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Henri René Guieu (19 March 1926 – 2 January 2000) was a
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writer and ufologist, who published primarily with the pseudonym Jimmy Guieu. He occasionally used other pseudonyms as well, including ''Claude Vauzière'' for a
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series, ''Jimmy G. Quint'' (with Georges Pierquin) for a number of espionage novels, ''Claude Rostaing'' for two detective novels and ''Dominique Verseau'' for six
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novels.


Overview

Guieu was one of the authors published by Fleuve Noir company's ''
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'' science fiction imprint. His first novel, ''Le Pionnier de l'Atome'' he Pioneer of the Atom(1952), concerned a journey into the microcosmos through
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powers. With his second novel, ''Au-delà de l'Infini'' eyond Infinity(1952), Guieu introduced the character of American
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''Jerry Barclay'' and reversed the theme. This time, it was our universe that was a microcosmos contained within the knee of a beautiful woman from a macrocosmos. Guieu continued the ''Jerry Barclay'' series for three more books. With ''La Dimension X'' imension X(1953) and ''Nous les Martiens'' e The Martians(1954), Guieu introduced a new hero:
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''Jean Kariven''. In the ''Kariven'' series, Guieu began to explore his favorite themes such as
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-like theories of ancient astronauts,
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, lost civilizations and
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. Throughout his novels he featured footnotes claiming that the various facts upon which he was basing his tales were indeed "authentic". In ''Nous les Martiens'' e The Martians Kariven discovers that, during the remote past, men had emigrated to Earth from
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. Eight more Kariven novels were published subsequently, often pitting good
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from
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versus evil aliens from
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with Earth secretly caught in the middle. ''Univers Parallèles'' arallel Universesfeatured a
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with Jerry Barclay. Guieu continued to exploit his UFO and occult theme with increasing success. After the ''Kariven'' series, he published a number of novels unrelated to each other, except for two that featured a team of American investigative reporters, ''Ericksson and Wendell'': ''Les Monstres du Néant'' he Monsters From The Void(1956) and ''Les Êtres de Feu'' he Beings of Fire(1956). He also wrote two non-fiction books about UFOs, one of the first published into the story of ufology, ''Les Soucoupes Volantes viennent d'un Autre Monde'' he Flying Saucers Come From Another Worldand ''Black-Out sur les Soucoupes Volantes'' lack-Out on the Flying Saucers the latter prefaced by
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, and by the 1970s, had become a major French ufologist. Simultaneously, Guieu began to chronicle the exploits of two daring space traders, Blade and Baker. The series began with ''Les Forbans de l'Espace'' he Space Pirates(1963). During 1967, with ''Le Retour des Dieux'' he Return of the Gods Guieu revamped the Kariven character into that of journalist Gilles Novak who, with the help of his girl-friend Régine Véran, and various friends and allies, often real-life friends of Guieu or thinly-disguised real-life figures, fought against would-be
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, communists, terrorists,
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and various alien menaces. Novak was helped in his struggles by Michael Merkavim, the commander of a new, powerful Order of
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, equipped with futuristic weapons and based in a parallel universe. Merkavim was introduced in ''Les Sept Sceaux du Cosmos'' he Seven Seals of the Cosmos(1968) and ''L'Ordre Vert'' he Green Order(1969). The theme was later developed as the Les Chevaliers de Lumière ("The Knights of Light") sub-series. Guieu was granted his own imprint during 1979. At first, it reprinted rewritten, updated versions of his original novels, then it began publishing a series of "
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" novels, featuring ''Gilles Novak'', ''Blade and Baker'', ''Jean Kariven,'' etc., written by other writers, mostly Roland C. Wagner, but also Philippe Randa, Nicolas Gauthier and Laurent Genefort. During the early 1990s, Jimmy Guieu wrote two docu-dramas, using as plot the
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: the series "E.B.E." (for "Extraterrestrial Biological Entity") : ''E.B.E. : Alerte rouge'' (first part) (1990) and ''E.B.E. : L'entité noire d'Andamooka'' (second part) (1991).


