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Richard Blade proudly carries the banner of bad genre postapocalyptic

No, this is not the name of a pop music group of the 60s, but rather a series of novels published under the banner "Gerard de Villiers presents", and who has to his credit no less than ... 194 titles! As usual, when the time comes to address a subject torrential, it is difficult to articulate and channel their ideas, especially in the context of a modest blog entry, which means friendly in a homely, far from an academic study of the subject.

Over the years I have often had occasion to see the banner "Gerard de Villiers has" several books on literature decidedly popular, either through the spy series SAS ( I've never actually read, not being fond of the genre) or in other editorial projects, including a curious "Ultimate" works of the French novelist Serge has Brussolo arrested about twenty titles (although his work has about one hundred to fifty ...).

More recently, as part of my post about the literatures "post-apocalyptic," I spoke to you two series under the auspices of GoV or The Survivor and Jag. During visits to bookstores, I have repeatedly seen the novels of the series Blade, sold off at prices more or less ridiculous. What was that? I never really questioned until recently, when the longevity of this series intrigued me. Some search Web has, in addition, revealed little information, apart from critical and disparate overview of the series by Thomas Bauduret. We learn at the outset, the collection was signed by various English authors (under the collective nickname "Lord Jeffrey"), then after about forty titles, unpublished French have allowed the series to continue , sometimes in surprising feathers, like, sharp, corrosion Nadine Monfils. The titles of these novels often made me smile through their excessive to refuse the "literary respectability." Among others these names Baroque and daunting typical of the genre "fantasy". Examples:

- Sleeper OF WATER Draad
- THE FIVE KINGDOMS SARAM
- DRAGONS OF ANGLOR
- THE TRIBE OF RED KARGOIS
- androids MAK LOH

We are far from Marguerite Duras ... I must say that the character "serial" of these securities was fun, but was insufficient to intrigue me. By cons, other titles announced a more attractive baroque:

- The chessboard of living Hongshu
- The forest carnivore Jaghd
- The Seven duchies River Crimson
- The Empire scales
- The sun under the earth
- The graveyard of human-machine
- Seizures time
- The agony of the world without sky
- The invisible college of
- Planet carnage

At dose or less intense, these titles all promise something curious ... And what a series can really count on 194 titles without being renewed? To get an idea, I read the first volume, The Axe bronze. It made the acquaintance of Richard Blade, a secret agent who has all the qualities. The first page of the book take this scenario for we make predictions about the future: In the London Times , "Blade read that in 2000, intelligent animals are probably used for some heavy work [...]. A gorilla foreman directing teams dogs, mules and horses? With a chimpanzee in accounting? " The supervisor sends our heroes visit a hunchback scientist ("the greatest scientist of Great Britain") in an underground lab (!) Almost entirely occupied by a supercomputer (the book was written in 1969). For the glory of England, Blade agrees to engage in a scientific experiment: it is part literally a computer that sends it into an unknown world that exists around us without our being able to see ("The computer has clouded his brain cells so as to enable him to see, and exist in a dimension that we can neither see nor understand, so it is perhaps even around us right now. We crossed it may be, ignoring its existence. Put simply, this is nothing more than a dog whistle, the dog hears but you do not hear. The sound is there yet! "). And now, voila! Each adventure Blade send it in a different dimension, this allowing it to evolve in universes more traditional and more fragmented. Of course, this first book in the series makes it difficult to judge the whole (of course, the beginnings are always wiser), but already, the play does not lack a certain piquancy, enhanced by the unintentional humor and a significant aspect anarchic. Propelled into a size typical "fantasy", Blade encounters a jailer ugly ("An impudent fellow with thinning hair who squinted dreadfully and a cleft lip disfigured") who becomes his ally, alongside a princess sour ( "She planted her hands on her hips and looked an exasperated ") and a gay man army (who spends his time telling Blade:" I have affection for you)! This quartet "shock" will have more adventures or less unbridled, during which our Blade holder will include several bears in a combat arena, to experience pleasure to aging queen decked out with a wig that does not take up (in terms of their grip, the blade leaves asleep while "the wig had fallen to the ground and [that] in light of flickering candles, it was just a bald old man with the painted face), face a giant in a circle of flames, insults of a raging mob, free themselves from the grip of a witch who tries to hypnotize him, etc.. Quite a program, far, far from self-fiction ... After my reading, a troubling question remains. According to the adage, "tell me what you read, and I'll tell you who you are." What should I include? Moreover, in closing, if you want to read a text from a colleague rather amusing blogger, go visit this page the blog of Dr. Pascal, where he tells us why he no longer goes to the movies much these days above. Difficult to prove him wrong, he describes the experience as akin alas, a ritual required!

