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Michel Jeury (23 January 1934 – 9 January 2015) was a French science fiction writer, reputed in the 1970s. He also used the pseudonym of ''Albert Higon''. ==Biography== Michel Jeury was born in Razac-d'Eymet. He began writing science fiction under the pseudonym of Albert Higon and penned two space operas for the ''Rayon Fantastique'' imprint of publishers Hachette and Gallimard: ''Aux Étoiles du Destin'' (Stars ) (1960), featuring a cosmic battle between the alien races: the T’Loons and the incomprehensible Glutons, and ''La Machine du Pouvoir'' (Machine Of Power ) (1960), which won the 1960 Jules Verne Award. Jeury returned to the French science fiction scene with the Philip K. Dick-inspired ''Chronolysis'' (Temps incertain ) (1973 - English translation: 1980) and ''Les Singes du Temps'' (Time Monkeys ) (1974), which both took place in the same universe and made him one of the most important writers of the 1970s. Both novels dealt with time travel and its manipulation through the use of “chronolytic” drugs. Their protagonists were “psychronauts”, helpless explorers of a confusing, multidimensional universe, facing threats from alternate universes. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Jeury continued to produce a number of remarkably original novels of the highest literary quality. ''Le Territoire Humain'' (Human Territory ) (1979) featured an oasis of humanity existing on the borders of a dehumanized megastate. ''Les Yeux Géants'' (Giant Eyes ) (1980) theorized that modern-day UFOs are but projections of mankind’s collective unconscious. The remarkable ''L'Orbe et la Roue ''(Orb And The Wheel ) (1982) featured a twenty-thousand-year-old rebel brought back to life in a far future, when the entire solar system had become a giant Dyson sphere, controlled by the rival powers of the Orb (its Lords) and the Wheel (its cosmic engineers). In 1979, Jeury became a regular contributor to Fleuve Noir’s ''Anticipation'' imprint, for which he wrote a total of 19 novels between 1980 and 1992. The first, ''Les Îles de la Lune'' (Islands Of The Moon ) (1979), started an interconnected book series that developed elements that had already been hinted at in the earlier works, progressively building the notion of a “Jeury Universe” that included "chronolysis", space islands, history being manipulated by the "geoprogrammers", etc. That same universe was further developed in the trilogy of the ''Colmateurs'' (Pluggers ), starting in 1981 with ''Cette Terre'' (Earth ). This ambitious series told the story of a pandimensional corps of monitors set up by the mysterious “geoprogrammers” to “plug” holes between alternate Earths. Their enemies are the equally mysterious “Brownians” who attempt to open such holes and facilitate interworld travel. The ''Colmateurs'' series was arguably Jeury’s masterpiece, combining strong, dramatic characters, tightly-paced narration, cutting-edge science and epic conflicts on a truly mind-boggling scope. Unfortunately, the series was left unfinished when, in the late 1980s, Jeury turned to writing a number of mainstream best-selling novels about life in his native southwestern France at the turn of the century.〔 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「Michel Jeury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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