Dmitry Glukhovsky
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| Original Title: | Метро 2033 |
| ISBN: | 1481845705 (ISBN13: 9781481845700) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | МЕТРО #1 |
| Setting: | Moscow,2033(Russian Federation) Moscow,2034(Russian Federation) |
| Literary Awards: | Eurocon for Encouragement (2007) |
Rendition To Books Metro 2033 (МЕТРО #1)
The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation. Beyond their boundaries, they say, lie endless burned-out deserts and the remains of splintered forests. Survivors still remember the past greatness of humankind. But the last remains of civilisation have already become a distant memory, the stuff of myth and legend.More than 20 years have passed since the last plane took off from the earth. Rusted railways lead into emptiness. The ether is void and the airwaves echo to a soulless howling where previously the frequencies were full of news from Tokyo, New York, Buenos Aires. Man has handed over stewardship of the earth to new life-forms. Mutated by radiation, they are better adapted to the new world. Man's time is over.
A few score thousand survivors live on, not knowing whether they are the only ones left on earth. They live in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever built. It is humanity's last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets, their people uniting around ideas, religions, water-filters - or the simple need to repulse an enemy incursion. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams, plans, hopes. Feelings have given way to instinct - the most important of which is survival. Survival at any price. VDNKh is the northernmost inhabited station on its line. It was one of the Metro's best stations and still remains secure. But now a new and terrible threat has appeared.
Artyom, a young man living in VDNKh, is given the task of penetrating to the heart of the Metro, to the legendary Polis, to alert everyone to the awful danger and to get help. He holds the future of his native station in his hands, the whole Metro - and maybe the whole of humanity.
Declare Of Books Metro 2033 (МЕТРО #1)
| Title | : | Metro 2033 (МЕТРО #1) |
| Author | : | Dmitry Glukhovsky |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First U.S. English Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 458 pages |
| Published | : | January 17th 2013 by Future Corp. (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Horror. Apocalyptic. Post Apocalyptic. Dystopia |
Rating Of Books Metro 2033 (МЕТРО #1)
Ratings: 3.99 From 37379 Users | 2428 ReviewsAssessment Of Books Metro 2033 (МЕТРО #1)
Bleh. No. Interesting concept that wasn't used to its fullest. Boring main character - don't care what happens to him or what he has to say and what he thinks. Awful, boring, unengaging language. The dialogue was laughable, the writing all in all was... meh. I don't know how much it is due to the translator but, didn't work at all. Info dumps. While it is necessary to present the metro and the stations and the like it was confusing and not done very well. Too much babbling and rambling ofPeople, you say? No, my friend, they are beasts. They are a pack of jackals. They were preparing to tear us apart. And they would have. But they forgot one thing. They are jackals but I am a wolf. Most people who come to Metro 2033 probably do so after playing the excellent video game adaptation (you can see the trailer here). The game is an immersive first person shooter with great atmosphere, and has received very favorable reviews. I completed it once, and would like to do so again one day.
I was seriously going to give it 4 stars, because yeah, I really liked it, and that was it, but last chapter changed everything. You broke my heart, Glukhovsky, you bastard.Hmm, but I still have some questions. Need to think about it all one more time.
Good stuff! Fast-paced, straight-to-the point-with-no-longcut-prose, great world-building (or rather, un-building, ha!), a neat ending begging for a sequel... so yeah, glad I've got that one under my belt!
THE END OF THIS REVIEW HAS SPOILERS Absolutely loved this book. I loved how complex the side characters were - I was always torn between excitement that the plot was moving on and sadness that I didn't have time to learn more about everyone, they're that interesting.The plot itself never goes where you expect it to, always unseating you whenever you start to feel "comfortable" and it never lets you guess where it's going.I loved the complexity of the metro system. This does mean that the book is
Just to comment of the bad translation vs bad writing issue; Im inclined to think its probably the latter (for those that were not particularly fond
It continues in the other books.... Im not sure how the book concludes itself in the last ten pages when its a series so it continues on in the next
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