''Babylon Babies'' is the third novel by French-born Canadian writer
Maurice G. Dantec
Maurice Georges Dantec (; 13 June 1959 – 25 June 2016) was a French-born Canadian science fiction writer and musician.
Biography
Dantec was born in Grenoble, France, the son of a journalist and a seamstress. He grew up primarily in Ivry-sur-Se ...
, published in 1999. It follows ''
La Sirène rouge
''La Sirène rouge'' (''The Red Siren'') is a 1993 crime novel by the French writer Maurice G. Dantec. It tells the story of a girl who confesses to the police that her mother is a dangerous murderer, and is joined by a former soldier as she goes ...
'' (1993) and ''
Les Racines du mal
''Les Racines du mal'' (''The Roots Of Evil'') is a 1995 crime novel by the French writer Maurice G. Dantec. Set in the near future, it tells the story of a knowledge engineer who is brought in by the police to find a group of serial killers. He ...
'' (1995).
Plot
Set in 2013, the main character, Hugo Cornelius Toorop (hero of ''The Red Siren''), is a
mercenary whose mission is to escort a young woman with
schizophrenia, Marie Zorn, from
Siberia to
Quebec on behalf of a
sect. It appears that the young woman is the
surrogate mother of
twins, representing the next stage of
human evolution.
Publication
The novel was published by
Gallimard on 12 March 1999 in the collection La Noire. A paperback edition was then published on 4 April 2001 in the collection Folio SF.
Film adaptation
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz (; born 3 August 1967) is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He is the founder of MNP Entreprise, a film production company. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They ...
and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel with financing from
StudioCanal and
Twentieth Century Fox.
Vin Diesel was cast to play the lead.
See also
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The Red Siren
References
External links
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1999 Canadian novels
Cyberpunk novels
Canadian science fiction novels
Fiction set in 2013
Canadian novels adapted into films
Novels by Maurice G. Dantec
Science fiction novels adapted into films
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