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Each year, classes begin at Cégep (it took place last week) marks the end for me this summer. The summer was well filled, however, between writing, a trip on the North Coast with Ariane , Fantasia, meeting friends, reading, movies and much more.

Part of my summer reading was devoted to such "post-apocalyptic," I'd like to explore strange. The authors who do it often describe the eventful life of characters who, after a world war, find themselves in a futuristic world and devastated. Returned to a more or less wild, this universe is characterized by multiple risks: the armed groups, radioactive areas, dangerous life forms, etc.. This sub-genus belonging to the family of science-fiction film enjoyed some success in the early 1980s. The representative of the most famous was probably the Mad Max trilogy ... Other films, however, had previously addressed the issue, among other A Boy and His Dog . Since there is perhaps no genre or subgenre minor (in qualitative terms), the post-nuke, "as it is also called, has led to successful or less acoomplies works, according to the inspiration, work and talent of each. Sometimes titles do not miss a plume of fun: The Exterminators the year 3000, for example. When you are in a receptive state of mind, this sub-genre can give rise to readings or viewings rather pleasant. This summer, I discovered Highway wild , Julia Verlanger, recently republished by Bragelonne (which will publish the complete works of this interesting writer). Served by writing autodiegetic (1st person singular) nerve, the story recounts the wandering and the role of a lone survivor who must go in a futuristic Paris in order to bring a valuable formula. Between religious fanatics, mutant forms of life and various vicissitudes, the events follow one another without downtime and are enhanced by a well-placed humor and interesting nuances. You can read this book first degree as an adventure novel in a picturesque world or make a reading more in depth to identify certain sub-texts, which are particularly interested in social organization, its contradictions and strategies to maintain the established order. More playful, but more delusional, too, the series Jag Zeb Chillicothe (actually Christian Mantey) was co-written over the numbers, among others by Joel Houssin Brussolo or Serge. The episode I read, newts -Men, tells a haunting story. Our hero, Jag, be rough, man of action above all, becomes a slave in a mine, which is really a giant meteorite buried in the sands of the desert ...! Jag and his friend Cavendish should dive into an underground lake to bring back pearls, not fish without crossing explosives. To withstand the toxic waters of this strange lake, the two men, like their colleagues, are graft-singular fish parasites that serve as filters ... Gradually, these parasites cause in protecting their torpor which it becomes increasingly difficult to break. If the web contains several negative reviews of this novel, I enjoyed it very curious by its climate and its writing baroque fusion Brussolo and Mantey, who favors a style a bit outdated, but sometimes very raw. We must take this episode of Jag for what it is: a delusional pulp which hosts the bizarre and dreamlike paintings. Mantey had previously attempted a series of style, the Black River, under the heading Chronic back wild. Attention cover toxic: Finally, I read the first novel in the series The Omega . Feature: the bulk of the book is actually a pre-apocalyptic tale , to establish under what circumstances the nuclear dispute occurred. Here we are in the pure "product" 80 (nuclear war is provoked by a conflict USSR / USA), which describes the action scenes that shows almost like a time series B . The hero, Rourke, is a specialist in survival in extreme conditions ... The novel is constructed in a manner quite complex (given its status as pulp ), alternating a variety of perspectives, some of those characters who do a cameo. The writing here is intended mainly bare, unadorned. Of course, the Apocalypse occurs finally announced, and the last chapters of the book see Rourke combat various threats classic dangerous bikers (Hell's Riders), wild dogs, places radioactive ... Subsequent episodes will develop further such incidents, no doubt. It made me want to see some films of the genre, which has already started with the hilarious The Bronx Warriors , Italian film of a large picturesque. With its sultry climate and pure pleasure of narration, post-nuke is in any case, very suitable for summer reading.

Finally, during my trip on the North Shore during Ariane read The Road by Cormac McCarthy (another post-apocalyptic novel), I traveled a different path in mind, that of the massacre Highway (no less!) Joel Houssin second novel published in the collection Gore Black River, which I mentioned here. It is this time not a post-nuke, because it is still a pleasant change. Very conducive to reading owing to holiday decor, this novel tells how a traffic jam (during summer) and force a couple of young travelers to stop for the night along the highway. In the surrounding forest, two bizarre characters, the Elder and the Younger ( more or less monsters! ), are hunting, spurred by a ravenous hunger! To see all these human prey drives them mad. Which meal in perspective ... ! Not without humor, and with a flair for the lapidary phrase, Houssin succeeds in presenting many characters and narrative points of view. It becomes impossible to break away from reading this ...

