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The mad scientist is a stereotypical, archetypal scientist who is often a cliché or commonplace in popular fiction. He can be absent-minded and harmless, or wicked and dangerous. French science fiction, in particular, features a remarkable number of novels and stories on this theme, enough to justify the three volumes that we intend to devote to this topic. In this thematic collection we have gathered six remarkable stories by André Caroff,...

The SAGA OF KABUR continues! After defeating the evil Ghool, Kabur and Arianrod suddenly find themselves pitted against the diabolical schemes of the witch SHANGA KHOUR and the mysterious TIME RIDER. To defeat them, Kabur will have to overcome the lethal traps of the ghostly town of N'THALEK... KABUR and ARIANROD then reach the great harbor city of FORALUME, where Lagrid was once sold as a slave. Still on the trail of SELINOR PSAH, the pow...

HOMICRON, a NASA scientist whose body is possessed by a mysterious alien from planet Alpha. STARLOCK, a servant of the Towers, supremely powerful cosmic entities. FUTURA, a mysterious woman from a parallel dimension. JAYDEE, a teenage, alien metamorph, abandoned on Earth as a baby, and who may well be the deadliest killing machine in the universe... These characters, all "strangers" to Earth, are brought together by TANKA, a former jungle lord...

HOMICRON, a NASA scientist whose body is possessed by a mysterious alien from planet Alpha. STARLOCK, a servant of the Towers, supremely powerful cosmic entities. FUTURA, a mysterious woman from a parallel dimension. JAYDEE, a teenage, alien metamorph, abandoned on Earth as a baby, and who may well be the deadliest killing machine in the universe... These characters, all "strangers" to Earth, are brought together by TANKA, a former jungle ...

As this "season" of Kabur opens, the beautiful Lagrid is kidnapped by monstrous beasts sent by Selinor Psah, the Sorcerer-Sultan of the far-off city of Arkhanal, located at the other end of the Earth, on the southern tip of the Gondaxan continent. Kabur embarks on the long journey that will require him to cross mountains and jungles, deserts and seas, to rescue his beloved. But as soon as he has begun, he already faces new, terrifying danger...

GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC / LUNATIC LEGION in THE COFFEE MAKER THAT TERRORIZES FRANCE! (Story: J..-M. Lofficer, Art: Jim Dandy) The new MOOKS GANG poses a terrifying threat to the French Republic. Only the LUNATIC LEGION is capable of stopping THE COFFEE POT THAT TERRORIZED FRANCE. Alone ? Not really, because the fearless GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC is enlisted to lend them a hand! GUARDIAN OF THE REPUBLIC / CAPTAIN GIROFLÉE in LOBSTER'S ROLL (S...

This book covers the entire history of French genre television & radio from its early days to 2022. WHAT THE CRITICS SAID: JOHN CLUTE (Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Science Fiction Encyclopedia) "I just now (finally) gotten my copy of French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction and am immediately finding it enthralling." LOCUS "The most enlightening reference book of the year..." INTERZONE " It is a wonderful window into a worl...

This book covers the entire history of French genre cinema from its early days to 2022. WHAT THE CRITICS SAID: JOHN CLUTE (Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Science Fiction Encyclopedia) "I just now (finally) gotten my copy of French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction and am immediately finding it enthralling." LOCUS "The most enlightening reference book of the year..." INTERZONE " It is a wonderful window into a world lost to us ignor...

Over a hundred million years ago... KABUR of Thule has reigned over the kingdoms of Hyperborea for decades... Then, like all must do, he died, however, his name became legend... Several centuries later, Earth was conquered by the monstrous HEMOCRATS, the Wan Lords of the RED STAR, cosmic vampires who came from a far away, nameless region of space... Thus KABUR was summoned back from the dead by his ancient foe, the mysterious REAPER, and...

The box office smash Back to the Future was almost a bomb, saved only by the talents of Michael J. Fox, who was brought in to star six weeks after production had started. Ivan Reitman wasn't really interested in directing Ghostbusters. Producer Gloria Katz described Howard the Duck as "a comedy about a person with certain particular characteristics, " foremost of which was that he was a duck. These insights and many more are revealed in these ...

Demi-Monde... A group of people on the fringes of respectable society, considered to be of doubtful social standing and morality... Among these are Harry Dickson, the so-called American Sherlock Holmes, gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin, spymaster Richard Hannay, Robur, the future Master of the World, the eccentric Doctor Omega, Fantômas, the Lord of Terror, the indomitable Maciste and the gallic sleuth Jules de Grandin... Together or separately, t...

A panoramic history of French science fiction literature from the 16th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: "...Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature... The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail." FOUNDATION: "A truly epic enterprise." Brian Stableford. INTERZONE: "A remarkable and laudable job." Mike Ashley. LOCUS (made the Recommend...

A panoramic history of French fantasy, horror and supernatural fiction from the 12th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: "...Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature... The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail." FOUNDATION: "A truly epic enterprise." Brian Stableford. INTERZONE: "A remarkable and laudable job." Mike Ashley. LOCUS (ma...

Wampus was the herald of a second generation of comic heroes and magazines launched by Editions Lug in 1969, which eventually led to Jaleb, Homicron, the Time Brigade, Kabur, Jeff Sullivan and many more. Wampus is a shape-shifting monster sent to Earth by an evil cosmic power called The Great Mind to sow havoc and destruction. He can change into any form by merely touching water, and revert to type by coming into contact with fire. His only ...

December 1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is about to be crowned Emperor of France by the Pope at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. But the diabolical sorcerer Maleficus plans to assassinate him and take his place... Against this sinister plan stand the Marquis de La Fayette, his faithful manservant, Albert Saint-Clair, known as the Guardian of the Republican, and the mysterious Count Saint-Germain, Maleficus' sworn enemy. However, the necromancer is not...

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One hundred million years before the world we know, the continent of Hyperborea existed. Kabur, the rebellious young prince of Ultima Thulé and his companion, the beautiful ex-slave girl Lagrid, thrived there. After defeating an evil doppelganger, Kabur must now return to the city of his birth from which he was banished by his father, the King. The journey, however, is long and fraught with many perils! In this collection of three new episod...

Will the Towers prove true to their word and release Starlock? Will Homicron return in time to help her fellow Strangers? Will Atlantis fall as it was preordained? All our heroes are on stopping the evil Twilight Lord Kruge from using the all-powerful weapon Kera to rewrite the course of history. Starlock, Starcyb, Homicron, Tanka, Count Saint-Germain, Dick Demon, Kit Kappa, the Zorr-ko, the Time Brigade and more are fighting a hopeless batt...

Aliens, Blade Runner, Dune, Mad Max, Return of the Jedi, the Star Trek series, Blue Thunder, Cocoon, Enemy Mine, Robocop, 2010, War Games... these are all movies that defined science fiction films in the 1980s. But what was it like making these movies? This collection of in-depth interviews with the actors, writers, producers and directors takes you behind the scenes with the people who made these movies happen, including David Lynch, Kyle Mac...

The term "cataclysm" is defined as a large-scale, violent event in the natural world, or a sudden and equally violent political or social upheaval. Such concepts run throughout the history of the French roman scientifique-a genre that some might call proto-sf-from the 18th century to today. In this thematic collection we have gathered ten remarkable short stories by J.-H. Rosny Aîné, Camille Debans, René Pujol, Pierre Véron, Alfred Franklin, e...