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 emk Diglot Moderator United States Joined 5343 days ago 2615 posts - 8806 votes  Speaks: English*, FrenchB2 Studies: Spanish, Ancient Egyptian Personal Language Map | Message 1 of 14 21 February 2012 at 6:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm currently reading Jules Verne's Le tour du monde en quatre-vingt jour, and
loving every minute of it. Once this is done, I'd like to pick up some more French science fiction. What French science fiction authors do you love? What books would you recommend for young adults, or novice French speakers? Are there any other French "grandmasters" equivalent to Asimov or Heinlein, who have been loved by generations of 12-year-olds? (I did try reading Étoiles mourantes by Ayerdhal and Dunyach, but I foundered on the first sentence: L'AnimalVille jaillit du néant et se laissa dériver au milieu de la mer d'étoiles. Pretty, but too hard for now!) Edited by emk on 22 February 2012 at 8:48pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5410 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 2 of 14 21 February 2012 at 7:21pm | IP Logged | |||||
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The golden age of Science fiction was mainly anglophone.
I have read only one book of SF in French in my life: La planète des singes written by Pierre Boulle. There was made a very popular film of it, but the source material, Boulles book, was a nice reading, the language is not too complex; it starts: "Jinn et Phyllis passaient des vacances merveilleuses, dans l`espace, le plus loin possible des astre habités. En ce temps-là, les voyages interplanetaires étaient communs..." Edited by Cabaire on 21 February 2012 at 7:21pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| zenmonkey Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6363 days ago 803 posts - 1119 votes 1 sounds Speaks: EnglishC2*, Spanish*, French, German Studies: Italian, Modern Hebrew | Message 3 of 14 21 February 2012 at 8:45pm | IP Logged | |||||
The second one perhaps. But Voltaire and Jules Verne really created the first "golden age". I like Claude Ecken, Michel Pagel and Jean-Marc Ligny. And the author that my teenager's love and share with me is Bernard Werber. I can really recommend Werber. Sylvie Lainé has won several prizes -- look up the Rosny-Aîné prix - it is an award for French Sci-Fi. Edited by zenmonkey on 21 February 2012 at 8:46pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4820 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian | Message 4 of 14 21 February 2012 at 9:20pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I was about to recommend the same book. I loved it.
SF authors are rather rare in French litterature (but you might find a few SF BDs). But there are some good fantasy authors, some of which surely qualify for "young- adult" litterature authors. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5767 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 5 of 14 22 February 2012 at 1:54am | IP Logged | |||||
Cool. I had no idea the origin of the story was a French work. I have added it to the long list of French stuff I would like to get to eventually (mostly in the hope there is some equivalent to the Charleston Heston character movie dialogue and I can find out how one says "Get your stinking paws off me you damn dirty ape" en français).
One very popular film, and then a number of genuinely awful sequels a number of years ago, and more recently a reworking of the original, and just last year, an interesting prequel. Edited by Spanky on 22 February 2012 at 1:55am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4768 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 6 of 14 22 February 2012 at 2:23am | IP Logged | |||||
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If you like La planéte des singes, you might also like another of Boulles works, Le Pont
de la Rivière Kwai. Not science fiction, but very exciting and very good. Also made into an excellent film. And also, sorry to diverge, but the sequels to the original planets of the apes were excellent movies in their own right, albeit stranger and less appealing to a mass audience. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5767 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 7 of 14 22 February 2012 at 2:39am | IP Logged | |||||
My whole world is falling apart now - that is an excellent film, and again I had no idea the source was French text (and even the same author!).
I'm prepared to give them another chance on the basis of your comment, as I am on a bit of a monkey swing* right now, having just watched a rental of 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes prequel last night. My memory, long faded, is that the sequels were completely wacky but that might have been in comparison with the flawlessly awesome visual ending to the original Planet of the Apes. (* by "monkey swing" here, I mean only a trend, not an actual monkey swing, though they look like fun) Edited by Spanky on 22 February 2012 at 2:41am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4768 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 8 of 14 22 February 2012 at 2:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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The sequels WERE completely wacky. However, as a lover of all old science fiction movies,
a movie can be quite wacky, poorly made, and even unoriginal to secure a warm place in my heart. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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