Guieu, Jimmy
Entry updated 1 October 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of French author Henri René Guieu (1926-2000), who also wrote espionage novels as by Jimmy Quint, policiers as by Claude Rostaing, and juveniles as by Claude Vauzière; he also wrote as by Dominique Verseau. Much of his work, both fiction and nonfiction, was devoted to arguing for the existence of UFOs; his ufology texts, as well as his very numerous sf adventures (some of them written as Ties by other authors under his name), are listed very selectively below. The Jean Kariven sequence begins with Le Pionnier de l'atome ["The Pioneer of the Atom"] (1952), in which Earth is discovered to be a microcosm (see Great and Small; Pocket Universe) lodged within the knee of a vast highly sexed woman; the final six titles have been translated as The Polarian-Denebian War: 1: Operation Aphrodite (omni 2016) and The Polarian-Denebian War: 2: Space Commandos (omni 2016), all trans Michael Shreve [for individual French titles see Checklist below]. The Jerry Barclay sequence begins with Au-delà de l'infini ["Beyond Infinity"] (1952), a Space Opera with Fantastic Voyage elements, including the discovery of Utopian worlds, and Cosmological revelations about the shape of the universe as a whole. Aliens frequent Guieu's oeuvre as a whole, in keeping with his persistent adherence to versions of the notion that Homo sapiens are property of some advanced civilization, frequently from Mars (see Charles Fort); Paranoid Invasion plots are therefore common.
The Yolande sequence [selected titles only listed below] as by Verseau were Sex "romps" in Space Opera settings. [JC]
Henri René Guieu
born Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France: 19 March 1926
died La Chaussée-d'Ivry, Eure-et-Loir, France: 2 January 2000
works (highly selected)
series
Jean Kariven
- Le Pionnier de l'atome ["The Pioneer of the Atom"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1952) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- La dimension X ["Dimension X"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1953) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- Le monde oublé ["The Forgotten World"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1954) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- Nous les Martiens ["We the Martians"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1954) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- La spirale du temps ["The Time Spiral"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1954) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- L'homme de l'espace ["The Man from Outer Space"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1954) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- Opération Aphrodite ["Operation Aphrodite"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1955) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- The Polarian-Denebian War: 1: Operation Aphrodite (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2016) [omni: trans by Michael Shreve of the above three: Jean Kariven: pb/Genkis]
- Commandos de l'espace ["Space Commandos"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1955) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- Nos ancêtres de l'avenir ["Our Ancestors from the Future"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1956) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- Prisonniers du passé ["Prisoners of the Past"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1956) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jean Kariven: pb/René Brantonne]
- The Polarian-Denebian War: 2: Space Commandos (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2016) [omni: trans by Michael Shreve of the above three: Jean Kariven: pb/Genkis]
Jerry Barclay
- Au-delà de l'infini ["Beyond Infinity"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1952) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jerry Barclay: pb/René Brantonne]
- L'invasion de la Terre ["The Invasion of Earth"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1952) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jerry Barclay: pb/René Brantonne]
- Hantise sur le Monde ["Obsession over the World"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1953) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jerry Barclay: pb/René Brantonne]
- L'univers vivant ["The Living Universe"] (Paris: Fleuve Noir, 1953) [in the publisher's Anticipation series: Jerry Barclay: pb/René Brantonne]
Yolande
- Yolande et les voluptées cosmiques ["Yolande and the Cosmic Pleasures"] (Paris: Python, 1971) as by Dominique Verseau [Yolande: pb/]
- Éros à l'infini (Paris: Redon, 1972) as by Dominique Verseau [rev vt of the above: Yolande: pb/]
- Yolanda: The Girl from the Erosphere (New York: Grove Press, 1975) as by Dominique Verseau [trans by Sam Flores of the above: Yolande: pb/FMA]
- Éros à l'infini (Paris: Redon, 1972) as by Dominique Verseau [rev vt of the above: Yolande: pb/]
- Yolande et la planète aux supplices ["Yolande and the Torture Planet"] (Paris: Python, 1971) as by Dominique Verseau [Yolande: pb/]
- Les Esclaves de l'Espace (Paris: Redon, 1972) as by Dominique Verseau [rev vt of the above: Yolande: pb/]
- Yolanda: Slaves of Space (New York: Grove Press, 1976) as by Dominique Verseau [trans by Sam Flores of the above: Yolande: pb/FMA]
- Les Esclaves de l'Espace (Paris: Redon, 1972) as by Dominique Verseau [rev vt of the above: Yolande: pb/]
about the author
- Bradford Lyau. The Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction: Stepchildren of Voltaire (Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company, 2011) [nonfiction: pp 76-93: pb/Wood River Gallery]
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