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Gérard Klein


Born
in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
May 27, 1937

Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


Gérard Klein (born 1937), known also as Gilles , is a French science fiction writer with sociological entrenamiento.

He is the editor of the prestigious science fiction series Ailleurs et Demain published by Robert Laffont and of the Le Livre de Poche science-fiction imprint.

In his novella Les virus ne parlent pas ("The viruses do not speak"), he imagines that viruses have created all living beings in the same fashion that human beings have created computers, and for the same reason: to improve their efficiency.

Gérard Klein used the pseudonym "Gilles d'Argyre" for his novels published by Editions Fleuve Noir for their series Anticipation.

Several of his novels were published in translation by DAW Books in the United States. ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 2,427 ratings · 286 reviews · 130 distinct works • Similar authors
The Overlords of War
3.74 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 1970 — 34 editions
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Starmaster's Gambit
3.61 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1958 — 16 editions
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Le Sceptre du hasard
3.26 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1968 — 6 editions
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The Day Before Tomorrow
3.38 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1963 — 12 editions
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The Mote in Time's Eye
3.54 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1965 — 11 editions
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Histoires de Robots
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3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions
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Histoires de mutants
3.41 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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La Loi Du Talion
3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions
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Le Rêve des Forêts (La Saga...
3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions
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“They Seldom spoke, buried as they were under the weight of memories, crushed by experience.”
― Gérard Klein, starmasters' Gambit
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