Boris Petterson was born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. He was brought up by his mother, a local entrepreneur, and according to local lore his father was a geologist from Iceland. Due to his international background Boris never learned any language properly, but his strong interest to computer games and science fiction books by Kilgore Trout helped him to learn the basics of English. He boasts that he has the largest Kilgore Trout collection in CIS countries. He was an introvert, often depressed and he started to publish poetry on young age to cope with his turbulent emotions. Chieftain of his trib...