A Novelist Nicknamed Pierre Barbet, a French Science Fiction Poet

One of the most famous French authors of science fiction novels is Claude Avice. Aside from being a poet, he was also a Doctor of Pharmacy. Avice was born on May 16, 1925 and died at the age of 70, on July 20, 1995. He frequently used the fictitious name Pierre Barbet. It was his major pseudonym, aside from Olivier Sprigel and David Maine, which he rarely used.

Some of Avice or Barbet’s notable novels were ‘Vers un Avenir Perdu,’ and ‘Babel 3805,’ which were both written in 1962. These two were his very first novels. Aside from that, Barbet also improvised theories concerning the Crucifixion of Christ. He also wrote ‘Anticipation,’ which was printed in 1966. In 1969, he wrote the novel entitled ‘Vikings de l'Espace’ and ‘L'Exilé du Temps.’ This latter was a portion of his ‘Temporal Investigator Setni’ series, which was incorporated in his previous work ‘Anticipation.’ His other works include ‘À Quoi Songent les Psyborgs?,’ which was written in 1971, ‘La Planète Enchantée’ in 1973, ‘Vénusine’ in 1977, using his pseudonym Olivier Sprigel, ‘L'Empire du Baphomet’ in 1972, which translated in English with the name ‘Cosmic Crusaders’ in 1980, the trilogy of ‘Napoleons of Eridani’ from 1970 until 1984, and ‘The Adventures of Alex Courville.’

Some of Barbet’s novels, which Daw Books published, were translated into English. Avice or Barbet was also among the very first novelists to incorporate heroic fantasy in writing. In addition, he also wrote novels depicting a historical fiction.