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Georges-Jean Arnaud (born July 3, 1928) is a French author. ==Biography== Georges-Jean Arnaud was born in Saint-Gilles-du-Gard, Camargue, Gard. He was published first in the science fiction magazine ''Anticipation'' of French publisher Fleuve Noir during 1971, with his story ''Les Croisés de Mara'' (Crusaders Of Mara ) the first volume of a trilogy entitled ''Chroniques de la Longue Séparation'' (of the Long Separation ), in which a group of characters from the lost human colony of Mara, which had reverted to feudalism, rediscovered their origins and then embarked on a quest through space to find Earth. Arnaud, a prolific writer, is the author of more than three hundred novels of different genres, including espionage thrillers, detective fiction, science fiction, horror, erotic fiction, and mainstream literature. His espionage fiction includes two series of note: ''Luc Ferran'' (16 novels), written with the pseudonym of "Gil Darcy" for publisher L'Arabesque from 1963 to 1969; and ''Le Commander'' for Fleuve Noir's magazine ''Espionnage'', with about thirty novels written between 1967 and 1980. Arnaud also wrote non-series espionage novels with the pseudonyms of "Saint-Gilles" and "Georges Murey" for Ferenczi (1958–60) and L'Arabesque (1957–65), and another fifty-odd novels by his own name for Fleuve Noir's ''Espionnage'' (1961–86). Arnaud's best known work is ''La Compagnie des glaces'' ("The Ice Company"), a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel series set in a new ice age where railway companies rule the world. ''La Compagnie des glaces'' was adapted during 2007 into a Canadian television series entitled ''Grand Star'', and inspired the Japanese anime and manga series ''Overman King Gainer'' which was distributed for 26 episodes from 2002 to 2003. The series also served as the basis for the computer game Transarctica (North American title: Arctic Baron). The first novel was translated to English in 2010 as ''The Ice Company'' (ISBN 978-1-935558-31-6). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Georges-Jean Arnaud」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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