Those Who Survive [Paperback]

Kir Bulychev (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 22, 2000

The Planet Had No Name!

When the exploratory starship from Earth PolarStar crashed in the ice-covered mountains of the nameless planet the few survivors who made it to the warmer lowlands had no idea just how hostile this world could be.

The plants were poisonous or actively hunted them, the animals were not all that friendly either.

Most of them died. Some had children.

Twenty years have passed and the small settlement between the endless forest and the ice covered mountains is set for a major change. They have started to dream of rescue, of rejoining the human race, of going back to the stars.

But to do that, they will have to risk everything, the lives of their children, and their loves.

“Meet Kir Bulychev, I have a feeling you’ll like one another.” Theodore Sturgeon

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About the Author

Kir Bulychev is the pen name of Igor V. Mojeiko, who has been a special correspondent in Burma for Around The World [Vokrug Sveta] magazine in Moscow, where he oversaw the construction of a chemical factory in the 1950s. Later, he worked as a translator for the Pugwash peace conferences. Currently he is a specialist in South East Asia with the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Oriental Institute. Since the mid-Sixties his SF stories of have been appearing in Russian popular SF magazines and newspapers, written under the pseudonym of Kir Bulychev to prevent career conflicts. Some concern Alice, a little girl of the 21st century whose adventures have taken her to the ends of time and space. Many deal with the fictional North Russian city of Great Gusliar. Others are space opera, for both teenagers and adults. More than two dozen have been made into popular movies, including Guest From The Future, The Lilac Ball The Secret of the Third Planet, and By Thorny Paths To The Stars. His real name became common knowledge when he won the State Prize of the for the scripts to the last two films. Among his translations into Russian are Robert Heinlein’s If This Goes On...., Ben Bova’s The Weather Makers, and Ursula K. Leguin’s Nine Lives. Some ten million copies of Kir Bulychev’s books have been published in Russia since the fall of Communism. .Kir Bulychev is married and lives in Moscow. He has a daughter named Alice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 388 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corp; 1 edition (May 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738815616
• ISBN-13: 978-0738815619
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,475,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best books of modern Russian SF, August 21, 2001

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Sergey V. Berezhnoy "Barros" (St.Petersburg, Russia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Those Who Survive (Paperback)

"Those Who Survive" (original Russian title - "Pereval") from the very first magazine appearance became legendary masterpeace of Russian literary SF. It had a tone, it had a style, it was unusual in wonders of alien world and liveable in human charachters. Just hope John Costello accurately brings all colors of the Bulychev's book to English. It really deserves to be read.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, November 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Those Who Survive (Paperback)

This is a masterpiece of SF from my childhood. I love it!
"Star Wars" and something else are poor and easy.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful!, January 20, 2005

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molly bars - See all my reviews

This review is from: Those Who Survive (Paperback)

I wonder why we don't have more Russian authors translated. Those who do not like SCIFI will be instantly converted. An excellent book.