Pavel Shumilov is a famous Russian science fiction writer. Wrote many popular novels. A wide circle of readers is known under the pseudonym Pavel Shumil.
Pavel Shumilov was born in 1957.He was born in Leningrad. The autobiography begins this way: "In 1964 he graduated from a kindergarten." Further, he says that he was uneven at school. At the end of primary school was almost a double. In addition, many hooligans, because of what even got "unsatisfactory" in physical education for the first half.
Everything radically changed in the fifthclassroom. His studies interested him, he became almost an excellent student. Already in the sixth grade I decided which subjects he was interested in first. They studied closely, and the rest - on the residual principle.
As a result, he graduated from the school without a triple in the certificate. True, and the five were only one. On physical education.
In 1974, Pavel Shumilov entered theElectrotechnical Institute, popularly known as LETI. He diligently attended seminars, practical and laboratory classes. But in the lectures appeared very rarely. At the same time, he spent most of his spare time at the Institute - at the Department of Computer Science.
In his student years he took part in the construction squad movement. I went to All-Union construction sites three times. Once - nearby, in the Leningrad region. And twice to the other end of the country - in Komi.
He graduated from the university with a degree in Electronic Computers.
After the institute, Pavel Shumilov went to work in the research computer center, which was located at the Academy of Sciences in Leningrad.
His duties included servicecomputers of all types and classes. Often, many of them had to be improved and improved. Useful programming skills. Was engaged in laying networks. In fact, at work, he simultaneously combined several specialties - engineer-developer, system analyst, engineer-exploiter.
For many machines he wrote tests himself andapplied programs Pavel Shumilov. Biography, however, says that his life was not entirely devoted to this work. Ever since childhood, our hero has become fascinated by fantasy, drinking heavily by reading dozens of books in this genre.
The first samples of the pen began in 1994. At that time he was 37 years old.
Павел Шумилов, все книги которого написаны в genre of fiction, was first published only five years after the first literary experiments. In 1999, in one of the largest domestic private publishing houses in Moscow, "Tsentrpoligraf" published his series entitled "The Word of the Dragon".
His specialization is strict science fiction.From this genre, he does not decline. I always tried to polish my talent by studying with more eminent masters. For this purpose, since 1998, he was a full member of the seminar of the famous Soviet science fiction writer Boris Strugatsky. Until the project closes.
Today he lives in St. Petersburg.
Pavel Shumilov (all books in the order of this authorlisted in our article) debuted with the series "The Word of the Dragon". In the publishing house "Tsentrpoligraf" she appeared in a larger series of "Fantasy-Fantasy". It included the novels The Lonely Dragon, The Dragon of Cong Castle, Become a Dragon and The Caravan of the Dead.
Many of his works were published in separateeditions. As a rule, in science fiction magazines. In 2007, in the St. Petersburg collection "Theory of Surprise" ("Lenizdat") was published a story from the series "Cruel Tales" titled "Tale number 1. Master Lomaster."
In 2009, the publishing house "Azbuka-klassika" in the collection "Anthology of Fiction" published a story from the same cycle. It was called "Tale number 4. Transfer me through the Maidan".
Вскоре эта же повесть увидела свет в журнале "Fiction, the Literary Supplement," in issue 3. In 2005, in the journal "Noon, XXI Century," the publication of which was supervised by Boris Strugatsky, another story was published from the same cycle, "On the Question of Gender Equality." The last known publication of the author refers to 2008. In the third issue of the journal "Young Technician" appeared his science fiction story "On the issue of long life."
Such a small number of publications should not be misleading. The fact is that since the 90's, Shumilov began actively publishing on the Internet.
In electronic form, his cycle forthe title "The Word of the Dragon". He included the novels The Last Lord, The Word of the Dragon, The Dragon of the Cong Castle, The Shards of Eden, Go Get the Star, The Long-Forgotten Planet, Become a Dragon, Adam and Eve-2, , "Caravan of the Dead", "Duty before the sight", as well as the story "To the question of the meaning of life." The works were written from 1995 to 1998.
The second cycle was called "Fair Wind". It included "Commander's House", "Rescuers", "Tales by the fire" and "Short flights of Stelsi".
The cycle of Cruel Tales, already mentioned, consisted ofthe novels "Percentage of Compliance", "Must Love", "Transfer Me Through Maidan", the story "On the Nature of Family Happiness" and the stories "Loves - Doesn't Love", "Master Lomaster", "On the Question of Gender Equality", "Cat house".
For the collection "The Unmeterless Crew" written the story "Logger" Cutty Snark "and the story" To the question of hunting for dragons. "
The last cycle known to readers is called"Contact window". It was started in 2002 with the story "Towards the Long Life". In 2015, there were novels "Ksapa hooligan", "This world is not invented by us" and the story "Three, four, five, I'm going to look."
