History Creator / OlegDivov

Oleg Divov (1968-) is a modern Russian writer, writing in a variety of genres (mostly hard to hard-ish science fiction and/or things about the military, but a lot of other stuff too). Has survived serving in [[RedsWithRockets the Soviet army]] in 1987-89, with many fond and not-so-fond memories (mostly the latter), as related in one of his autobiographical works ("The Weapon of Revenge"); afterwards, dropped out of his university and worked for a while as a journalist and a copywriter. And then he underwent a CreatorBreakdown... sort of, as it was exactly then that he wrote his first major work (a novel called "The Dog Master", published in 1997). His literary career took off then and he is now one of the most famous and popular sci-fi writers in Russia.

* "Закон лома для замкнутой цепи" ("Zakon loma dlya zamknutoy tsepi", "Crowbar Law for the closed circuit"[[note]]A [[JustForPun pun]] on the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Russian pronunciation]] of the Ohm's Law.[[/note]]), about Russian criminals in very near future America.

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Generally pretty hard (when it's science fiction and not, say, fantasy), but can go all the way to level 1 (see trope page) in some specific cases, mainly with regards to ESP and related things (and [[StarfishAliens alien technology]] when such is available, which isn't often). "Trail of the Zombie" would probably be considered pretty darn soft, while "Best Crew of the Solar System" is, aside from one largely insignificant element closer towards the end, very much hard.

* SignatureStyle: As a broad generalisation, the protagonists ([[HeterosexualLifePartners generally two of them, both male]]; sometimes in a subversion those are ThoseTwoGuys, which they tend to be quite similar to, as well as to ThoseTwoBadGuys, except they are more or less good) tend to be clever witty GenreSavvy Russian intellectuals (in the broader sense of the word) in a difficult situation despite often not being Russian and/or in a profession that one would expect to find an intellectual in. Chances of characters being in some way connected to a military or paramilitary organization are high. Chances of setting being somewhere in between NextSundayAD and TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture are likewise high. Will aforementioned Russian intellectuals resort to historical or esoteric humor or literary allusions? Yes.

%%* LoveItOrHateIt: The "Trail of the Zombie" trilogy is quite unlike Divov's later works. It is very well-liked by conspiracy theory fans, but not always so much by those who got into Divov due to his later works.

* TheNewRussia: He lives there (also, it or some variations on it are a reasonably common setting, and "Vybrakovka" - both the book and the eponymous social institution - is mainly a response to it).

* CreatorBreakdown: Strange in that it occurred at the very beginning of his career, when he was dealing with some mental issues and relative poverty, largely by drinking. It left a visible impact on the "Trail of the Zombie".
* DearNegativeReader: Subverted: while Divov does have a lot to say about some of his readers on his creator's blog, he seems more amused than pissed off by their attacks, probably because many of them are simply ridiculous.

* TrollingCreator: Especially with ''Vybrakovka'', according to the WordOfGod.
* WriteWhatYouKnow: Most notably, military technology and military life in general. Also, art and art circles: both his parents were restorers working in State Tretyakov Gallery; journalism and advertisement as well.

Divov is a troll. He admitted several times in his blog that some of his works were written as mockeries. His blog is written in bold, provocative style.

* "Ночной смотрящий" ("Nochnoy smotryaschiy", "NightWatcher"), Russian provincial horror with [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolves]] and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]].