Les Univers De… Michael Moorcock
Avon/Fontainebleau: Bélial’, 2002 (July) trade-sized paperback;
title translates as “The Universes Of… Michael Moorcock”;
edited by Pierre-Paul Durastanti;
original price: 25 €;
164 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 2-2913039-19-7;
cover artist: Guillaume Sorel;
illustrated by Olivier Frasier & Patrice Pellerin.
Les Univers De… Michael Moorcock is an original French collection of short fiction & non-fiction — “hors série de la revue Bifrost” (“special edition of the magazine Bifrost”) — with no English-language equivalent.
Contents:-
p. 2: ‘Editorial’ (non-fiction) by Pierre-Paul Durastanti;
p. 5: ‘Interstyles’ title page, illustrated by Patrice Pellerin;
p. 6: ‘Un Plus Grand Conquérant’ (‘The Greater Conqueror’), illustrated by Olivier Frasier, translated by Mélanie Fazi;
p. 48: ‘La Bête D’Amour’ (‘The Lovebeast’), illustrated by Frasier, translated by René Beaulieu;
p. 60: ‘Mars’, illustrated by Frasier, translated by Durastanti;
p. 78: ‘Les Oiseaux Lunaires’ (‘The Birds Of The Moon’), illustrated by Frasier, translated by Durastanti;
p. 90: ‘Carnets Du Bords’ (‘Logbooks’) title page;
p. 90: ‘Michael Moorcock: Sa Vie, Ses Œuvres’ (‘Michael Moorcock: His Life, His Works’) (non-fiction) by John Clute, translated by Sara Doke;
p. 96: ‘New Worlds: Des Nouveaux Mondes Pour L’Imaginaire’ (‘New Worlds: New Worlds For The Imagination’) (non-fiction) by Moorcock, translated by Noé Gaillard;
p. 112: ‘Les Mille Et Un Visages Du Champion Éternel: Elric Et Consorts En Bande Dessinée’ (‘The Thousand And One Faces Of The Eternal Champion: Elric And Company in Comics’) (non-fiction) by Philippe Paygnard;
p. 120: ‘Bibliographie Des Œuvres De Fiction De Michael John Moorcock (18 Décembre 1939 –)’ (‘Bibliography Of The Fiction Of Michael John Moorcock (18 December 1939 –’) (non-fiction) by Durastanti & Quarante-Deux;
p. 137: ‘Petit Guide De Lecture À L’Usage De L’Explorateur Moorcockien: Parcour D’Œuvre(s)’ (‘A Short Reading Guide For The Moorcockian Explorer: A Journey Through Works’) (non-fiction) by Bruno Para, Pascal Patoz, Pascal J. Thomas, Gaillard, Jean-Pierre Lion, P.J. G. Mergey & Sylvie Burigana.
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