René Barjavel (1911–1985)
Author of The Ice People
About the Author
Image credit: René Barjavel pris en mai 1970
Works by René Barjavel
Les Années de la Lune 1969-1970-1971 3 copies
Ne demandez pas la lune 2 copies
Roman de René Barjavel: Ravage, La Nuit Des Temps, le Voyageur Imprudent, le Diable L'emporte (Roman, 1948), Tarendol,… (2010) 1 copy
L'Enchanteur 1 copy
La Faim du tigre 1 copy
La tempestad 1 copy
Destrucción 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Barjavel, René
- Legal name
- Barjavel, René Gustave Henri
- Birthdate
- 1911-01-24
- Date of death
- 1985-11-24
- Burial location
- Tarendol cemetery, Provence, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Nyons, Drôme, France
- Place of death
- Paris, Seine, France
- Education
- Collège de Cusset, Allier (Baccalauréat)
Collège de Nyons, Drôme - Occupations
- screenwriter
journalist
science fiction writer
critic - Organizations
- Edition Denoël (Chef de la fabrication puis directeur ∙ ∙ 1945)
Le Document, Revue (Secrétaire de rédaction ∙ 1935)
Le Progrès de l'Allier, Journal (Journaliste, 1929)
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Science fiction discovery of an ancient civalization of humans in Name that Book (October 2014)
Reviews
Future Times Three by René Barjavel
Hm, quantum physics and time travel in 1942 France?
Really not what a vegan, anti-natalist, feminist wants to read. I am disappointed in Barjavel.
Maybe I started reading fantasy when I was around 9 - w/ "The Hobbit". Sometime after that, a door-to-door saleman conned me into joining a Science Fiction Book Club. In retrospect, I'm glad I did. There was a time when I rejected SF as being too cheesy. That didn't last long. Eventually I realized that there was alotof great SF out there & that some of the pulp writers who might not've written more than a few bks often had visionary ideas of all sorts. Many pulp SF writers of the 50s, 60s, & 70s produced social commentary that might've caused controversy in another genre. Anyway, "The Ice People" isn't a favorite or anything but it does comment on the Cold War.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 41
- Also by
- 2
- Members
- 3,131
- Popularity
- #8,153
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 70
- ISBNs
- 146
- Languages
- 8
- Favorited
- 11
