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Gérard Klein

ジェラール・クラン

Gérard Klein

Aliases: Gilles
Pen Names: Gilles d'Argyre（Used for novels in Fleuve Noir's Anticipation series）, Mark Starr（Used for Agent Galactique）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1937
Nationality
France
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
science fiction writer, editor
Active Years
1958-
Affiliations
Robert Laffont, Le Livre de Poche

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Gambit des Étoiles (Starmasters' Gambit)

1958 Science Fiction

Les Seigneurs de la Guerre (The Overlords of War)

1971 Science Fiction

Les Tueurs de Temps (The Mote in Time's Eye)

1965 Science Fiction

Bibliography

  • Agent Galactique [Galactic Agent] (1958)
  • Embûches dans l'Espace [Ambushes in Space] (1958)
  • Le Gambit des Étoiles (1958)
  • Les Perles du Temps [The Pearls of Time] (1958)
  • Chirurgiens d'une Planète [The Planet Surgeons] (1960)
  • Les Voiliers du Soleil [The Solar Sailors] (1961)
  • Le Temps n'a pas d'Odeur [The Day Before Tomorrow] (1963)
  • Le Long Voyage [The Long Journey] (1964)
  • Les Tueurs de Temps [The Mote in Time's Eye] (1965)
  • Un Chant de Pierre [A Song of Stone] (1966)
  • Le Sceptre du Hasard [The Scepter of Chance] (1968)
  • Les Seigneurs de la Guerre [The Overlords of War] (1971)
  • La Loi du Talion [The Law of Retaliation] (1973)
  • Histoires Comme Si... [Stories As If...] (1975)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
sociological science fictiondetailed world-building
Recurring Motifs
viruses and creationtime and destiny

Legacy

French SF writer with sociological training, editor of the prestigious Ailleurs et Demain series.

Trivia

  • Imagined viruses creating life in his novella Les virus ne parlent pas.
  • Several novels translated and published by DAW Books in the US.