Gérard Klein
Illustration — Gérard Klein, Utopiales 2011 Gérard Klein (born 1937) is a French economist and science fiction writer. He has published under pseudonyms, such as Gilles d'Argyre and Mark Starr, as well as under the collective pseudonym François Pagery. His best known works are Starmaster's Gambit, The Day Before Tomorrow, and The Overlords of War, which was translated into English by the British science fiction author John Brunner.
Also recorded as Gilles d'Argyre · Gerard Klein · Mark Starr
Gérard Klein
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- Born
- 1937 · Neuilly-sur-Seine.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- writer · economist · publisher · translator
- Fields
- economics · creative and professional writing · science fiction · science fiction literature
- Education
- Sciences Po · Institut de Psychologie
- Honours
- Pilgrim Award · Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story
- Languages
- French · English
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Illustration — Gérard Klein, Utopiales 2011 Gérard Klein (born 1937) is a French economist and science fiction writer. He has published under pseudonyms, such as Gilles d'Argyre and Mark Starr, as well as under the collective pseudonym François Pagery. His best known works are Starmaster's Gambit, The Day Before Tomorrow, and The Overlords of War, which was translated into English by the British science fiction author John Brunner.
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As Mark Starr
As Mark Starr
Since 1969, Klein has been the editor of the influential science fiction series Ailleurs et Demain published by Robert Laffont, in addition to overseeing the Le Livre de Poche science fiction imprint since 1986. Four of his novels have been published in translation by DAW Books in the United States.
Gérard Klein studied at Sciences Po and Institut de Psychologie. The recorded working language is French and English. The field of work recorded is economics, creative and professional writing and science fiction. Employment is recorded with Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations. Distinctions recorded are Pilgrim Award and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story.
• Agent Galactique [Galactic Agent] (1958). Serialized novel in six parts published in Satellite between January and September 1958.
As François Pagery (Patrice Rondard, Gérard Klein and Richard Chomet)
As François Pagery (Patrice Rondard, Gérard Klein and Richard Chomet)
• Embûches dans l'espace [Ambushes in Space] (1958)
As Gérard Klein
As Gérard Klein
• Les Perles du temps [The Pearls of Time] (1958) • Le Gambit des étoiles (1958). Starmasters' Gambit, trans. C. J. Richards (DAW Books, 1973) • Le temps n'a pas d'odeur [Time Has No Scent] (1963). The Day Before Tomorrow, trans. P. J. Sokolowski (DAW Books, 1972) • Un chant de pierre [A Song of Stone] (1966) • Les Seigneurs de la guerre (roman) (1970). The Overlords of War, trans. John Brunner (Doubleday, 1973; DAW Books, 1974) • La Loi du talion [The Law of Retaliation] (1973) • Histoires comme si... [Stories As If...] (1975)
As Gilles d'Argyre
As Gilles d'Argyre
• Chirurgiens d'une planète [The Planet Surgeons] (1960); revised as Le Rêve des Forêts [A Dream of Forests] (1987), Argyre's saga volume 1 • Les Voiliers du soleil [The Solar Sailors] (1961), Argyre's saga volume 2 • Le Long voyage [The Long Journey] (1964), Argyre's saga volume 3 • Les Tueurs de temps [The Time Killers] (1965). The Mote in Time's Eye, trans. C. J. Richards (DAW Books, 1975) • Le Sceptre du hasard [The Scepter of Chance] (1968)
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Gilles d'Argyre, Gerard Klein and Mark Starr. His recorded languages were French and English.
Career and activity
Career and activity
Gérard Klein worked in economics, creative and professional writing, science fiction, science fiction literature and urban planning. He was employed by Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations.
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Gérard Klein is recorded as having received Pilgrim Award and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story.
photograph taken at the 2015 edition of the "Utopiales" of Nantes.
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1937
Gérard Klein born at Neuilly-sur-Seine.
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Gérard Klein received Pilgrim Award and Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best French-Language Short Story.
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- 1.Utopiales - Festival International de Science-fiction. utopiales.org via Wikiwix.
- 2.Le pseudonyme de Pagery est composé des syllabes initiales des prénoms de Patrice Rondard, Gérard Klein et Richard Chomet.
- 3.La revue Fiction mentionne ce pseudonyme pourtant déjà transparent, obligeant Gérard Klein, pour des raisons contractuelles, à demander à celle-ci un démenti précisant que « Gilles d'Argyre n'a rien à voir avec Gérard Klein »
- 4.david.latapie.name/blog/1873-v….
- 5.Le Livre des préfaces, textes réunis par Ellen Herzfeld et Dominique Martel, 1233 p., Le Livre de poche, 2021
- 6.Gérard Klein, mutation de la préface, Frédérique Roussel, 30 décembre 2021, dans Libération.
- 7.Pages Françaises de Science-Fiction.
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