| 1 | ''Francis Carsac'' was the pen name of ''François Bordes'' (1919-1981) a French geologist and archaeologist, who also wrote a number of science fiction novels. |
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| 3 | His novels have never been translated into English until 2020 but were popular in the former Soviet Union, having been translated into many Eastern European languages. |
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| 5 | His science fiction novels include |
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| 7 | * ''Ceux de nulle part'' (Those of Nowhere; 1954) - a SpaceOpera involving an intergalactic war between the sentient races and the space-borne [[InsectoidAliens Misliks]]. The protagonist is a human who ends up stumbling on an alien scout ship in the woods. After helping them fix their craft, they invite him to join them. |
| 8 | * ''Les Robinsons du Cosmos'' (The Robinsons of the Cosmos; 1955) - a portion of the French countryside ends up being [[TransplantedHumans transplanted]] on another world. The people of the local town must now figure out how to survive on this planet and struggle against enemies both human and alien. |
| 9 | * ''[[Literature/TerreEnFuite Terre en fuite]]'' (Fleeing Earth; 1960) - the DecoyProtagonist is reading a diary left behind by his friend, killed in a FreakLabAccident, who reveals that he's really from the distant future, telling the story of humanity's long flight from the Solar System aboard the {{Planet Spaceship}}s Earth and Venus, when the Sun becomes unstable. |
| 10 | * ''Pour patrie l’espace'' (For Homeland, Space; 1962) - as of 2022, that seems to be the only work translated to English, as ''The City Among the Stars''. |
| 11 | * ''Ce monde est nôtre'' (This World is Ours; 1962) |
| 12 | * ''La Vermine du Lion'' (The Lion's Parasites; 1967) - a powerful interstellar corporation intends to exploit a world with a primitive indigenous population but rich in resources. The only ones who stand in its way are a geologist, who has grown to like the locals, and his companion, a genetically-modified lion. Has a prequel short story named "Les monts de destin" ("The Mountains of Destiny"), centered around a major PrescienceIsPredictable plot. |
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