Vadim Babenko
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- Vedertaget namn
- Babenko, Vadim
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Babenko, Vadim
- Födelsedag
- 1961-12-16
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Russia
- Födelseort
- Chelyabinsk, USSR
- Bostadsorter
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
North Carolina, USA
London, England, UK - Utbildning
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (PhD) (biophysics) (1990)
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MS) (physics) (1985) - Yrken
- physicist
entrepreneur
writer
Senior Scientist
Chief Technical Officer
Senior Vice President of Research and Development - Organisationer
- Soviet Academy of Sciences
InforMax - Kort biografi
- Vadim Babenko left two “dream” jobs – cutting-edge scientist and high-flying entrepreneur – in order to pursue his lifelong goal to write full-time. Born in the Soviet Union, he earned master’s and doctoral degrees from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Russia’s equivalent to MIT. As a scientist at the Soviet Academy of Sciences he became a recognized leader in the area of artificial intelligence. Then he moved to the U.S. and co-founded a high-tech company just outside of Washington, D.C. The business soon skyrocketed, and the next ambitious goal, an IPO on the stock exchange, was realized. But at this peak of success, Vadim dropped everything to set out on the path of a writer and has never looked back. He moved to Europe and, during the next eight years, published five books, including two novels, THE BLACK PELICAN and A SIMPLE SOUL, which were nominated for Russia’s most prestigious literary awards. His third novel, SEMMANT, initially written in Russian and then translated with the author’s active participation, is published exclusively in English.
Find out more at www.vadimbabenko.com
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This is the story of a man and his sentient computer program.
As a boy, Bogdan Bogdanov is taken away from his home in the former Yugoslavia, and sent to a special school for the very intelligent in Brighton, England. After several years, the school is forced to close, so Bogdanov finds himself on his own.
His first job is at a laboratory in Switzerland. He starts it with the highest level of enthusiasm, but, after a couple of years, he gets bored and quits. Moving from lab to lab all over Europe, the pattern is always the same. Bogdanov learns about world financial markets by working for a swindler and currency manipulator. He eventually finds himself alone in Madrid.
Bogdanov spends months writing the ultimate financial trading computer program, which he calls Semmant. He does not just fill it with prices from the financial section of the local newspaper. He also fills it with books and articles on psychology and sociology, anything that might have an effect on the financial world. Semmant's first solo financial trades do not end well, but it eventually gets the "hang" of it.
Meantime, Bogdanov has loved and lost the lovely Lidia. In an attempt to get her back, he creates an online character named Adele, and posts stories of their "relationship" in an online forum that Adele is known to frequent. The reconciliation does not end well, and Semmant (who has been filled with a lot more than just financial information) falls for Adele. It then takes matters into its own hands.
On the positive side, this book has a lot of interesting ideas, like a computer program that achieves anything resembling sentience. On the negative side, told in flashback, the reading is dry and slow. Also, cuts could have been made in the word count of this book. If the reader has a lot of patience, then this book is worth reading. Otherwise, this book can be skipped.… (mer)
As a boy, Bogdan Bogdanov is taken away from his home in the former Yugoslavia, and sent to a special school for the very intelligent in Brighton, England. After several years, the school is forced to close, so Bogdanov finds himself on his own.
His first job is at a laboratory in Switzerland. He starts it with the highest level of enthusiasm, but, after a couple of years, he gets bored and quits. Moving from lab to lab all over Europe, the pattern is always the same. Bogdanov learns about world financial markets by working for a swindler and currency manipulator. He eventually finds himself alone in Madrid.
Bogdanov spends months writing the ultimate financial trading computer program, which he calls Semmant. He does not just fill it with prices from the financial section of the local newspaper. He also fills it with books and articles on psychology and sociology, anything that might have an effect on the financial world. Semmant's first solo financial trades do not end well, but it eventually gets the "hang" of it.
Meantime, Bogdanov has loved and lost the lovely Lidia. In an attempt to get her back, he creates an online character named Adele, and posts stories of their "relationship" in an online forum that Adele is known to frequent. The reconciliation does not end well, and Semmant (who has been filled with a lot more than just financial information) falls for Adele. It then takes matters into its own hands.
On the positive side, this book has a lot of interesting ideas, like a computer program that achieves anything resembling sentience. On the negative side, told in flashback, the reading is dry and slow. Also, cuts could have been made in the word count of this book. If the reader has a lot of patience, then this book is worth reading. Otherwise, this book can be skipped.… (mer)
The Black Pelican by Vadim Babenko
Vadim Babenko is a Russian National Bestseller novelist with three books;
Semmant, A Simple Soul and The Black Pelican. I absolutely love a suspenseful thriller novel and this is exactly what Babenko delivers. Why pick up this thriller? It is about action, danger, suspense and murder. I loved the adventure the author takes the reader on in the city of M. Personally, M should have been a name like "mystic" or "maniac," anything but M. That was the only thing I did not like about this enticing thriller. Your imagination will take you on a journey and out of your comfort zone.
