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Le Cycle Dr Tschai, by Jack Vance. J'ai Lu, 1983. Cover art by Philippe Caza.
Not sure about Le Wankh...
The film's ending also goes against the main thrust of the novel: Paul Atreides becomes a benevolent messiah - the Kwisatz Haderach - instead of a wary monarch unable to restrain the Fremen.
Illustrations by Henrique Alvim-Corrêa for La Guerre Des Mondes by HG Wells (Vandamme, 1916).
Charming, but scary... #CountdownToMars
The Things That Live On Mars, by H. G. Wells. Cosmopolitan magazine, March 1908. #Mars2020
The new 1928 Conn-O-Sax: when you absolutely, positively need to heckle everyone in the room... #ClassicalMusic
Today in pulp I head back to 1928, when everything was roaring... #ThursdayThoughts
Today is of course Ratcatcher's Day, in honour of the Pied Piper who led them from the town of Hamelyn today in 1376!
Rats have gotten a bit wiser since then however...