Ruellan, André
Entry updated 23 October 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1922-2016) French medical doctor and author, usually as by Kurt Steiner, though sometimes as by Kurt Wargar or André Louvigny, and intermittently under his own name. Most of his early work is horror, and has not been translated; among his works of sf interest is the Ortog sequence comprising Aux Armes d'Ortog ["Ortog's Call to Arms"] (1960) and Ortog et les Ténèbres ["Ortog and the Shadows"] (1969), both assembled as Ortog (omni trans Brian Stableford 2010), a Science Fantasy epic set in a future Earth featuring space travel in a Medieval Futurism frame. Ruellan remained active well into the twenty-first century. [JC]
see also: France.
André Ruellan
born Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France: 7 August 1922
died Paris: 10 November 2016
works (highly selected)
series
Ortog
- Aux Armes d'Ortog (Paris: Anticipation, 1960) as by Kurt Steiner [Ortog: pb/René Brantonne]
- Ortog et les Ténèbres ["Ortog and the Shadows"] (Paris: Anticipation, 1969) as by Kurt Steiner [Ortog: pb/Gaston De Sainte-Croix]
- Ortog (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2010) as by Kurt Steiner [omni trans by Brian Stableford of the above two: Ortog: pb/David Seeley]
The Books of Anguish
- Lumiére de Sang ["Blood Light"] (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1958) as by Kurt Steiner [The Books of Anguish: pb/M Gourdon]
- Dans un Manteau de Brume ["In a Cloak of Mist"] (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1959) as by Kurt Steiner [The Books of Anguish: pb/M Gourdon]
- Blood Light (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2023) as by Kurt Steiner [omni of the above two: trans by Sheryl Curtis of the above two: The Books of Anguish: pb/Mariusz Gandzel]
- Mortefontaine (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1959) as by Kurt Steiner [The Books of Anguish: pb/M Gourdon]
- Le Suile due Vide ["Threshold of the Void"] (Paris: Éditions Fleuve Noir/Anticipation, 1956) as by Kurt Steiner [The Books of Anguish: pb/M Gourdon]
- Mortefontaine (Encino, California: Hollywood Comics/Black Coat Press, 2023) as by Kurt Steiner [omni of the above two: trans by Sheryl Curtis of the above two: The Books of Anguish: pb/Mariusz Gandzel]
individual titles
- Le 32 juillet ["The Thirty-Second of July"] (Paris: Anticipation, 1959) as by Kurt Steiner [pb/René Brantonne]
- Les Improbables (Paris: Anticipation, 1965) as by Kurt Steiner [pb/René Brantonne]
- The Improbables (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2023) as by Kurt Steiner [coll/omni of the above two: trans by Michael Shreve: pb/Phil Cohen]
- Les Enfants de l'Histoire ["The Children of History"] (Paris: Anticipation, 1969) as by Kurt Steiner [pb/Gaston De Sainte-Croix]
- Brebis Galeuses ["Black Sheep"] (Paris: Anticipation, 1969) as by Kurt Steiner [pb/René Brantonne]
- Black Sheep (Encino, California: Black Coat Press, 2023) as by Kurt Steiner [coll/omni of the above two: trans by Michael Shreve: pb/Phil Cohen]
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