Lukyanenko is a science fiction writer who is known in all CIS countries. This author, who in fact received the specialty of a psychiatrist, writes books since the late eighties of the twentieth century. But then Lukyanenko was not so well known. Sergei got his popularity a little later. This author was noticed when fashion and fantasy and mysticism once again became fashionable. That's when Sergei and achieved popularity.
Sergei Vasilievich was born on April 11, 1968 in Kazakhstan. If we talk about creativity, Sergei started with the fact that he wrote things in which his imitation of Krapivin and Heinlein was extremely noticeable. But it took him very little time to find his own style and stop writing in the form that has already been chosen by well-known science fiction writers. The first book on which Lukyanenko began to be recognized by readers was the novel Knights of the Forty Islands. Then the writer created "Atomic dream", a story that readers' readership also received "with a bang". The first publication, which was written in the style of science fiction, can be considered the story "Violation." In addition, the author created a special style, which can be seen in the "Emperors of Illusions". The peculiarity of this work is that it is designated as a "philosophical-cosmic opera". Also, such books include such books as "The Line of Dreams", "The Lord from the Planet Earth" and "Today, Mom! ". Sergey defines the genre of his fantasy himself. He calls it "fiction of the road" or "fantasy of action". In general, Sergey Lukyanenko is the most popular Russian science fiction writer in the world. And this is not even affected by the fact that many believe that his stories are not original. Some claim that Lukyanenko steals ideas from other authors who are more talented science fiction writers, and then simply rewrites them in their own way. By the way, Lukyanenko always could compete only with the Strugatsky brothers in popularity. When Boris Strugatsky learned about the young science fiction writer, he immediately drew attention to him and, after reading a few works, said that he fully deserved success. Boris Strugatsky considers Sergei a truly gifted science fiction writer who can create original stories and he does not need to steal someone's ideas, as he himself is able to come up with something new and original.
Of course, over time, the author's style and manner of presentation changes. He, in fact, is growing above himself, learning to correct mistakes. If you compare books such as "Watch" and "Work on mistakes", then the difference is noticeable even with the naked eye. Lukyanenko is changing in his books. He does not write like he did five or seven years ago. For example, one of his last books is one of the parts of the multilogy. It is called "Cleaner". In this book everything is much more serious and deeper than in earlier works. Of course, not everyone knows that science fiction is not realism. Fantasies never give clear answers to questions. They only guess what can and can happen. But, at the same time, it is in fantastic works that you can use metaphors that point to real events, incidents and relationships. Even remembering the "Watch", it becomes clear that Lukyanenko did not write about vampires and werewolves, but that everything is good and evil in the world is relative, and we are only executors, although we believe that we know the difference between these concepts . And, in fact, there are higher forces above us that guide us, although we do not even suspect it. They have already agreed a long time ago, and we are played out as pawns, completely without thinking about who is how good or evil.
All this system is perfectly represented in "Watch" and many respect Lukyanenko precisely because he can write about deep things in plain language. To be a philosopher is not to create treatises with a huge number of definitions and words that are difficult to comprehend. And to be a science fiction writer - this does not mean a halfbook describing a wise motor of some starfish. Fantasy can be simple and deep at the same time. This is exactly what Lukyanenko achieved in his books.
Sergei Lukyanenko writes a wide variety of books. For example, the history of Gorodetsky and the history of the Diver are difficult to compare. But, at the same time, each of them is special in its own way, although it is different in style and in the manner of writing. In addition, if "Labyrinths of Reflection" is a science fiction, then "Dozory" is a city fantasy, in which there is mysticism. Even if it is used more as a metaphor. But, despite this, everyone can find in the work of Lukyanenko exactly what he will be interested in. His last book, for example, is not like any of the above. She talks about people who have only one gift, and when it shows up, they can not give it up anymore. They have to abandon their ordinary life, literally disappear from it, to be attached to a new place of work, from which it is already impossible to leave. Here Lukyanenko again resorts to metaphors to tell us that talent and dedication are, of course, very good. But sometimes this devotion becomes an obsession and a person forgets about it about the ordinary joys of life, their loved ones and much more.
Each book by Lukyanenko is filled with a simple philosophy that does not need to be searched long between the lines. Everyone who wants to see sees it. This is the greatest plus of the creativity of this author.