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Oleg Dzen

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Ivan Yefremov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke

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I've been fascinated by books for as long as I can remember, though becoming a writer was never part of the plan.

My life has taken a few unexpected turns. I began my military service in the Soviet era and, a couple of decades later, found myself finishing it in the Airborne Forces. Some journeys take you places you never imagined you'd go.

The idea for my first novel arrived unexpectedly and grew into a six-year journey of imagination and persistence. Rekindling the Faded Stars is humanist science fiction inspired by Russian Cosmism — the philosophy that dreamed of overcoming death and settling the stars. It brings Thais of Athens, companion of Alexander the Great, back to life in a far future. First published in Russian, it is now available
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Why I Wrote This Book

All my life I followed one simple rule, voiced by a character in the Soviet film I Walk Around Moscow: “If you can not write, don’t.” So I was happy to remain a reader.

And I was a devoted one. As a teenager I read almost every book in our local library, so many that the librarians started giving me three at a time so I wouldn’t come back so often. My favorite writer was Ivan Yefremov, the great So Read more of this blog post »
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Published on November 02, 2026 07:25 • Tags: inspiration, ivan-yefremov, science-fiction, thais-of-athens, writing

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