Heinlein and Stephen King, Lukyanenko began writing in the mid-1980s. Influenced by Russian authors such as Vladislav Krapivin and the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky as well as American counterparts Robert A.

Though trained as a child psychiatrist, he soon abandoned the medical profession to pursue a career as a writer. He completed his secondary education in the town of Dzhambul, Kazakhstan, and continued his studies (1986–92) at the Alma-Ata State Medical Institute (now Kazakh National Medical University), where he graduated with a degree in psychotherapy. Lukyanenko was the son of a Russian Ukrainian father and a Tatar mother. ), Russian author of science fiction and fantasy, best known for his six-volume Night Watch series, a seminal body of work in the genre of urban fantasy. Sergey Lukyanenko, in full Sergey Vasilyevich Lukyanenko, (born April 11, 1968, Karatau, Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them!

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