Tag: fiction
Debt, pensions: “In France, financial fiction dominates economic reality”
The excesses of easy money and the illusion of the benefits of debt, Jacques de Larosière has been denouncing them for ages. Financial crises, he managed the sometimes dramatic consequences…
You might think it’s straight out of a science fiction movie, but it’s real! Here is the manned ‘flying saucer’ introduced in China
You might think the images of the UFO-like flying saucer are straight out of a science fiction movie. But these images are real! According to the information conveyed by Reuters;…
Science fiction: the 10 best post-apocalyptic novels
THE NOVELTY SWAN SONG, by Robert McCammon (1987) Robert McCammon’s must-have finally published in France. © / Mr. Toussaint Louverture They did it ! The nuclear apocalypse has destroyed the…
Literature: in search of density in fiction, with Kossi Efoui
A man of the theatre, but also a short story writer and novelist, the Togolese Kossi Efoui likes to say that he writes “to save his life”. Exiled in France…
Michèle Gazier, fiction is quite a novel
The novelist Michèle Gazier publishes “Les silences d’Alexandrie”, published by Mercure de France. A novel designed as a tribute to literature and animated by characters who take the reader between…
Elon Musk seen by Kim Stanley Robinson: “His Martian dream is bad science fiction”
Kim Stanley Robinson could have invented Musk: in a soberly titled short story Elon, the author would have told the story of a somewhat perched engineer, who became captain of…
These are the 9 dumbest Tarantino characters – 3 places go to Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino created some of the most memorable characters in film history. But how smart are his cult characters actually? Hans Landa from Inglourious Basterds is as perceptive as he…
Fan fiction author is suing Amazon and Tolkien’s heirs for $250 million
A fan story is said to have been the origin of Amazon’s “Rings of Power” series. That could cost $250 million now. The Amazon series “The Rings of Power” from…
Elaborate science fiction thriller that travels into the mind of a serial killer with unforgettable images
Dahmer, You, Dexter and Co.: Many can’t get enough of serial killer stories. If you want to experience an original approach with a star cast, you should check out Amazon…
Houellebecq, his wife, porn, his trial… When reality catches up with fiction
A year earlier, in February 2022, Hélène Carrère d’Encausse called Michel Houellebecq, “visionary” according to her, at the French Academy. At the same time in the very serious Review of…