Works


Documentaries

* ''Les soucoupes volantes viennent d'un autre monde'',
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, 1954, 254 pages * ''Black-Out sur les soucoupes volantes'', Vaugirard, 1956, 392 pages * ''Le Livre du
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'', 1992 * ''Contacts Ovni
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'', J. Guieu, F. Fontaine, J.P. Prévost, S. N'diaye,
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1980. * ''Le monde étrange des contactés'',
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1986 / Re-published with the title : ''Nos « Maîtres » les extraterrestres'',
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, 1992, 344 pages. * ''Terre, ta civilisation fout le camp'' (unpublished, but has been divulgated on the Web), 1998Read "Terre, ta civilisation fout le camp" online
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Novels


Science fiction

* ''Le Pionnier de l'atome'' (1952) * ''Au-delà de l'infini'' (1952) * ''L'Invasion de la Terre'' (1952) * ''Hantise sur le monde'' (1953) * ''L'Univers vivant'' (1953) * ''La dimension X'' (1953) * ''Nous les martiens'' (1954) * ''La spirale du temps'' (1954) * ''Le monde oublié'' (1954) * ''L'homme de l'espace'' (1954) * ''Opération Aphrodite'' (1955) * ''Commandos de l'espace'' (1955) * ''L'agonie du verre'' (1955) * ''Univers parallèles'' (1955) * ''Nos ancêtres de l'avenir'' (1956) * ''Les Monstres du néant'' (1956) * ''Prisonniers du passé'' (1956) * ''Les êtres de feu'' (1956) * ''La mort de la vie'' (1957) * ''Le règne des mutants'' (1957) * ''Créatures des neiges'' (1957) * ''Cité Noé 2'' (1957) * ''Le rayon du cube'' (1958) * ''Convulsions solaires'' (1958) * ''Réseau dinosaure'' (1958) * ''La force sans visage'' (1958) * ''Expédition cosmique'' (1959) * ''Les cristaux de Capella'' (1959) * ''Piège dans l'espace'' (1959) * ''Chasseurs d'hommes'' (1960) * ''Les sphères de Rapa-Nui'' (1960) * ''L'ère des biocybs'' (1960) * ''Expérimental X-35'' (1960) * ''Spoutnik VII a disparu'' (1960) * ''Planète en péril'' (1961) * ''La caverne du futur'' (1961) * ''La grande épouvante'' (1961) * ''L'invisible alliance'' (1961) * ''Trafic interstellaire'' (1961) * ''Le secret des Tshengz'' (1962) * ''Opération Ozma'' (1962) * ''L'âge noir de la Terre'' (1962) * ''Oniria'' (1962) * ''Echec aux Végans'' (1962) * ''Mission "T"'' (1963) * ''Les forbans de l'espace'' (1963) * ''Projet King'' (1963) * ''Les destructeurs'' (1963) * ''Les portes de Thulé'' (1964) * ''Le retour des Dieux'' (1967) * ''Les sept sceaux du cosmos'' (1968) * ''Joklun-n'ghar la maudite'' (1968) * ''La terreur invisible'' (1968) * ''Refuge cosmique'' (1968) * ''L'ordre vert'' (1969) * ''Traquenard sur Kenndor'' (1969) * ''Demain l'apocalypse'' (1969) * ''L'arche du temps'' (1970) * ''Le triangle de la mort'' (1970) * ''Plan catapulte'' (1970) * ''Les orgues de Satan'' (1971) * ''La voix qui venait d'ailleurs'' (1971) * ''Le grand mythe'' (1971) * ''La charnière du temps'' (1971) * ''Enjeu cosmique'' (1972) * ''Les maîtres de la galaxie'' (1972) * ''Les rescapés du néant'' (1972) * ''La mission effacée'' (1973) * ''Opération Neptune'' (1973) * ''Les germes du chaos'' (1973) * ''Les veilleurs de Poséïdon'' (1974) * ''L'exilé de Xantar'' (1974) * ''Le maître du temps'' (1974) * ''Manipulations psi'' (1974) * ''Les pièges de Koondra'' (1975) * ''Les fugitifs de Zwolna'' (1975) * ''Les Krolls de Vorlna'' (1975) * ''Le bouclier de Boongoha'' (1975) * ''La stase achronique'' (1976) * ''La colonie perdue'' (1976) * ''La lumière de Thot'' (1977) * ''Les légions de Bartzouk'' (1977) * ''Les yeux de l'épouvante'' (1978) * ''Hiéroush, la planète promise'' (1979) * ''La clé du mandala'' (1980) * ''Les fils du serpent'' (1984) * ''La force noire'' (1987) * ''Le pacte de Kannlor'' (1987) * ''La terreur venue du néant'' (1987) * ''Narkoum, finances rouges'' (1987) * ''Plan d'extermination'' (1988) * ''Réseau Alpha'' (1988) * ''L'héritage de Noé'' (1988) * ''Les sentiers invisibles'' (1989) * ''L'empire des ténèbres'' (1989) * ''Le piège du val maudit'' (1991) * ''Magie rouge'' (1992) (Adaptation from a project of TV scenario written in 1969) * ''Psiboy, l'enfant du cosmos'' (1996) * ''Un terrestre extra'' (1997) * ''E.B.E. 1: Alerte rouge'' (1990) * ''E.B.E. 2: L'entité noire d'Andamooka'' (1991) Into the 2000s, the éditions "Rivières blanches" have published some unpublished novels: ''Les dossiers du glaive'' (2008) and ''Psycho-évolution Rh'' (2010)


