis of three bestselling computer games metro 2033 and metro last light, and metro. In the novel, hunter does not give artyom his ranger token but a metal capsule made from a machine gun cartridge that was later revealed to contain a message written on paper. Dmitry glukhovsky is russian book author, journalist and playwright, author of novels metro 2033, futu. Metro 2033 by dmitry glukhovsky 9780575086258 dymocks. Rzeczpospolita polska, is a slavic country in eastern europe and a major location of the metro series primarily the universe of metro 2033 books. Metro 2033 is a book that constantly has you thinking that things will start getting exciting just over the next page but it never really does. Dmitry glukhovsky is a russian writer and journalist. The halfdestroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation.
Metro 2033 spanish paperback march 1, 2012 by dmitry glukhovsky author visit amazons dmitry glukhovsky page. Dmitry glukhovsky est traduit dans le monde entier, metro 2033 sest vendu a plus. Metro 2033 by dmitry glukhovsky is an interesting and creative look into a world devastated by nuclear fire. Although metro 2034 is the official continuation of the metro 2033 storyline, the 20 video game metro. An international bestseller, translated into 35 languages. Metro 2033 is a bit of mixed bag, though some of it may be due to the translation. In the novel, hunter gives artyom a spent cartridge from an ak, originally given to him from melnik. Above ground, it appears that humanity has been wiped out by nuclear war. The fate of the main character interested him, of course, but if he was killed then he could just pick another book off the shelf one with a happy ending. The story follows a man named artyom, who is a resident of the moscow metro system. In the metro 2033 book, artyom is an action survivor who has almost no fighting experience when leaving the vdnkh station exhibition in the games and is only able to survive because hes a good shot, is relatively unaffected by psychic phenomena, has much more experienced companions helping him along the way and the dark. The survivors live entirely in the underground tunnel system.
It has been followed by two sequels, metro 2034 and metro 2035, and spawned the vast metro media franchise. The atmosphere is well done, especially when artyom the protagonist is walking in the dark tunnels or exploring the surface. The metro 2033 series of novels are huge in russia and eastern europe, but only two of them metro 2033 and metro 2034, have been translated into english. It is the sequel to metro 2033, and the second in the metro novel series taking place less than a year after the events of 2033, the book follows a different group of characters from the first book as they investigate the mysterious loss of communication with various metro stations. As can be read in metro 2033, beyond tulskaya station the line is abandoned and nobody knows. Sep 06, 2011 metro 2033 is a book that constantly has you thinking that things will start getting exciting just over the next page but it never really does. The station is considered by its inhabitants a small sparta, as every inhabitant from the youngest to the oldest is trained to fight. Its all very dark in its tone and atmosphere, strangling even, and that all works very well for the setting. May 09, 2012 metro 2033 is a book about the last scraps of humanity trying to retain that humanity whatever they way they can, seen through the eyes of a chosen one archetype, a child of this new world. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. About as much realistic as most of the postapocalyptic books, films, and games. Humanity is nearly extinct and the halfdestroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Dmitry glukhovsky metro 2034 audiobook free online.
Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burnedout deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Hunter, who disappeared during the events of metro 2033 and is now heavily traumatised, has been working as a border guard at sevastopolskaya. The setting is the moscow metro system in the year 2033. Pages can include considerable notesin pen or highlighterbut the notes cannot obscure the text. He stood right at the edge of the lighted area and then, as loudly. Jan 17, 20 he novel that gave birth to the video games metro 2033 and metro.
Of the two optional endings available in the metro 2033 video game, both the novels and games assume artyom wiped out the dark ones. Artyom go have a look artyom rose reluctantly from his seat by the fire and, shifting the machine gun from his back to his chest, headed towards the darkness. Oc a map of the postnuclear moscow metro system from. It was published in 2005 in russia and on march 28, 2010 in the united states.
Last light the breathtaking original story that inspired both the metro 2033 and metro. I cant wait for the other books to come out in english. There is a twist in the tale but this literally happens in the last few pages by which time the end of the books feels like a bit of a mercy. From what i remember from reading metro 2034, a small isolated polity, the socalled sevastopolskaya empire consists of two stations, sevastopolskaya and kashirskaya, lives under a constant siege. It is set in the moscow metro, where the last survivors hide after a global nuclear holocaust. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. In the south of the metro, sevastopolskaya station relies on regular supplies of ammunition and other goods from the central stations to survive. Metro 2034 is a novel written by dmitry glukhovsky, published in 2009.
Strong and viable mutants dont emerge from a radiation in several years. Some of the editingtranslating got a little sloppy towards the end, but nothing to ruin the book. Metro 2033 is a very entertaining novel, containing enough action and suspense to please during a casual read, but also a lot of inspiration in terms of setting. Jun 09, 2011 metro 2033 is the book that formed the basis of the popular video game series for which it is perhaps better known, set in a world that has been devastated by nuclear war, where the remains of what is left of humanity have been forced to seek shelter in the moscow metro system. The books english edition was published as a tiein with its video game. However, all publications from the series are supported by dmitry glukhovsky and advertised on the official metro 2033 website. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading metro 2033. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. If i had to pick one word to describe metro 2033, it would be immersive.
Whether you are new to this show, are a lover of this very first publication, or need to learn more about the entire world of metro in thickness, metro 2034 is the ideal read for you. There were times i got spooked a bit reading this in the dark. 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. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I bought metro 2033 book some time ago and i finished it last week. The basis of two bestselling computer games metro 2033 and metro last light, the metro books have put dmitry glukhovsky in the vanguard of russian speculative fiction alongside the creator.
The overall story and world building are pretty cool, with much of the world being inspired by the fallout games. It is set within the moscow metro, where the last survivors hide after a global nuclear holocaust. 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. Metro 2034 informs a previously unknown part of this larger metro saga that some just understand from video games. The story follows the 20yearold artyom, as a promise to a mysterious stranger forces him to leave the relative safety of his. Now i decided to try out the game, and a lot of people told me that the differences plot and stuff is very different from the book. Glukhovsky, and set in the moscow metro system twenty years after a devastating nuclear war. Metro 2033 is the book that formed the basis of the popular video game series for which it is perhaps better known, set in a world that has been devastated by nuclear war, where the remains of what is left of humanity have been forced to seek shelter in the moscow metro system. Dmitry glukhovsky audio books, best sellers, author bio. Last light the sequel to the video game adaptation of the original novel has no similarities to the novel in its plot. Metro 2033 is a book about the last scraps of humanity trying to retain that humanity whatever they way they can, seen through the eyes of a chosen one archetype, a child of this new world.
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