Anticipation Novelists of 1950s French Science Fiction

Bradford Lyau has taught at various universities in California and Europe. He has published several academic articles analyzing science fiction and is a lifelong traveler to historical sites. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Foreword by George Slusser      Introduction      One. Background      Two. The Moderates      F. Richard-Bessière      M.A. Rayjean      Kemmel      Chapter Summary      Three. The Extremist      Jimmy Guieu      Four. The Conservatives      Stefan Wul      Maurice Limat      Peter Randa      Kurt Steiner      Chapter Summary      Five. The Radicals      Jean-Gaston Vandel      B.R. Bruss      Chapter Summary      Six. A Last Word      Gilles D’argyre      Seven. Conclusion      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“recommend it...should be acquired by all libraries sporting even a modest collection of SF criticism and history...students of twentieth-century French cultural history simply must consult this work”—Extrapolation; “remarkable”—Science Fiction Studies.