Vadim Dmitrievich Okhotnikov (March 23, 1905 – July 31, 1964) was a Soviet science fiction and popular science writer, engineer, and inventor.Вадим Дмитриевич ОхотниковВ.П. Мильгунов, В. Карацупа, Вадим Охотников at Fantlab
Biography He was born in the town of Yelets, then in Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire.
Among his inventions is the development of a Soviet system of optical sound recording.Е. М. Голдовский. Советская кинотехника. Издательство Академии Наук СССР, Москва-Ленинград. 1950, C. 44
He was awarded the honorary title of
In 1946 he was appointed scientific editor of the popular science magazine for youth Tekhnika Molodezhi.
He was married to the children's writer .
Works of fiction In his works of hard science fiction he popularized of his own scientific and engineering ideas.
Novels 1947: В глубь земли, Vokrug Sveta, 1947. No. 8. pp. 45–51; No. 9. pp. 38–44; No. 10. pp. 53–57; No. 11. pp. 55–60. 1949: Пути-дороги 1949: Тайна карстовой пещеры 1950: Дороги вглубь, М.ː Molodaya Gvardiya, 1950. — 187 p. 1953: Первые дерзания 1957: Наследники лаборанта Синявина
Stories and collections В мире исканий, novels and short stories. — М.ː Detgiz, 1949. — 336 p. История одного взрыва, short story //На грани возможного: Сб. НФ. — Горький: Кн. изд-во, 1950. pp. 301–330. Покорители земных недр, short story // Znanie - Sila, 1948. No. 10. pp. 23–26. Разговор по существу, short story // Tekhnika Molodezhi, 1946. No. 4. pp. 22–24. Шорохи под землёй, short story // Vokrug Sveta, 1947. No. 1. С. 36–40. Электрические снаряды, short story // Tekhnika Molodezhi, 1946. No. 5-6. pp. 30–32; No. 7. pp. 25–27.
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