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袙谢邪褋褌械谢懈薪 屑懈褉邪
肖邪薪褌邪褋褌懈褔械褋泻懈泄 褉芯屑邪薪 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉邪 袘械谢褟械胁邪, 锌芯褋胁褟褖械薪薪褘泄 锌褉芯斜谢械屑械 锌械褉械写邪褔懈 屑褘褋谢懈 薪邪 褉邪褋褋褌芯褟薪懈械, 泻芯褌芯褉芯泄 邪胁褌芯褉 胁褋械谐写邪 懈薪褌械褉械褋芯胁邪谢褋褟.
365 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1926
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Alexander Belyaev
325听books191听followersAlexander Romanovich Belyaev (Russian: 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉 袘械谢褟械胁); born 16 March 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire; died 6 January 1942 in Pushkin, USSR]
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (袚芯谢芯胁邪 袩褉芯褎械褋褋芯褉邪 袛芯褍褝谢褟) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (袚芯谢芯胁邪 袩褉芯褎械褋褋芯褉邪 袛芯褍褝谢褟) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
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November 14, 2011
Wonderful book. Very interesting, the presented idea of mind control is very fascinating, though not so much realistic, but it's fiction, isn't it. I was slightly disappointed by the ending, but not as much as to change my opinion of the book.
February 5, 2018
袣薪懈谐邪 屑薪械 芯褔械薪褜 褋懈谢褜薪芯 锌芯薪褉邪胁懈谢邪褋褜. 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉懈泄褋泻懈械 袪芯屑邪薪芯胁懈褔 锌褉懈写褍屑邪谢 芯褌谢懈褔薪褘泄 褋褞卸械褌, 锌芯褋褌邪褉邪谢褋褟 谢芯谐懈褔械褋泻懈 芯斜褗褟褋薪懈褌褜 薪械芯斜褘褔薪芯械 褟胁谢械薪懈械, 胁芯泻褉褍谐 泻芯褌芯褉芯谐芯 斜褘谢 锌芯褋褌褉芯械薪 褝褌芯褌 褋褞卸械褌 懈 褋邪屑芯械 谐谢邪胁薪芯械 写谢褟 屑械薪褟 - 芯薪 褉邪褋泻褉褘谢 胁褋械褏 锌械褉褋芯薪邪卸械泄: 锌芯谢薪芯褋褌褜褞 锌械褉械写邪谢 懈褏 写褍褕械胁薪芯械 褋芯褋褌芯褟薪懈械, 锌芯褟褋薪懈谢 锌褉懈褔懈薪褘 懈褏 写械泄褋褌胁懈泄 懈 芯斜褗褟褋薪懈谢 懈褏 褌芯褔泻褍 蟹褉械薪懈褟.
袟邪屑械褔邪褌械谢褜薪邪褟 泻薪懈谐邪
袟邪屑械褔邪褌械谢褜薪邪褟 泻薪懈谐邪
February 15, 2018
袪芯屑邪薪 蟹邪谐邪谢芯屑 锌褉芯 屑芯卸谢懈胁褨褋褌褜 锌械褉械写邪褔褨 写褍屑芯泻 薪邪 胁褨写褋褌邪薪褨. 袧邪 褑褜芯屑褍 褎芯薪褨 胁褨写斜褍胁邪褞褌褜褋褟 褉褨蟹薪褨 锌芯写褨褩, 褨薪褋锌褨褉芯胁邪薪褨 蟹谢懈屑 谐械薪褨褦屑 - 褍褔械薪懈屑-胁懈薪邪褏褨写薪懈泻芯屑 楔褌褨褉薪械褉芯屑. 袟邪谐邪写泻芯胁褨 褋屑械褉褌褨 褌邪 褍斜懈胁褋褌胁邪, 褎褨薪邪薪褋芯胁邪 泻褉懈蟹邪, 斜邪谐邪褌褋褌胁芯 楔褌褨褉薪械褉邪. 袉 谢懈褕械 褉邪写褟薪褋褜泻懈泄 褍褔械薪懈泄 屑芯卸械 锌芯写芯谢邪褌懈 蟹谢芯...
July 21, 2021
Good novel about minds control
I Read it when I was teenager
Good days
I Read it when I was teenager
Good days
July 17, 2023
Siu啪etas gana nusp臈jamas ir meil臈s istorijos daro j寞 per daug sentimental懦. I拧 prad啪i懦 buvo keista, kad rus懦 ra拧ytojo romane beveik visi pagrindiniai veik臈jai vokie膷iai, bet gal d臈l to, kad tarybinio blogie膷io neb奴t懦 praleidusi cenz奴ra. Yra ir tre膷iaeilis veik臈jas rusas, ai拧ku, gerietis, ir i拧radim膮 Maskvoje panaudoja gerais tikslais, ne taip kaip kapitalistiniai veik臈jai. Aha, patik臈jom.
艩iaip gana 寞domi novel臈, ra拧ytojas moka ra拧yti, tik kaip didel臈 dalis to meto ra拧ytoj懦, atrodo labiau nori apra拧yti savo prot懦 valdymo teorij膮, negu kurti 寞dom懦 siu啪et膮. Geriau b奴t懦 ra拧臋s ne novel臋, o apsakym膮.
艩iaip gana 寞domi novel臈, ra拧ytojas moka ra拧yti, tik kaip didel臈 dalis to meto ra拧ytoj懦, atrodo labiau nori apra拧yti savo prot懦 valdymo teorij膮, negu kurti 寞dom懦 siu啪et膮. Geriau b奴t懦 ra拧臋s ne novel臋, o apsakym膮.
September 10, 2022
袩懈蟹写械褑 薪邪褍褔薪邪褟 褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈泻邪
April 29, 2015
Gave me enormous imagination! Belyaev is truly genius... I didn't think about brain massages before, i consider it's real. Maybe Belyaev have already achieved that , but who knows??
March 22, 2019
Very capturing in the moment, can't stop reading.
April 24, 2017
Who would've thought that an old sci-fi novel about mind control would describe my struggle with mental illness so well?
Belyaev was one of the first 'grown-up' authors I read in my childhood. I cried at Ichthyander's tragic fate and sympathised Ariel, wondered about the things I could ask Professor Dowell and was disgusted at Bayley's wickedness. This was a very nostalgic read, comforting and familiar. Frankly, it made me wish I were back to being a 9 year old, reading sneakily at night under the blanket.
(also the last chapter was boring, unnecessary and just bad. I wish I had skipped reading the last few pages. A disappointing ending to an otherwise good book)
Belyaev was one of the first 'grown-up' authors I read in my childhood. I cried at Ichthyander's tragic fate and sympathised Ariel, wondered about the things I could ask Professor Dowell and was disgusted at Bayley's wickedness. This was a very nostalgic read, comforting and familiar. Frankly, it made me wish I were back to being a 9 year old, reading sneakily at night under the blanket.
(also the last chapter was boring, unnecessary and just bad. I wish I had skipped reading the last few pages. A disappointing ending to an otherwise good book)
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