The main character is “Vitus” whom plans his revenge against the world and ends up in the city of M. His secret plan is to kill his longtime enemy, Julian. He cannot find him.
Quote from the book, "All at once, a feeling of melancholy rose up in me. It was like realizing that coming here had been pointless – there was no road for me and no hope of finding what I sought." This book will take you places which will make you turn the page to want to know what will happen next.
A little about Vadim Babenko, he is a Russian scientist with a PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a widely recognized leader in the field of artificial intelligence, an entrepreneur in high-tech development, Vadim Babenko closed the door on his past achievements to fulfill his desire to write.
© 2014 Jackie Paulson… (mer)
Vadim Babenko is a Russian National Bestseller novelist with three books;
Semmant, A Simple Soul and The Black Pelican. I absolutely love a suspenseful thriller novel and this is exactly what Babenko delivers. Why pick up this thriller? It is about action, danger, suspense and murder. I loved the adventure the author takes the reader on in the city of M. Personally, M should have been a name like "mystic" or "maniac," anything but M. That was the only thing I did not like about this enticing thriller. Your imagination will take you on a journey and out of your comfort zone.
The main character is “Vitus” whom plans his revenge against the world and ends up in the city of M. His secret plan is to kill his longtime enemy, Julian. He cannot find him.
Quote from the book, "All at once, a feeling of melancholy rose up in me. It was like realizing that coming here had been pointless – there was no road for me and no hope of finding what I sought." This book will take you places which will make you turn the page to want to know what will happen next.
A little about Vadim Babenko, he is a Russian scientist with a PhD from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a widely recognized leader in the field of artificial intelligence, an entrepreneur in high-tech development, Vadim Babenko closed the door on his past achievements to fulfill his desire to write.
© 2014 Jackie Paulson… (mer)
A tale of Russian introspection, science fiction, philosophy, and detailed sexual relationships, Vadim Babenko’s Semmant is a long, slow, weighty read, written with Chekovian bleakness and heady self-analysis.
The protagonist’s life changes when his “aura of Indigo” is identified at age twelve. Taken from his parents, he becomes part of an experimental school for genius children who are taught never to view the less intelligent as less valuable, but also never to fail in rising high above their world. The rest of the novel details his search for lasting, worthwhile relationships in a world that denies any semblance of meaning. His ventures into science and creativity, and his exploration of the unimportance of all, leave him perilously trapped between genius and madness.
The story crosses Europe, pausing in Manchester, rejecting Oxford and Cambridge, heading for romance in Paris, and ever moving on. Meanwhile the protagonist masters economics, conquers the stock market, and builds computers. When he starts to create an artificial intelligence, the novel brightens, and the connections between creativity, imagination and knowledge are deeply explored. Mathematician, scientist, poet and dreamer... reality’s imperfections invade and annoy, while physical relationships prove as flawed as jobs and hope.
The science is slightly dated, but the mix of creative urge, analytical detachment, and philosophy is darkly intriguing. Slowly and heavily told, with the feel of honest diaries and inevitable madness, Semmant is a classically Russian science fiction novel, recommended to lovers of the genre.
Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and invited to offer my honest review.… (mer)
The protagonist’s life changes when his “aura of Indigo” is identified at age twelve. Taken from his parents, he becomes part of an experimental school for genius children who are taught never to view the less intelligent as less valuable, but also never to fail in rising high above their world. The rest of the novel details his search for lasting, worthwhile relationships in a world that denies any semblance of meaning. His ventures into science and creativity, and his exploration of the unimportance of all, leave him perilously trapped between genius and madness.
The story crosses Europe, pausing in Manchester, rejecting Oxford and Cambridge, heading for romance in Paris, and ever moving on. Meanwhile the protagonist masters economics, conquers the stock market, and builds computers. When he starts to create an artificial intelligence, the novel brightens, and the connections between creativity, imagination and knowledge are deeply explored. Mathematician, scientist, poet and dreamer... reality’s imperfections invade and annoy, while physical relationships prove as flawed as jobs and hope.
The science is slightly dated, but the mix of creative urge, analytical detachment, and philosophy is darkly intriguing. Slowly and heavily told, with the feel of honest diaries and inevitable madness, Semmant is a classically Russian science fiction novel, recommended to lovers of the genre.
Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and invited to offer my honest review.… (mer)
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- 4
- Medlemmar
- 36
- Popularitet
- #397,831
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 6
- ISBN
- 8
The author is a genius. His prose is beautifully written. This is a very cerebral read, and even though I felt a large portion of it went right over my head (as I'm no genius myself), I still enjoyed it and felt I was peering into a true lover's soul.… (mer)