Michel Jeury

Michel Jeury (23 January 1934 – 9 January 2015) was a French science fiction writer, reputed in the 1970s. He also used the pseudonym of Albert Higon.

Biography

Michel Jeury was born in Razac-d'Eymet.

He began writing science fiction under the pseudonym of Albert Higon and penned two space operas for the ''Rayon Fantastique'' imprint of publishers Hachette and Gallimard: ''Aux Étoiles du Destin'' estiny's Stars(1960), featuring a cosmic battle between the alien races: the T’Loons and the incomprehensible Glutons, and ''La Machine du Pouvoir'' he Machine Of Power(1960), which won the 1960 Jules Verne Award.

Jeury returned to the French science fiction scene with the Philip K. Dick-inspired ''Chronolysis'' e Temps incertain(1973 - English translation: 1980) and ''Les Singes du Temps'' he Time Monkeys(1974): both taking place in the same universe, they made him one of the most important writers in the French science fiction scene of the 1970s. Both novels dealt with time travel and its manipulation through the use of “chronolytic” drugs. Their protagonists were “psychronauts”, helpless explorers of a confusing, multidimensional universe, facing threats from alternate universes.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Jeury continued to produce a number of original novels. ''Le Territoire Humain'' he Human Territory(1979) featured an oasis of humanity existing on the borders of a dehumanized megastate. ''Les Yeux Géants'' he Giant Eyes(1980) theorized that modern-day UFOs are but projections of mankind's collective unconscious. ''L'Orbe et la Roue '' he Orb And The Wheel(1982) featured a twenty-thousand-year-old rebel brought back to life in a far future, when the entire solar system had become a giant Dyson sphere, controlled by the rival powers of the Orb (its Lords) and the Wheel (its cosmic engineers).

In 1979, Jeury became a regular contributor to Fleuve Noir's ''Anticipation'' imprint, for which he wrote a total of 19 novels between 1980 and 1992. The first, ''Les Îles de la Lune'' he Islands Of The Moon(1979), started an interconnected book series that developed elements that had already been hinted at in the earlier works, progressively building the notion of a “Jeury Universe” that included "chronolysis", space islands, history being manipulated by the "geoprogrammers", etc. That same universe was further developed in the trilogy of the ''Colmateurs'' he Pluggers starting in 1981 with ''Cette Terre'' hat Earth This ambitious series told the story of a pandimensional corps of monitors set up by the mysterious “geoprogrammers” to “plug” holes between alternate Earths. Their enemies are the equally mysterious “Brownians” who attempt to open such holes and facilitate interworld travel. The ''Colmateurs'' series was arguably Jeury's masterpiece, combining strong, dramatic characters, tightly-paced narration, cutting-edge science and epic conflicts on a truly mind-boggling scope.

The series was left unfinished when, in the late 1980s, Jeury turned to writing a number of mainstream best-selling novels about life in his native southwestern France at the turn of the century.

Selected bibliography

* ''Aux Étoiles du Destin'' estiny's Stars(As Albert Higon) (1960)
* ''La Machine du Pouvoir'' he Machine Of Power(As Albert Higon) (1960)
* ''Le Temps Incertain'' he Uncertain Time(1973) - translated (U.S.) as:''Chronolysis'' (1980)
* ''Les Singes du Temps'' he Time Monkeys(1974)
* ''Soleil Chaud, Poisson des Profondeurs'' arm Sun, Fish From The Deep(1976)
* ''Les Animaux de Justice'' he Justice Animals(As Albert Higon) (1976)
* ''Le Jour des Voies'' he Day Of The Ways(As Albert Higon) (1977)
* ''L'Empire du Peuple'' he People's Empire(As Albert Higon, with Pierre Marlson) (1977)
* ''Le Sablier Vert'' he Green Hourglass(1977)
* ''Le Monde du Lignus'' he World Of The Lignus(1978)
* ''Poney-Dragon'' (1978)
* ''Les Enfants de Mord'' he Children Of Mord(1979)
* ''L'Univers-Ombre'' he Shadow Universe(1979)
* ''Le Territoire Humain'' he Human Territory(1979)
* ''Les Îles de la Lune'' he Islands Of The Moon(1979)
* ''Les Écumeurs du Silence'' he Reavers Of Silence(1980)
* ''Le Sombre Eclat'' he Dark Shining(1980)
* ''Le Seigneur de l'Histoire'' he Lord Of History(1980)
* ''Les Yeux Géants'' he Giant Eyes(1980)
* ''Cette Terre'' hat Earth(1981)
* ''La Sainte Espagne Programmée'' he Holy Programmed Spain(1981)
* ''Les Hommes-Processeurs'' he Processor Men(1981)
* ''Le Vol du Serpent'' he Flight Of The Serpent(1982)
* ''La Planète du Jugement'' he Planet Of Judgment(1982)
* ''Goer-le-Renard'' oer-The-Fox(1982)
* ''L'Orbe et la Roue'' he Orb And The Wheel(1982)
* ''Les Tours Divines'' he Divine Towers(1983)
* ''Quand le Temps Soufflera'' hen Time Blows(1983)
* ''Vers l'Âge d'Or'' owards The Golden Age(1983)
* ''L'Île Bleue'' he Blue Island(With Jean-Claude Guidicelli) (1983)
* ''L'Anaphase du Diable'' he Devil's Anaphase(1984)
* ''Les Louves Debout'' he She-Wolves Standing(1984)
* ''Les Démons de Jerusalem'' he Demons Of Jerusalem(1985)
* ''Le Dernier Paradis'' he Last Paradise(1985)
* ''Les Survivants du Paradis'' he Survivors From Paradise(1985)
* ''La Marée d'Or'' he Golden Tide(1985)
* ''Le Jeu du Monde'' he World Game(1985)
* ''La Croix et la Lionne'' he Cross And The She-Lion(1986)
* ''Aux Yeux la Lune'' he Eyes Of The Moon(1988)
* ''Les Mondes Furieux'' he Angry Worlds(1988)
* ''La Chimère Infernale'' he Infernal Chimera(As Albert Higon) (1992)
* ''Le Vaisseau-Démon'' he Demon-Ship(As Albert Higon) (1992)

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1934 births
2015 deaths
French science fiction writers
French psychological fiction writers
People from Dordogne
French male novelists
20th-century French novelists
20th-century French male writers