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Instructions · What links here · Alex Bobl (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 21 days ago by Fresiegrant (talk: D · +) · Last edited 21 days ago by Fresiegrant

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Declined by Jamiebuba 5 months ago. Last edited by Fresiegrant 21 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Alex Bobl^[1] (born May 22 1975) is a Russia-born science fiction author, literary agent and book publisher, the founder of Magic Dome Books.^[2] He started writing in 2007 by joining a number of online critique groups and writing forums. In 2009, he penned two novels for S.T.A.L.K.E.R., a science fiction action adventure series set in a post-apocalyptic Chernobyl, based on the computer game of the same name. He also co-authored TechnoTma: The Dark Times, an action adventure series also set in a post-apocalyptic future.

In 2012, his experience in computer game-based science fiction and fantasy led to his becoming a literary agent and project manager for EKSMO, Russia's leading publishing house where he was tasked with pooling new authors for a brand new genre of speculative fiction: LitRPG.^[3] The name of the genre was created during a brainstorming session between Alex himself, EKSMO's science fiction editor Dmitry Malkin, and a fellow sci fi author Vasily Mahanenko who was about to become one of the founding fathers of the new book category.^[4]

The first books of the new LitRPG series found an eager and demanding readership, prompting Alex to expand their audience into the English-language book market.^[5] In 2014, he sets up Magic Dome Books^[6]: a Prague-based publishing house specializing in literary translations of science fiction and fantasy, with the focus on game-related genres such as LitRPG, cyberpunk and progression fantasy. Soon afterwards, Alex relocated to the Czech Republic together with his family^[1], from where he continues to release new titles in a number а languages such as English, German, French, Spanish, Korean and Japanese, assisted by a team of literary translators, artists and editors.

References

^ ^a ^b Bobl, Alex (2024-06-27). "Amazon.com: Alex Bobl: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ "Magic Dome Books". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ "What is LitRPG?". Level Up Publishing. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ Reader, London (2018-09-17). "Drama & Dragons | The London Reader". Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ Bellow, Paul (2023-08-19). "What is LitRPG? Get the Definition and Meaning (August 2023)". LitRPG Reads. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ "Homepage | Magic Dome Books". md-books.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[:0-1] Bobl, Alex (2024-06-27). "Amazon.com: Alex Bobl: books, biography, latest update". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[2] "Magic Dome Books". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[3] "What is LitRPG?". Level Up Publishing. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[4] Reader, London (2018-09-17). "Drama & Dragons | The London Reader". Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[5] Bellow, Paul (2023-08-19). "What is LitRPG? Get the Definition and Meaning (August 2023)". LitRPG Reads. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

[6] "Homepage | Magic Dome Books". md-books.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.

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