What is the heart of man? This question runs through the entire work of Maxime Chattam, widely regarded as one of France's foremost masters of psychological thrillers. His novels confront readers with a disturbing reality: how can seemingly ordinary individuals descend into criminal horror? This compelling theme, pervasive throughout popular culture in countless novels, films, …
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"Everything is allowed, God does not exist. We are masters and possessors of Nature!” So can be held the biggest celebration in the history of mankind, with the planet as a buffet. This is called modernity, the world we live in. Tendentious, biased vision ... like this drawing? What world do we live in, for …
Science fiction is a metaphor for the present. In the guise of projecting the reader into imaginary universes, sci-fi talks to us about ourselves. without cutting us off from reality. This way, it is utopia’s continuity, because since Thomas More it is about something else than portraying an exotic way of life for its exoticism. …
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The Culture series is a whole universe built by the Scottish writer Iain Banks. The nine novels, which can be read separately, will remain unfortunately too few due to the death of the author in 2013 at the age of 59 years. Here is their list: Consider Phlebas (1987) Use of Weapons (1990) The Player …
Eyvind Earle (April 26, 1916 – July 20, 2000) was an American artist, author and illustrator, noted for his contribution to the background illustration and styling of Disney animated films in the 1950s. I have discovered his paintings recently and cannot stop enjoying this deeply original view on nature and trees. Where the painter passes, …
I discovered the work of Michael Marshall Smith while discovering the Intruders series. His novels remarkably blend genres: science fiction, crime, horror and philosophical speculation, with an influence of Philip K. Dick which fades as the writings gain in maturity and personality. The texts of this great writer are thus difficult to classify or rank …
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