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Press and literary critics on my books

Here you can find press publications and responses from literary critics about my books.

Critical and review publications

Tim Skorenko’s "Glass." Kristina Kuplevatskaya on the novel Glass. Newspaper Krasny Sever, No. 31 (16581), July 30, 2022. View material.
Writer Tim Skorenko Releases the Novel Glass. Vasily Vladimirsky on the novel Glass. Newspaper Saint Petersburg Vedomosti, Issue No. 59 (7142), April 4, 2022 (published under the title Interesting People). View material.
Tim Skorenko. "Glass." Mara Rudneva on the novel Glass. World of Fantasy magazine, No. 4(221)’2022.
Moment of Truth. Olga Lisenkova on the novel Glass. Magazine Read Together: A Navigator in the World of Books, No. 3 (188)’2022.
Tell Me, American, Where Lies the Strength? Marat Isangazin on the Novel "Legends of Unknown America." Newspaper Commercial News (Omsk), no. 4 (1526), February 9, 2022. View material.
The Smart One Won’t Climb the Mountain? Natalia Lomykina on the novel Everest. Magazine “Read Together: A Navigator in the World of Books,” No. 12 (149)'2018.
What to buy at the Central House of Artists. Mikhail Vizel on the novel Everest. Rossiyskaya Gazeta — Nedelya newspaper, no. 269 (7732), November 29–December 5, 2018. View material.
Bookshelf of Viktor Papkov. Viktor Papkov on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." New World magazine, No. 6, 2014. View material.
Tim Skorenko [under the pseudonym Eric Delaye]. "The Bookbinder." Nikolay Karaev on the novel "The Bookbinder." World of Fantasy magazine, No. 1(125)’2014.
The Path to Happiness. Alex Gromov on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." Moskva-Info newspaper, No. 14 (206), 2013. View material.
Dilute in Proportion. Olga Kostyukova on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." Profil magazine, No. 7 (February 25, 2013).
Tim Skorenko. "Legends of Unknown America." Vasily Vladimirsky on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." World of Fantasy magazine, No. 2(114)’2013.
Second Attempt. Marat Isangazin reviews the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Commercial News newspaper (Omsk), No. 51 (1080), December 26, 2012. View material.
Correspondence with Shadows. Alex Gromov on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." Book Review newspaper, No. 20(2344)’2012.
Tim Skorenko. "Along the Edge of Words." Vasily Vladimirsky on the collection of stories "Along the Edge of Words." World of Fantasy magazine, No. 10(110)’2012.
Dance Flamenco for Me. Marat Isangazin reviews the novel "The Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Commercial News newspaper (Omsk), No. 51 (1028), December 28, 2011. View material.
How Many Lives Is Death Worth? Vladimir Larionov on the novel “The Laws of Applied Euthanasia”. Shaltai-Boltai magazine, No. 4 (53), 2011.
Tim Skorenko "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch"; Vyacheslav Rybakov "Behold, I create"; Maxim Khorsun "The Birth of Jupiter"; "The Shell", a collection of modern fairy tales. Dmitry Volodikhin on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Znamya magazine, No. 11, 2011. View material.
Tim Skorenko. "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Dmitry Volodikhin on the novel "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." If magazine, No. 10(220), 2011.
Tim Skorenko. "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Svetlana Karacharova on the novel "Laws of Applied Euthanasia," World of Fantasy magazine, No. 8(96)’2011.
Tim Skorenko. "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Svetlana Podznyakova on the novel "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Science and Life magazine, No. 8’2011
Between Epochs. Alex Gromov on the novel "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Book Review newspaper, No. 14(2312)’2011
Tim Skorenko. "Laws of Applied Euthanasia." A review of the novel "Laws of Applied Euthanasia" in the “Book Shelf” section. The Path to Oneself magazine, No. 5 (Summer 2011).
Tim Skorenko. "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Dmitry Volodikhin on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Esli magazine, No. 5(215), 2011.
Tim Skorenko. "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Arseniy Krymov on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." World of Fantasy magazine, No. 4(92)’2011.
The Prophet and Business. Alex Gromov on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Book Review newspaper, No. 2(2300)’2011.
Game over… new game. Ekaterina Sedykh on the novel "Ode to Absolute Cruelty" (republished in the year-end issue). Book Review newspaper, No. 26 (2296)’2010.
Game over… new game. Ekaterina Sedykh on the novel "Ode to Absolute Cruelty." Book Review newspaper, No. 23(2293)’2010.
Read to Keep Up Valery Okulov on the novel “Ode to Absolute Cruelty”. Shaltai-Boltai magazine, No. 1 (46), 2010. View material.

