Sergey Shcheglov: an alloy of fantasy and fantasy

If you look at the readers' reviews, then Sergey Shcheglov seems to be such a strong middle peasant in the writer's environment. He never had and probably will not be the master of domestic fiction, like Lukyanenko, Belyanin or Perumov, but he has his target audience, which considers his work worthy of attention.

Sergey Shcheglov: biography

The writer was born on June 8, 1965 in Perm, where he currently resides. Higher education, Perm Polytechnic Institute. For a long time he was engaged in commerce, at first he worked as a programmer, and then as a director.

He was fond of literature Sergei Shcheglov for a long time, since 1982 he is a member of the club of fiction lovers in Perm.

In 1996, he became unemployed, which allowed him to engage in creativity.

The first full-length book "The Sentinel Armageddon" (cycle "Panga") was published in 1998, but the early stories and novels were published in the "Search" series, and in the early 90's the novel "Castle" was released separately.

Books

1. A cycle about the planet Panga. It includes 4 novels and 1 story, written in 1996, - "Toad of the Marsh". The last part, "Bannoy Gory Host", was published in 2009.
2. The "Sprut" cycle. Consists of two books - "The Shadow of the Octopus" and "Identification of the Octopus."
3. The cycle "Victims of the Star Temple." It includes two parts: "Star Brothers" and "Flame of Vengeance".
4. "Stairway to Heaven: Dialogues on Power, Career and the World Elite" - co-authored with Mikhail Khazin. Non-genre prose.
5. Novels and stories of different years , among them "Flight over the abyss" (1986), "Special Diplomat (2000)," Castle "(1991) and others.

About the style

The books of this author are light, entertaining and represent an alloy of classical science fiction and a fashionable trend of fantasy in the style of "sword and magic". At the same time, Sergei Scheglov writes quite unofficially, he has an unusual view of reality and many exciting ideas and concepts.

Someone's work will seem uninteresting. Some of them are too stylized for fairy Russia, they have a lot of patriotism, exposed parade, which is also perceived ambiguously. But, despite all the shortcomings, they still like many.

In books the influence of br. Strugatsky, but this is only a plus. Many domestic science fictionists start imitating masters and from this only win - there is a recognizable style, good literary devices, language.

Lovers of domestic contemporary fiction are recommended to read. Perhaps, Sergei Shcheglov will become the author, whose work you will reread, returning to them for a special ironic mood and a light atmosphere.