Georges-Jean Arnaud (July 3, 1928 – April 26, 2020) was a French author.

Biography

Arnaud was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard,

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, Gard. He was first published in 1971 in the science fiction magazine ''

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'' from the French publisher Fleuve Noir with his story ''Les Croisés de Mara'' he Crusaders Of Mara This is the first volume of a trilogy entitled ''Chroniques de la Longue Séparation'' hronicles of the Long Separation in which a group of characters from the lost human colony of Mara, which had reverted to feudalism, rediscovered their origins and then embarked on a quest through space to find Earth. Arnaud is the author of more than three hundred novels of different genres, including espionage thrillers, detective fiction, science fiction, horror, erotic fiction, and mainstream literature. His espionage fiction includes two series of note: ''Luc Ferran'' (16 novels), written under the pseudonym of "Gil Darcy" for the publisher L'Arabesque between 1963 and 1969; and ''Le Commander'' for Fleuve Noir's magazine ''Espionnage'', with about thirty novels written between 1967 and 1980. Arnaud also wrote non-series espionage novels under the pseudonyms of "Saint-Gilles" and "Georges Murey" for Ferenczi (1958–60) and L'Arabesque (1957–65), and another fifty-odd novels under his own name for Fleuve Noir's ''Espionnage'' (1961–86). Arnaud's best known work is ''

La Compagnie des glaces ''La Compagnie des glaces'' ("The Ice Company") is a series of 97 post-apocalyptic science fiction novels by the French writer Georges-Jean Arnaud, published between 1980 and 2005. Its setting is the Earth of the far future, covered by ice and go ...

'' ("The Ice Company"), a

post-apocalyptic Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which the Earth's (or another planet's) civilization is collapsing or has collapsed. The apocalypse event may be climatic, such as runaway climate change; astro ...

science fiction novel series set in a new

ice age An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages and gree ...

where railway companies rule the world. ''La Compagnie des glaces'' was adapted during 2007 into a Canadian television series entitled ''

Grand Star ''Grand Star'' (''La Compagnie des Glaces'' in France) is a 2007 Canadian / French / Belgian Co-production (filmmaking), co-production science fiction television series loosely based on the novel series ''La Compagnie des glaces'' by the French ...

'', and inspired the Japanese

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and

manga Manga (Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is u ...

series ''

Overman King Gainer is an anime television series, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino, written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, and featuring character designs by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Kinu Nishimura and Ken'ichi Yoshida. The series ran from September 7, 2002 to March 22, 2003 on ...

'', which was distributed for 26 episodes from 2002 to 2003. The series also served as the basis for the computer game

Transarctica ''Transarctica'' (or ''Arctic Baron'') is a 1993 video game made by the French company Silmarils for the Amiga and ported to IBM PC compatibles, Atari ST, Macintosh and Atari Falcon. Plot The story is based on the post-apocalyptic science fiction ...

(North American title: Arctic Baron). The first novel was translated into English in 2010 as ''The Ice Company'' ().

Awards

His work earned a number of awards, including: * 1952 :

Prix du Quai des Orfèvres The Prix du Quai des Orfèvres is an annual French literature award created in 1946 by Jacques Catineau. It goes to an unpublished manuscript for a French-language police novel. The selected novel is then published by a major French publishing hous ...

for ''Ne tirez pas sur l'inspecteur'' * 1966 : Palme d'Or du roman d'espionnage for ''Les égarés'' * 1977 :

Prix Mystère de la critique The Prix Mystère de la critique was established in 1972 by ', published by from 1948 to 1976, and is one of the oldest French awards for a detective novel. It continues to be awarded each year by its founder, Georges Rieben and his team, and ha ...

for ''Enfantasme'' * 1988 : Prix Apollo for ''La Compagnie des glaces''

References

External links

Website and multiplayer game based on the universe of ''la compagnie des glaces''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnaud, Georges-Jean 1928 births 2020 deaths People from Saint-Gilles, Gard French science fiction writers French male novelists