Universe of Metro 2033
The Universe of Metro 2033 (Russian: Вселенная Метро 2033) is a series of short stories, novellas, and novels, spanning a variety of genres ranging from post-apocalyptic action to romance, written by several different authors. Despite being written by various authors, the stories of the extended Metro series are all supported by Dmitry Glukhovsky and advertised on the official Metro website.[1] Although it began in Russia, the project enjoys plenty of popularity in Poland, Hungary, and Germany as well.
All of these stories share the same setting – the fictional world in Glukhovsky's original novel, Metro 2033. Although Metro 2033 described only Glukhovsky's vision of a post-apocalyptic Moscow, the books of the extended universe take place in a wide variety of different areas. Among these are: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad Region, Nizhny Novgorod, Tver Region, Moscow Region, Kola Peninsula, Kiev, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, and the Kaliningrad region. Some of the books in the series are set in other locations outside of Russia, such as: Belarus, Britain, Italy, Poland, and Antarctica.
Translations
Most of the written works of the series were originally released in Russia. Some books from the Universe of Metro 2033, like Piter, Towards the Light and Into the Darkness, have been translated to a number of European languages, such as German, Polish and Swedish.[2] Prior to 2014 and the video games Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, no books in the series were released in a country where English is the prominent language.[3]
Novels
| № | Author | Title | Locations | Date of publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Berezin | Road Signs | Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region, Tver Oblast, Moscow region | 2009 December |
| 2 | Sergey Antonov | Dark Tunnels | Moscow | 2010 January |
| 3 | Shimun Vrochek | Piter | Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region | 2010 February |
| 4 | Andrey Dyakov | Towards the Light | Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region | 2010 June |
| 5 | Andrey Erpylev | The Yield by Force | Moscow | 2010 July |
| 6 | Sergey Kuznetsov | The Marble Paradise | Moscow region, Moscow | 2010 August |
| 7 | Suren Tsormudian | The Wanderer | Moscow | 2010 September |
| 8 | Andrey Butorin | The North | Kola Peninsula, Murmansk | 2010 October |
| 9 | Sergey Antonov | In the Interests of the Revolution | Moscow | 2010 November |
| 10 | Alexandr Shakilov | The War of Moles | Kiev | 2010 December |
| 11 | Ruslan Melnikov | Murancha | Rostov on Don | 2011 January |
| 12 | Sergey Paliy | The Nameless | Samara | 2011 February |
| 13 | Sergey Moskvin | To See the Sun | Novosibirsk | 2011 March |
| 14 | Andrey Grebenschikov | Beneath the Hell | Yekaterinburg | 2011 April |
| 15 | Anna Kalinkina | Ghost Station | Moscow | 2011 June |
| 16 | Andrey Dyakov | Into the Darkness | Leningrad region, Saint Petersburg | 2011 June |
| 17 | Sergey Zaytsev | Corpsmen | Moscow | 2011 August |
| 18 | Grant McMaster | Britannia | Glasgow, Scotland, England, Carlisle, York, Conisbrough, Doncaster, Sheffield, Chesterfield, Leicester, London | 2011 September |
| 19 | Igor Vardunas | Ice Prison | Baltic Sea, La Manche, Atlantic ocean, Africa, Antarctica | 2011 October |
| 20 | Andrey Butorin | The Siege of the Paradise | Kola Peninsula, Polyarnye Zori | 2011 November |
| 21 | Residents of Metro 2033 website | The Last Refuge | Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Moscow region, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar, Biisk, Sochi | 2011 December |
| 22 | Tullio Avoledo | Le radici del cielo ("Roots of Heaven") | Rome, Lazio, Torrita Tiberina, Umbria, Marche, Urbino, Emilia Romagna, Rimini, Santarcangelo di Romagna, Ravenna, Veneto, Venezia | 2012 March |