Espionage/detective (co-writing with Georges Pierquin, and under the name Jimmy G. Quint)

* ''Habanita n'y est pour rien'' (1952) * ''Prisonnières des sadiques'' (1954) * ''Destination cataclysme'' (1960) * ''Vengez ma trahison'' (1961) * ''Pouvoirs spéciaux'' (1961) * ''Vipères sous roche'' (1962) * ''Alerte zone 54'' (1962) * ''Le repaire des maudits'' (1965) * ''Une garce nommée Bianca'' (1997) * ''Moscou, heure espace'' (1965) * ''Traquenard à l'OTAN'' (1966) * ''Plan Hérode 65'' (1966) * ''Baroud à Bendor'' (1966) * ''Terreur à Ouranos'' (1967) * ''Les corruptibles'' (1967) * ''Rhapsodie en rouge'' (1967) * ''Ombres sur l'Ancerville'' (1967)


Erotic stories (under the name Dominique Verseau)

* ''Yolanda et les voluptés cosmiques'' (1971) * ''Yolanda et la planète aux supplices'' (1971) * ''Les esclaves de l'espace'' (1972) * ''L'univers érotique'' (1972) * ''Holocauste pour une momie'' (1990) * ''Des nymphes pour le diable'' (1991)


Documentary films

* ''O.V.N.I. - E.B.E. - L'invasion a commencé'' (1991) * ''Les vies antérieures - Etapes vers la lumière'' (1991) * ''Les Cathares - Le message de
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'' (1992) * '' Rennes le Château 1 - Le grand mystère'' (1992) * ''Les lieux hantés - Au-delà ou autres dimensions ?'' (1992) * ''Les gouvernants secrets 1 - Nos visiteurs : les extraterrestres'' (1992) * ''Les gouvernants secrets 2 - Nos maîtres : les extraterrestres'' (1992) * ''Les gouvernants secrets 3 - Extraterrestres : les ambassadeurs'' (1993) * ''Contacts espace-temps - Jean-Claude Pantel et ses étranges visiteurs'' (1993) * ''OVNI - USA - Nouvelles révélations'' (1993) * ''Les vortex - Les dimensions cachées'' (1993) * '' Rennes le Château 2 - Demain : l'héritage révélé'' (1993) * '' Théopolis - La cité oubliée'' (1994) * ''OVNI en France - Les vérités cachées'' (1994)


References


Sources

Four reference articles on Jimmy Guieu by Richard D. Nolane, written in French, are available at th
Le Monde du fleuve (noir)
website.


External links



* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guieu, Henri Rene French science fiction writers 1926 births 2000 deaths 20th-century French novelists French male novelists 20th-century French male writers