by J.-H. Rosny, J.-H. Rosny jeune · Alpha Edition · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789364731461
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«Les Xipéhuz» is the science fiction novel by J.-H. Rosny and J.-H. Rosny jeune, published by Alpha Edition in paperback (52 pages, in French).
Thousands of years before the great civilizations, a nomadic people of Mesopotamia encounters the Xipéhuz, crystalline beings of unknown origin who kill anyone who invades their territory. Neither prayers nor sacrifices stop them; Bakhoûn confronts them with observation, reflection, and logic. An early work of science fiction.
The novel was originally published in 1887; the Alpha Edition dates from 2024.
For readers interested in the origins of science fiction and in nineteenth-century French literature.
