The Red Gods Les Dieux Rouges

Vietnam and the Colonial Condition of French Literature explores an aspect of modern French literature that has been consistently overlooked in literary histories: the relationship between the colonies—their cultures, languages, and people—and formal shifts in French literary production. Starting from the premise that neither cultural identity nor cultural production can be pure or homogenous, Leslie Barnes initiates a new discourse on the French literary canon by examining the work of three iconic French writers with personal connections to Vietnam: André Malraux, Marguerite Duras, and Linda Lê. In a thorough investigation of the authors’ linguistic, metaphysical, and textual experiences of colonialism, Barnes articulates a new way of reading French literature: not as an inward-looking, homogenous, monolingual tradition, but rather as a tradition of intersecting and interdependent peoples, cultures, and experiences. One of the few books to focus on Vietnam’s position within francophone literary scholarship, Barnes challenges traditional concepts of French cultural identity and offers a new perspective on canonicity and the division between “French” and “francophone” literature.

First published in 2007. This work was composed under the direction of the author, Dr Bernard Heuvelmans, President of the International Society of Cryptozoology, before his death in 2001. The contents have been drawn from his various works, including unpublished manuscripts, as well as his scientific articles.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.

Part 1, Books, Group 1, v. 21 : Nos. 1 - 135 (Issued March, 1924 - April, 1925)

Les Dieux Rouges est à la fois un grand roman d'aventures et de science-fiction. Dans la pénombre d'une fumerie d'opium dans la ville chinoise de Cholon, près de Saïgon, Pierre de Lursac raconte sa formidable aventure avant de se tirer une balle dans la tête. Délire d'un esprit torturé, saturé de fumée bleue ? Et pourtant, le ton, les détails et les personnages sonnent si vrai, et puis cette fin tragique et cette main, ce cadeau macabre que Lursac laisse comme une preuve à la fin de son récit : Il était une fois, un jeune homme plein de vie nommé au fin fond du Laos dans le pays moï inconnu, pour commander le poste 32, isolé au pied du mont Pou-Khas...

Includes Part 1A: Books