History Literature / Metro2033

** One of the expanded universe novels, ''Британия''[[note]]Britannia[[/note]], features Scottish survivors of the Great War living in the [[http://arranmoffat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/tubeORIGINAL.jpeg Glasgow subway]]. The Glasgow subway is not sunk deep enough[[note]]Moscow Metro average depth: ~33-55 metres - Glasgow subway average depth: 8.8 metres[[/note]] to defend against even conventional strikes [[note]]damage from fascist bombing, as well as the remains of the destroyed Merkland Street station, can still be seen in the tunnels south of Partick Station)[[/note]], it isn't nearly large enough to support any population in the way the Moscow Metro[[note]]MoscowMetro length: at least 192 miles - Glasgow subway length: 6.5 miles[[/note]] can. Whilst this error is excusable for the sake of narrative, it is still somewhat perplexing, as a bit of research shows that the ground beneath Glasgow is lousy with abandoned mineshafts, which could well be deep enough to shelter in the event of nuclear war.

* IfIDoNotReturn: [[spoiler: The disappearance of Hunter sparks the plot.]]

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Whilst many of the stations in the Moscow Metro are deep enough to shelter in during nuclear war (in fact, the deep sections of ''Arbatskaya'' station were constructed for this purpose), many of the stations were constructed using a "cut and cover" technique, which would probably collapse in the event of a nuclear blast. For instance, the Communist stations on the Red Line are all pre-ColdWar, and are not nearly deep enough, nor are the three Nazi stations.

** One of the expanded universe novels, ''Британия''[[note]]Britannia[[/note]], features Scottish survivors of the Great War living in the [[http://arranmoffat.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/tubeORIGINAL.jpeg Glasgow subway]]. The Glasgow subway is not sunk deep enough[[note]]Moscow Metro average depth: ~33-55 metres - Glasgow subway average depth: 8.8 metres[[/note]] to defend against even conventional strikes [[note]]damage from fascist bombing, as well as the remains of the destroyed Merkland Street station, can still be seen in the tunnels south of Partick Station)[[/note]], it isn't nearly large enough to support any population in the way the Moscow Metro[[note]]MoscowMetro length: at least 192 miles - Glasgow subway length: 6.5 miles[[/note]] can. Whilst this error is excusable for the sake of narrative, it is still somewhat perplexing, as a dig of research shows that the ground beneath Glasgow is lousy with abandoned mineshafts, which could well be deep enough to shelter in the event of nuclear war.

* AfterTheEnd: Like, ''end'' end. ''[[ItGotWorse Even the afterlife apparently got blown up.]]''

* ItGotWorse: Pretty much constantly.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Fleeing some mutants, Artyom enters an apartment flat that is heavily implied to be where he lived before the war. To the book's credit, it's left very vague and even Artyom notes that it's too unlikely to be true.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Fleeing from some mutants, Artyom enters a flat that is heavily implied to be where he lived before the war. To the book's credit, it's left very vague.

Metro 2033 is a novel written by Dmitry A. Glukhovsky, and set [[BeneathTheEarth in the Moscow]] [[UsefulNotes/MoscowMetro Metro system]] [[AfterTheEnd twenty years after a devastating nuclear war]]. First appeared as a WebSerialNovel in 2002. The first print edition came in 2005. It went on to become a best seller in Russia. The story follows the 20-year-old Artyom, as a promise to a mysterious stranger forces him to leave the relative safety of his home station, ("ВДНХ"), and find his ways through the dangerous Metro.

->''Dear Muscovites and guests to our capital!''\\
''The Moscow metro is a form of transportation which involves a heightened level of danger.''

Metro 2033 is a novel written by Dmitry A. Glukhovsky, and set [[BeneathTheEarth in the Moscow]] [[MoscowMetro Metro system]] [[AfterTheEnd twenty years after a devastating nuclear war]]. First appeared as a WebSerialNovel in 2002. The first print edition came in 2005. It went on to become a best seller in Russia. The story follows the 20-year-old Artyom, as a promise to a mysterious stranger forces him to leave the relative safety of his home station, ("ВДНХ"), and find his ways through the dangerous Metro.

* MoscowMetro

* RagnarokProofing: Massively averted. Survivors live in squalid conditions and metro is a maze of crumpled concrete and rusty pipes. Even most firearms are improvised and only few can afford a still operating prewar automatic weapon.

* Determinator: Artyom. Although his resolve fails multiple times, he can't bring himself to give up on his goal.
* DeusExMachina: Artyom's [[spoiler:rescue from the Nazis by Communists.]] Lampshaded [[spoiler: "if the Trotskyists had been just a day later, or a day earlier, Artyom would have died"]]

* {{Woolseyism}}: Pops up a good number of times. The translation can be overly litteral and sometimes things just flat out don't make sense when rendered into English.
* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: The *magical* superpowers Artyom has to use to find the special book. [[spoiler: He doesn't.]]

* Cult: Many of them, but the Great Worm cultists are… remarkable.

* FridgeHorror: In the novel, Artyom encounters two guys camping at the otherwise empty ''Polyanka'' station and has an AliceInWonderland-like philosophic discussion with them (think two Caterpillars with a hookah) before moving on. Later he is told that ''Polyanka'' was abandoned because of a gas leak and nobody ever stays there. This implies that Artyom spent hours [[spoiler: in an ''empty'' Metro station, talking to himself]].

* LighterAndSofter: several sequel novels that add details about what's going on beyond big cities. It's still a postapocalypse, there are still no civilization except in isolated spots, but hell, its ''the surface''! You can see the sun, the sky, rain, snow! You can breathe the air and walk without being attacked by some monster, mutant or dinosaur!

* NuclearNasty: the surface world is made of this trope to the point of {{Narm}}. Looks like in this verse, hard radiation actually does produce monsters, mutants and dinosaurs, 1950s style. And bioweapons produce BlobMonsters.

* DoubleStandard: Men protect the stations, women stay home taking care of the kids. The only three females ever named in the first novel are incredibly minor characters, being Zhenya's little sister, a wife who brings her husband beer, and a rat.

* TheUndead: Well, maybe. Some characters claim parts of the subway is haunted, others explain it as the result of hallucinogenic gases.

Metro 2033 is a novel written by Dmitry A. Glukhovsky, and set [[BeneathTheEarth in the Moscow]] [[MoscowMetro Metro system]] [[AfterTheEnd twenty years after a devastating nuclear war]]. The story follows the 20-year-old Artyom, as a promise to a mysterious stranger forces him to leave the relative safety of his home station, ("ВДНХ"), and find his ways through the dangerous Metro.