The Quest for Fire
1911 fantasy novel by J.-H. Rosny / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Quest for Fire (disambiguation).
The Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu, literally The War of Fire) is a 1911 Belgian fantasy novel by J.-H. Rosny, the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was actually the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856–1940).[1] It was first published in English in an abridged edition in 1967.[2]
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Author | J.-H. Rosny |
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Original title | La Guerre du feu |
Translator | H Talbott |
Illustrator | J. O. Bercher |
Country | Belgium |
Language | French |
Genre | Historical, Prehistoric fiction, Adventure novel, Fantasy |
Publisher | Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date | 1911 |
Published in English | 1967 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
ISBN | 0-14-006434-6 (UK Eng. trans.) & ISBN 0-345-30067-X (US Eng. trans.) |
OCLC | 10813236 |
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It was adapted into the critically acclaimed 1981 film Quest for Fire starring Ron Perlman. The film is not a faithful adaptation of the book.