Online reviews

Russian Horror. Galina Yuzefovich on the novel Glass. Yuzefovich Channel, “Yuzefovich Recommends” series, episode of November 13, 2023. View material.
6 Books Worth Adapting for the Screen. Ekaterina Pisareva on the novel Glass. June 17, 2023. View material.
Natalya Yanitskaya on the Novel Glass. Russia 24 Arkhangelsk. Reading Wednesday with Natalya Yanitskaya, episode aired on April 12, 2023. View material.
Best Books of 2022. Vasily Vladimirsky on the novel “Glass”. “Fantastic Podcast”, #65 (Season 5, Episode 2), February 2, 2023. View material.
“The Best of 2022: Science Fiction Books You Shouldn't Miss.” Vasily Vladimirsky on the novel "Glass." "Fantcast" podcast, episode 5, January 11, 2023. View material.
Three Books Until Spring. The Best Reads of February. Dmitry Samoylov on the novel Glass. February 3, 2022. View material.
10 Books for Holiday Reading... and Two for Browsing. Mikhail Vizel on the novel Glass. Year of Literature portal, December 30, 2021. View material.
The Smart One Won’t Climb the Mountain. Elena Vasilyeva on the novel Everest. Prochtenie portal, February 6, 2019. View material.
The Enchanted Disneyland in a Soviet Camp and a Book About Love for Everest. Two unexpected Russian novels. Galina Yuzefoovich on the novel Everest. Nov. 18, 2018. View material.
Five Books of the Week. Editor-in-Chief’s Pick. Mikhail Vizel on the novel Everest. Year of Literature portal, November 9, 2018. View material.
Bookshelf. Which Books About Science and Professions We Recommend Reading. Ekaterina Semyonova on the novel “The Bookbinder”. fonar.tv, March 5, 2016. View material.
Golden Apples of December. Alex Gromov and Olga Shatokhina on the novel "Legends of Unknown America." December 18, 2012. View material.
"Wind from the East" column, issue 54. Paweł Laudański on the novel "The Laws of Applied Euthanasia." Esensja, a magazine of popular culture, No. 07/2011 (CIX), April 2011. View material.
New Books: Myths, Fantasy, and Portraits of Alchemists. Olga Shatokhina on the novel “The Laws of Applied Euthanasia.” July 10, 2011. View material.
The Gospel According to a Gopnik. Vasily Vladimirsky on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." June 21, 2011. View material.
"RG" publishes a summer reading review. Olga Shatokhina on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." June 12, 2011. View material.
"Wind from the East" column, issue 54. Paweł Laudański on the novel "The Garden of Hieronymus Bosch." Esensja, a magazine of popular culture, No. 03/2011 (CV), April 2011. View material.
Vladimir Tsybulsky and Roman Shchukin on the novel Ode to Absolute Cruelty. Radio RSN (Russian News Service). Time to Read, episode aired on October 1, 2010. View material.

Brief reviews of my fiction books also appeared in the magazines “Russian Reporter,” “Chemistry and Life,” and “Banks and the Business World” (all Moscow), as well as in the newspapers “Secret Power” (Moscow), “Chelninskiye Izvestiya” (Naberezhnye Chelny), “Avoska” (Desnogorsk), and “Pik” (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky).

Interviews

“Pointer,” No. 2 (14), 2014. Magazine. Saint Petersburg: Prosvetkniga, 2014. ISBN 978-5-906-06920-7. The magazine features an interview with me "Tim Skorenko: An Author's Afterword on Russia and Love for the Motherland." Interviewer: Alexander Pravilov.
"City 812," no. 12 (210), April 8, 2013. Magazine. St. Petersburg: AJUR-Invest LLC, 2013. The issue includes an interview with me titled “Why Write If Nobody Reads?” Interview by Anastasia Dmitrieva. View material.
“Pointer,” No. 1–2 (5), 2013. Magazine. Saint Petersburg: Prosvetkniga, 2013. ISBN 978-0-009-31838-0. The magazine features an interview with me, “Legends of Real America.”

Online interviews

“The Stigma of Genre Fiction.” August 30, 2023. Joint interview with finalists of the “New Horizons” literary award. “Gorky.” Interviewer: Vasily Vladimirskiy. View material.
Interview with Tim Skorenko: “I Don’t Start a New Book Until the Previous One Is Published.” April 14, 2019. Literatura.today. Interviewer: Katya Bookreader. View material.
Tim Skorenko Answers Questions. August 4, 2018. A. Petrov’s Editorial School. Questions from readers. View material.
“Tim Skorenko: ‘Shock Value Is One Way to Break Out of the Mold.’” August 6, 2011. Online magazine Piterbook. Interview by Vasily Vladimirsky. View material.