Mikhail Atamanov is an increasingly popular Russian science fiction writer who works in several unique subgenres. Readers especially remembered the cycles of the works "Distorting Reality", "The Gray Raven", "Perimeter Defense" and others.
Biography
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Atamanov was born in Grozny in 1975, but by now he has moved to the resort town of Mineralnye Vody. Studying at school was quite easy for him, and he graduated with a gold medal. In the future, he also easily entered the Moscow State University. Lomonosov, where he studied at the Faculty of Materials Science, having successfully received a diploma in 1996.
The so-called “first Chechen campaign” fell on the university years of the future writer: in the republic, a civil war was difficult for the whole country, and Mikhail’s home was completely destroyed, because of which he could not return to his native lands. The Russian capital, too, was going through a difficult troubled 90s, and the young man was immediately among the unemployed and with difficulty realizing their prospects.
In Moscow, Mikhail Atamanov had to work as a loader in warehouses, a decorator in cultural institutions, a junior employee in chemical laboratories, and a system administrator. But most of all, the young man liked to work in the humanitarian fields: he gladly helped students with exams, performed translations, wrote scientific articles, etc. Gradually, hobbies grew into stable earnings: Atamanov’s texts were in demand among scientific journals, Internet sites, advertising agencies, and other organizations.
The beginning of the creative path
In the post-university years, Mikhail hatched various author's ideas in his head, until one day, finally, he decided to start writing his own literary works. At first, these were short stories and tales for various ages. According to the author, there have never been any problems with inspiration: his fascination with science fiction was so great that he worked “in one breath”.
At the same time, the writer tried to introduce various innovations into the genre. In particular, he experimented with the growing popularity of Lit-RPG - transferring various features inherent in computer and card games in the corresponding RPG genre to literary texts. In addition, Michael was fond of the so-called "cosmoopera." For several years, a decent amount of work has accumulated on the computer, and in 2014 Atamanov decided to publish one of them on the network - the first book from the series “The Gray Raven”.
The experience was very successful: readers warmly accepted the work and began asking Atamanov to release a sequel. The writer did not take long to wait: the following books were already written, and all that remained was to publish them sequentially on the net. The unusual plot and presentation of the author pleased the fans: the books were dedicated to several contemporary heroes who magically transferred to a world inhabited not only by people, but also by fantastic creatures. At the same time, Mikhail skillfully combined classical ideas from the works of other authors with his own style of presentation.
Continuation of the writing career
In 2016, the long-term efforts of Mikhail Atamanov were finally rewarded financially: thanks to the growing popularity of the writer, two respected publishers "AST" and "E" decided to officially release seven of his books at once. They included the well-known works from the series "Gray Raven", including:
- “Breakthrough to Pangea”;
- "The road to chivalry";
- "The caster."
Also, new books from the space cycle "Perimeter Defense" were published as part of the Cosmos Online series:
- "Eighth sector";
- “Through death”;
- "Second contact";
- "Game without rules."
A little later, the novel “The Dark Herbalist”, which decided to start the series under the catchy title “LitRPG”, is higher. This allowed us to introduce even more readers interested in science fiction to the new genre.
After some time, Mikhail Atamanov released a new series of books entitled "Distorting Reality", which again combined the transfer to the pages of works of a kind of computer game. The company “1C-Publishing” took up the publication, which also released a cycle in the form of an audio book. At this point, all of the writer's previous work was bestsellers. New books once again demonstrated some of the best sales figures in 2018, including in digital format. The author himself is not going to stop there. According to him, there are many more ideas that must necessarily develop into full-fledged works.
