In this article we will tell you who Zotov George is. The books of this author, his biography will also be the subject of consideration.
Education
Georgy Zotov is a modern Russian writer working in the genre of science fiction. He was born in 1971, March 1. By education, George is a historian. His specialty is biblical studies. However, for financial reasons, Zotov had to change his field of activity. Instead of studying the past, he began to write first about the present, and then about the future.
Activities
Georgy Zotov became a professional journalist; now he is the director of the department for foreign interviews and investigations in the publication Arguments and Facts. He speaks Serbian and English, speaks a little Arabic, loves to read scriptures and classical literature.
Creation
Georgy Zotov is a writer whose debut book is called The Blood Element. It was created between 2004 and 2005. At the same time, the author matured the plan much earlier. Perhaps the idea would have remained unrealized if this creative person had not shared the plot with the director of the publishing house with whom he had close contact. He highly appreciated the idea, convincing the novice science fiction writer to begin work on a future novel. In 2007, the author’s first book appeared in bookstores and received many rave reviews.
After the success of the debut edition, the prose writer decided to further develop the chosen topic. As a result, he created a series of literary creations called Hell and Paradise. She was represented by three books. The cycle completed the eponymous work. The popularity of Zotov’s persona and his works was also added to the confusion regarding authorship and reigning around the writer’s trademark. There were rumors that this is the pseudonym of Pavel Volya, Sergey Lukyanenko or Victor Pelevin. There were also suggestions that several writers work under this brand at the same time. The birth of speculation was largely facilitated by the isolation and natural secrecy of the science fiction writer. He says little about himself. Rarely decided in an interview. Avoids public speaking whenever possible.
Since 2008, Zotov worked on the creation of a series of works “The End of the World", which included 3 books that further strengthened the writer's success. Today, the work of a prose writer has more than a dozen books, including off-series works and the sci-fi novel "Moscau", released in 2012. Disciplines that have always been of great interest to him: religion, as well as history, left a noticeable mark in the writer's entire work. Zotov's works can be called sarcastic thrillers, in which real, occult and biblical characters harmoniously coexist, as well as frank fantasy with historical facts. Therefore, genre affiliation is often difficult to determine. Critics and readers attribute his works to the genres of mysticism, horror, science fiction and fantasy. And the author himself calls his work "alternative history." Zotov is not only a trademark, but also a creative pseudonym for a writer.
Bibliography
Now we will try to systematize the works created by Georgy Zotov. The first series of books is called Hell and Paradise. It included creations that can be attributed to the genre of heroic fantasy: “Demon Plus”, “Minus Angel”, “Element of Blood”. In addition, the work of the same name “Hell & Paradise” should also be included here.
The next episode is called The End of the World. It included two creations: "Apocalypse Welcome", "Apocalypse Welcome: The Last Judgment 3D."
Then from the pen of the writer came out the works united in the series “Kaledin & Alice”. The first is called "Seal of the Moon" and is a heroic fantasy. The second - “Saturday Skull”, refers to the genre of horror and mysticism.
Next is the series "Republic of the Night." At the moment, it consists of one book of the same name, which represents the genre of horror and mysticism. The author’s works are included in the collection “Detectives of the Underworld”. Do not forget about another important book that George Zotov wrote - The Storyteller. It belongs to the genre of horror and mysticism. The author also created the following works that are not included in the cycles described above: “El Diablo” and “Asmodeus Pictures”.
Plots
In the storyteller, George Zotov talks about the boy Ilya who died in the hospital. Death comes to him. However, he does not take it, but tells tales. There are those who do not like the strange friendship of a child and a supernatural being. Among them, there is someone stronger than Death.
The author decided on experiments and left the cliches of the usual genre literature. The novel "The Storyteller" is set forth from a first person. We are dealing with an unusual presentation, previously unacceptable to the works of this writer. Before The Storyteller, Zotov preferred the role of an unemotional observer, with rare exceptions, including first-person narration. A story in the name of Death creates an unusual atmosphere, thanks to which readers are guaranteed to either feel sympathy for the hero, or, on the contrary, will be disgusted by him.