Babylon Babies
 First edition | |
| Author | Maurice G. Dantec |
|---|---|
| Translator | Noura Wedell |
| Language | French |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Gallimard |
Publication date | December 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 526 pp |
| ISBN | 978-1-58435-023-1 |
| OCLC | 61129655 |
| 843/.914 22 | |
| LC Class | PQ2664.A4888 B3314 2005 |
Babylon Babies is the third novel by French-born Canadian writer Maurice G. Dantec, published in 1999. It follows La Sirène rouge (1993) and Les Racines du mal (1995).
Plot
[edit]Set in 2014, the main character, Hugo Cornelius Toorop (hero of The Red Siren), is a mercenary whose mission is to escort a young woman with schizophrenia, Marie Zorn, from Siberia to Quebec on behalf of a sect. It appears that the young woman is the surrogate mother of twins, representing the next stage of human evolution.
Publication
[edit]The novel was published by Gallimard on 12 March 1999 in the collection La Noire.[1] A paperback edition was then published on 4 April 2001 in the collection Folio SF.[2]
Film adaptation
[edit]Mathieu Kassovitz and Éric Besnard developed an English-language adaptation of Dantec's novel[3] with financing from StudioCanal and Twentieth Century Fox.[4] Vin Diesel was cast to play the lead, alongside Mark Strong, Michelle Yeoh, and Charlotte Rampling.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dantec, Maurice G (1999). La Noire. Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-075471-7.
- ^ Dantec, Maurice G (2001). Babylon babies. Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-041753-7.
- ^ Thompson, Anne. "Babylon A.D.: Kassovitz on Warpath Against Fox". Variety. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21.
- ^ Fox beckoned by 'Babylon' Archived February 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Alison James (2006-02-08). "Studio Canal eyes English-lingo pix". Variety. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
External links
[edit]- "Maurice G. Dantec". Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
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