Interview : Emilie Querbalec
An interview with Emilie Querbalec, author of the soon to be released Quitter les monts d’Automne
Nécrologie : GJ Arnaud: 03/07/1928 – 26/04/2020
French novelist GJ Arnaud has passed.
Jean Christophe Gapdy, un auteur en phase ascendante
An interview with French author Jean Christophe Gapdy, including a brief discussion of “Francofuturism”
Jean Bury, auteur de SF et citoyen du monde
An interview with author Jean Bury
Les chasseurs noirs de Jean Bury
A review of an overlooked novel dealing with the issue of child soldiers.
Quelques small presse de plus
Small presses are picking up the genre mantle in France.
Francis Carsac
Frances Carsac, French author, scientist, on the advent of his 100th birthday.
Les prix en 2018
A round up of French SF/F Awards presented in 2018
Nécrologie : Hugues Douriaux
The French author Hugues Douriaux died this past November.
Les small press de 2018
French small presses pick up the slack in genre when the publishers fail to create imprints.
Les éditeurs régionaux se lancent dans l’imaginaire
Two traditional publishing houses in France that have eschewed genre previously now embrace it.
Nécrologie : Daniel Walther
French SF author Daniel Walther has died.
La compagnie des Glaces
The Company of Glaciers, Georges Jean Arnaud’s epic 86 volume series (and counting)
L’équilibre de l’extinction d’Arnauld Pontier
The sequel to F.E.L.I.N.E., a fine balance of the love of science fiction and popular culture
Les prix en 2017
It’s award season here, and it’s award season in France, too! Romain Lucazeau wins best novel for Latium.
Les états généraux de l’imaginaire
A report on the discussions at Utopiales de Namtes
Les littératures de l’imaginaire et le jeu de rôle en France
While there have been French fantasy authors who started playing and/or writing about Role Playing Games, the connection is complicated.
Wordcon day 2/día 2 (bilingual post)
Videos & pics from Worldcon 75! (Tanya confesses to being a bit overwhelmed)
Les femmes dans la SF française
A look at the way French female science fiction writers have struggled to gain acceptance over decades.
Rencontre avec les éditions Hydralune
An interview with Hydralune, a collective of nine French authors of speculative fiction.
Les nouvelles small press
An overview of new small presses that publish in French that have been established since the beginning of 2015.
Les auteurs de Fleuve Noir Anticipation
Fabien Lyraud gives an overview of some of the French science fiction authors who were published by the Anticipation imprint of Fleuve Noir.
La collection Anticipation
Fabien Lyraud gives a brief overview of Anticipation, a collection of short novels published by Black River that focused on science fiction written in French.
L’année 2015 en prix
A roundup of French Literary Awards for genre fiction
Les bandes dessinées françaises de space opera
Fabien continues his series on French Space Opera by taking a look at popular series.
Décès d’Ayerdahl
Marc Soulier, french SF author of Rainbow Warriors and space opera, dead at 56
Le space opera en France
Meet France’s answer to Captain Future – Bruno Coqdor – in this overview of French space opera
Les auteurs majeurs des années 2000
A profile of major French authors of the 2000s.
Les grands auteurs : les années 80
Profiles of the greatest French authors of the 1980s
Bilan 2014 : récapitulatif des prix
What are the French giving awards to? Here’s a roundup