Gayar, Henri
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(? -?1937) French author who has not yet been identified; the date of death here given is speculative, and Henri Gayar may be a pseudonym. Under various insignificantly varied forms of this name, the author was active from around 1899 to 1937; he also wrote as by Cyrius. Aventures merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal sur la planète Mars (1908) and its direct continuation Aventures merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal: Les Robinsons de la planète Mars (1908), both trans Brian Stableford as The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars (2014) [for further details see Checklist], is a Planetary Romance set on Mars, the protagonist travelling there in a capsule propelled by mystical Psi Powers. In his introduction, Stableford notes various similarities between this tale and simultaneous novels by Jean de La Hire and Gustave Le Rouge, suggesting that the three authors were competing with each other, perhaps in a friendly manner. [JC]
Henri Gayar
born
died ?1937
works
- Aventures merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal sur la planète Mars (Paris: L Laumonier et Cie, 1908) [binding unknown/]
- Aventures merveilleuses de Serge Myrandhal: Les Robinsons de la planète Mars (Paris: L Laumonier et Cie, 1908) [binding unknown/]
- Les Robinsons de la planète Mars, roman d'aventures ["The Robinsons of the Planet Mars"] (Paris: Jules Tallandier, 1927) as by Cyrius [recension and recasting of the above two: first appeared 1925 Le Magasin Illustré: pb/]
- The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2014) [one novel in two parts: trans by Brian Stableford of the above two: pb/David Lecossu]
- La Fille des Incas ["Daughter of the Incas"] (Paris: Jules Tallandier, 1932) [binding unknown/]
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