Barbet, Pierre
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of Dr Claude Pierre Marie Avice (1925-1995), French author, under his real name a pharmacist and an expert on bionics; he also used the pseudonyms David Maine and Olivier Sprigel. A highly prolific if derivative popular writer of sf from his first publication, of sf interest, Vers un Avenir Perdu ["Towards a Lost Future"] (1962), Barbet published dozens of novels over the next 30 years, ending his career with L'Ere du Spatiopithèque ["The Era of the Spatiopithecus"] (1991); a portion of this large oeuvre appeared in English: Les grognards d'Éridan (1970; trans Stanley Hochman as The Napoleons of Eridanus 1976) and its sequel L'Empereur d'Éridan (1982; trans Stanley Hochman as The Emperor of Eridanus 1983), which make up a series of Space Operas based on Napoleon; the Alternate History tale L'empire du Baphomet (1971; trans Bernard Kay as Baphomet's Meteor 1972), in which an Alien introduces Nuclear Energy to medieval Europe, is also assembled with Croisade Stellaire (1974; trans C J Cherryh as "Stellar Crusade" in Cosmic Crusaders [omni 1980 US]); Liane de Noldaz (1973; trans Stanley Hochman as The Joan-of-Arc Replay 1978); A quoi songent les psyborgs? (1971; trans Wendayne Ackerman as Games Psyborgs Play 1973); La planète enchantée (1973; trans C J Richards as The Enchanted Planet 1975). [MJ]
Dr Claude Pierre Marie Avice
born Le Mans, France: 16 May 1925
died Paris: 20 July 1995
works (translated works only)
series
Eridanus
- Les grognards d'Éridan (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1970) [Eridanus: pb/Gaston de Sainte-Croix]
- The Napoleons of Eridanus (New York: DAW Books, 1976) [trans by Stanley Hochman of above: Eridanus: pb/Karel Thole]
- L'Empereur d'Éridan (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1982) [Eridanus: pb/Peter Elson]
- The Emperor of Eridanus (New York: DAW Books, 1976) [trans by Stanley Hochman of above: Eridanus: pb/Victoria Poyser]
Baphomet
- L'empire du Baphomet (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1971) [Baphomet: pb/Gaston de Sainte-Croix]
- Baphomet's Meteor (New York: DAW Books, 1972) [trans by Bernard Kay of above: Baphomet: pb/Karel Thole]
- Croisade Stellaire (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1974) [Baphomet: pb/René Brantonne]
- "Stellar Crusade" in Cosmic Crusaders (New York: DAW Books, 1980) [omni of this title and Baphomet's Meteor: trans by C J Cherryh of above: Baphomet: pb/Oliviero Berni]
individual titles
- A quoi songent les psyborgs? (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1971) [pb/Gaston De Sainte-Croix]
- Games Psyborgs Play (New York: DAW Books, 1973) [trans by Wendayne Ackerman of above: pb/George Barr]
- La planète enchantée (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1973) [pb/Gaston De Sainte-Croix]
- The Enchanted Planet (New York: DAW Books, 1975) [trans by C J Richards of above: pb/Michael Whelan]
- Liane de Noldaz (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1973) [pb/René Brantonne]
- The Joan-of-Arc Replay (New York: DAW Books, 1978) [trans by Stanley Hochman of above: pb/Karel Thole]
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