A fun reflection of one of the "monsters" of service:

The stupidity of living things does not, however, spoiled the flavor of their meat.

Early in the novel, Cadet, naive predators, hiding in a pine tree to observe his potential victims. The poor monster was so hungry that he "is [is] to shake, shaking down a drizzle of thorns. This was not fear that made him shudder [...]. He prayed that his brother leash a little. Just a little bit ... "

Having never read Houssin, I discovered an author in full possession of his means. After reading it, too, Ariane told me it was the title (and paratext) reduction, given the qualities of the novel. Stuck in the format of 155 pages and have to respect the specifications, Houssin was much more generous as one might think judging a book by its cover illustration or fourth ... It seems the pinnacle of the collection, the book's most disturbing that there appeared to be the second and final "Houssin" who was published, The Pitch tortured, I almost dread reading as they say the book is horrifying! Attention illustration toxic (bis):

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Getaway Fantasia 2010 Summer

(ticket written in collaboration with Ariane)

This year we decided to take a vacation by visiting the North Shore and Charlevoix. The route, rather ambitious, extended over 2000 km and was as follows:

at about three hours a day, we visited several cities, particularly St. Paul's Bay La Malbaie, Tadoussac, Forestville, Baie-Comeau, Port Cartier, Sept-Iles and Havre St. Pierre.

Some representative images of the trip:

After a stint in Quebec City to read a book, the first stop in Baie Saint-Paul, who surprise us by its beautiful landscapes ... and also by the kitsch of some of its businesses. We could not resist the prospect of going to dinner this sign:

The Passage to Tadoussac is exotic and, once passed this village, the impression of discovering a vast quasi- uninhabited becomes ubiquitous ... But for now, let's look at this huge whale bones near a museum, thrown to visitors, many of these places:

Arrive at motel in Forestville, typical of the accommodation of the hinterland that we were plowing for a week.

Passage through the dock in Forestville, industrial city, where we play, as shown in the second film in a yard near the wharf. In the distance, but invisible on the photograph, several cars filled with teenagers suggested screams festive music and "special occasion". The place seemed to accommodate gatherings similar to that America was in the 50s his novels and his films.

Shortly after Baie-Comeau, a lookout offers this panoramic view for visitors. The prospect of the photo will judge the altitude, impressive.

The sand on the beach has been limited, the space of a moment, the receptacle of an unusual work of art, soon covered by the tide. Thus passes the glory of the world ...

After the Aztec ruins, the ruins of Port-Cartier. This post-apocalyptic landscape has captured the urgency of Frederick compare novels to films and post-nuclear, what Ariane is still suffering the consequences, several weeks later. To be continued in September ...

After the devastation of civilization ... Loneliness and deprivation had resulted in us desires of middle-class, hence our choice to stay at The Chateau Motel, copiously quoted ... two stars! We admired the majestic façade.

East end of our trip: Havre St. Pierre. We discover a village ocean lashed by incessant winds. Even Internet connection had been swept away by the winds ...

after Aeolus, Zeus: Rivière-au-Tonnerre, a fishing village which we have attempted to capture the charm of multiple photos with a sample here.

break in Sheldrake Cemetery, with its cross planted facing the river ...

Brief Overview of Sept-Iles. Compared with places desert we had crossed earlier (sometimes tens of kilometers fir impassive), the city was taking looks like a metropolis. Here, Ariane is experimenting with a carpet of algae whose intentions do not seem malicious.

Lighthouse Pointe-des-Monts, simply superb

These images make much sense that we sometimes find ourselves, as the cliché of use, "in the middle of nowhere. They evoke a certain Americanness, even those movies where a couple of city dwellers to stop refueling and collides with a degenerate family of cannibals. In our case, we have not met. Probably only do they live in the United States, said Frederick (But it was documented on the issue very seriously, so it is hard to dispute that statement).

Ferry in the opposite direction from Tadoussac toward Charlevoix, a region famous for its natural ... and endless mountains!

Here, an overview of the dock of La Malbaie, visited frequently by tourists.

And this concludes our journey!

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