| 23 | Sergey Antonov | Unburied | Moscow | 2012 January |
| 24 | Andrey Chernetsov, Valentin Lezhenda | Blinding Emptiness | Moscow, Kharkov | 2012 January |
| 25 | Anna Kalinkina | The Kingdom of Rats | Moscow | 2012 March |
| 26 | Zahar Petrov | MRLs | Minsk | 2012 May |
| 27 | Suren Tsormudyan | Ancestral Heritage | Kaliningrad | 2012 July |
| 28 | Denis Shabalov | The Right to Force | Serdobsk | 2012 August |
| 29 | Timothy Kalashnikov | Wrong Side of the World | Moscow | 2012 September |
| 30 | Sergey Moskvin | Hunger | Novaya Zemlya | 2012 October |
| 31 | Irina Baranova, Constantine Benev | Witness | Saint Petersburg | 2012 November |
| 32 | Andrey Butorin | The Daughter of the Heavenly Spirit | Kola Peninsula, Murmansk | 2012 December |
| 33 | Andrey Dyakov | Over the Horizon | Saint-Petersburg, Leningrad, Vologda, Cherepovets, Yaroslavl Oblast, Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo Oblast, Tatarstan, Kazan, Bashkortostan, Beloretsk, Yamantau, Orenburg Oblast, Dagestan, Kaspiysk, Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok | 2013 January |
| 34 | Denis Shabolov | Right to Life | Serdobsk, Penza Oblast, Mordovia, Tatarstan, Mari El, Komi Republic, Kirov oblast | 2013 March |
| 35 | Tullio Avoledo | La crociata dei bambini ("The Children's Crusade") | Milan | 2014 March |
| 36 | Paweł Majka | Dzielnica obiecana ("The Promised District") | Nowa Huta, Kraków, Poland | 2014 August |
| 37 | Robert J. Szmidt | Otchłań (Abyss) | Wrocław | 2015 August |
| 38 | Sergey Semyonov | Aliens eyes | Nizhny Novgorod | 2015 December |
| 39 | Robert J. Szmidt | Wieża (Tower) | Wrocław | 2016 May |
| 40 | Paweł Majka | Człowiek obiecany (The Promised Man) | Kraków | 2016 November |
| 41 | Artur Chmielewski | Achromatopsja (Achromatopsia) | Warsaw | 2017 March |
Other media
A graphic novel titled Metro 2033: Britannia Comic Prologue inspired by the prologue of the Metro 2033 novel Britannia was published in 2012. The story was written by Grant McMaster, the author of the novel and is illustrated by Benedict Hollis. It is available as a free download and unlike the novels it is in English rather than Russian.[5]
A Metro 2033 board game based on the original novel was released in 2011. It was designed by Sergei Golubkin and was published by Hobby World.[4]
A first-person shooter video game titled Metro 2033 was created for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. It was developed by 4A Games in Ukraine and published in March 2010 by THQ. A sequel, Metro: Last Light, was released in May 2013 on Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Redux versions of the games were released in 2014, featuring updated graphics and gameplay with all previously released downloadable content bundled. The Metro Redux bundle was released for the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.[6] A third game, Metro Exodus, is scheduled for release in 2018.[7]
The Metro series is also being developed into films by Michael De Luca and Solipsist Films.[8]
References
- ↑ "Metro 2033 books" (in Russian).
- ↑ "Dmitrij Gluchovskij". Coltso Publisher (Sweden). 2015-05-31.
- ↑ "Metro 2034 in English is finally released". Facebook. 2014-03-03.
- 1 2 "The boardgame "Metro 2033"". BoardGameGeek.
- ↑ "Publications".
- ↑ Sarkar, Samit (2014-06-24). "Metro Redux launches Aug. 26 on PC, PS4, Xbox One". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
- ↑ Dornbush, Jonathon (2017-06-11). "E3 2017: Metro Exodus Announced for 2018". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2017-06-12.
- ↑ "{Exclusive} Michael De Luca Boards Adaptation Of Post-Apocalyptic Video Game “Metro 2033”". The Tracking Board. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
External links
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- Metro 2033 portal (in Russian)