Gérard Klein (born 1937), known also as Gilles , is a French science fiction writer with

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training. He is the editor of the prestigious science fiction series '' Ailleurs et Demain'' published by Robert Laffont and of the

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science-fiction imprint. In his novella ''Les virus ne parlent pas'' ("The viruses do not speak"), he imagines that viruses have created all living beings in the same fashion that human beings have created computers, and for the same reason: to improve their efficiency. Klein used the pseudonym "Gilles d'Argyre" for his novels published by Editions

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for their series ''Anticipation''. Several of his novels were published in translation by DAW Books in the United States.

Bibliography

* ''Agent Galactique'' alactic Agent(under the pseudonym of Mark Starr) (1958) * ''Embûches dans l'Espace'' mbushes in Space(co-written with Richard Chomet & Patrice Rondard under the pseudonym of François Pagery) (1958) * ''Le Gambit des Étoiles'' (1958; transl. as ''Starmasters' Gambit'', 1973) * ''Les Perles du Temps'' he Pearls of Time(1958) * ''Chirurgiens d'une Planète'' he Planet Surgeons(under the pseudonym of Gilles d'Argyre) (1960); revised as ''Le Rêve des Forêts'' Dream of Forests(1987), Argyre's saga volume 1 * ''Les Voiliers du Soleil'' he Solar Sailors(under the pseudonym of Gilles d'Argyre) (1961), Argyre's saga volume 2 * ''Le Temps n'a pas d'Odeur'' ime Has No Scent(1963; transl. as ''The Day Before Tomorrow'', 1972) * ''Le Long Voyage'' he Long Journey(under the pseudonym of Gilles d'Argyre) (1964), Argyre's saga volume 3 * ''Les Tueurs de Temps'' he Time Killers(under the pseudonym of Gilles d'Argyre) (1965; transl. as ''The Mote in Time's Eye'', 1975) * ''Un Chant de Pierre'' Song of Stone(1966) * ''Le Sceptre du Hasard'' he Scepter of Chance(under the pseudonym of Gilles d'Argyre) (1968) * ''Les Seigneurs de la Guerre'' (1971; transl. by John Brunner as ''The Overlords of War'', 1973) * ''La Loi du Talion'' he Law of Retaliation(1973) * ''Histoires Comme Si...'' tories As If...(1975)

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