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Michel Jeury

ミシェル・ジュリー

Misheru Jurī

Aliases: Albert Higon
Pen Names: Albert Higon（Pseudonym used for science fiction works）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-01-23 （Razac-d'Eymet）
Died
2015-01-09 （Unknown） age 80
Nationality
フランス
Languages
French
Residence History
Razac-d'Eymet, Dordogne, France → southwestern France

Career

Occupations
novelist, science fiction writer
Active Years
1960-1992
Influenced By
Philip K. Dick

Awards

Jules Verne Award
1960
Work: La Machine du Pouvoir
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Temps Incertain

1973 science fiction

A Philip K. Dick-inspired novel dealing with time travel and manipulation via chronolytic drugs. Psychronauts explore a confusing multidimensional universe.

time travelalternate universeschronolysis
Translations
  • English: Chronolysis (1980)

Les Singes du Temps

1974 science fiction

Companion novel in the same universe, dealing with time travel.

time travelalternate universes

Le Territoire Humain

1979 science fiction

Features an oasis of humanity on the borders of a dehumanized megastate.

humanitydystopia

Les Îles de la Lune

1979 science fiction

Starts an interconnected series building the 'Jeury Universe' with chronolysis, space islands, etc.

chronolysisspace islands

Cette Terre

1981 science fiction

Start of the Colmateurs trilogy about pandimensional monitors plugging holes between alternate Earths.

alternate EarthsgeoprogrammersBrownian

Bibliography

  • Aux Étoiles du Destin [Destiny's Stars]
  • La Machine du Pouvoir [The Machine Of Power]
  • Le Temps Incertain [Chronolysis]
  • Les Singes du Temps [The Time Monkeys]
  • Soleil Chaud, Poisson des Profondeurs [Warm Sun, Fish From The Deep]
  • Les Animaux de Justice [The Justice Animals]
  • Le Jour des Voies [The Day Of The Ways]
  • L'Empire du Peuple [The People's Empire]
  • Le Sablier Vert [The Green Hourglass]
  • Le Monde du Lignus [The World Of The Lignus]
  • Poney-Dragon
  • Les Enfants de Mord [The Children Of Mord]
  • L'Univers-Ombre [The Shadow Universe]
  • Le Territoire Humain [The Human Territory]
  • Les Îles de la Lune [The Islands Of The Moon]
  • Les Écumeurs du Silence [The Reavers Of Silence]
  • Le Sombre Eclat [The Dark Shining]
  • Le Seigneur de l'Histoire [The Lord Of History]
  • Les Yeux Géants [The Giant Eyes]
  • Cette Terre [That Earth]
  • La Sainte Espagne Programmée [The Holy Programmed Spain]
  • Les Hommes-Processeurs [The Processor Men]
  • Le Vol du Serpent [The Flight Of The Serpent]
  • La Planète du Jugement [The Planet Of Judgment]
  • Goer-le-Renard [Goer-The-Fox]
  • L'Orbe et la Roue [The Orb And The Wheel]
  • Les Tours Divines [The Divine Towers]
  • Quand le Temps Soufflera [When Time Blows]
  • Vers l'Âge d'Or [Towards The Golden Age]
  • L'Île Bleue [The Blue Island]
  • L'Anaphase du Diable [The Devil's Anaphase]
  • Les Louves Debout [The She-Wolves Standing]
  • Les Démons de Jerusalem [The Demons Of Jerusalem]
  • Le Dernier Paradis [The Last Paradise]
  • Les Survivants du Paradis [The Survivors From Paradise]
  • La Marée d'Or [The Golden Tide]
  • Le Jeu du Monde [The World Game]
  • La Croix et la Lionne [The Cross And The She-Lion]
  • Aux Yeux la Lune [The Eyes Of The Moon]
  • Les Mondes Furieux [The Angry Worlds]
  • La Chimère Infernale [The Infernal Chimera]
  • Le Vaisseau-Démon [The Demon-Ship]

Translations of Works

  • Chronolysis (English, 1980)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Philip K. Dick-inspired psychological SFexploration of time manipulation and multidimensional universes
Recurring Motifs
chronolysisparallel universesgeoprogrammersBrownian

Legacy

One of the most important writers in the French science fiction scene of the 1970s. Known for innovative works on time travel, alternate universes, and chronolysis. The Colmateurs series is arguably his masterpiece.

Trivia

  • Key figure in 1970s French SF
  • From Dordogne
  • Also wrote as Albert Higon