Michel Jeury facts for kids
Michel Jeury (born January 23, 1934 – died January 9, 2015) was a famous French science fiction writer. He was especially well-known in the 1970s. He also wrote books using the name Albert Higon.
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About Michel Jeury
Michel Jeury was born in a place called Razac-d'Eymet in France. He started writing science fiction stories early in his career.
Early Space Adventures
Michel Jeury began his writing journey using the name Albert Higon. He wrote two exciting stories called "space operas." These are big adventure stories set in space.
- Aux Étoiles du Destin (which means Destiny's Stars) came out in 1960. It was about a huge battle in space between two alien groups: the T’Loons and the mysterious Glutons.
- La Machine du Pouvoir (meaning The Machine Of Power), also from 1960, won an award called the Jules Verne Award that same year!
Exploring Time and Other Worlds
Jeury returned to the science fiction world with new ideas in the 1970s. His books Chronolysis (1973) and Les Singes du Temps (The Time Monkeys, 1974) made him a very important writer in France.
Both of these novels explored the idea of time travel. Their main characters were called "psychonauts." These psychonauts were like explorers who traveled through confusing, many-sided universes. They often faced dangers from alternate universes, which are like different versions of our own world.
Building a Unique Universe
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Michel Jeury kept writing many original novels.
- Le Territoire Humain (The Human Territory, 1979) told a story about a small place where humans lived freely, surrounded by a huge, strict government.
- In Les Yeux Géants (The Giant Eyes, 1980), he suggested that modern UFOs might actually be projections of what people think and imagine together.
- L'Orbe et la Roue (The Orb And The Wheel, 1982) featured a rebel from 20,000 years ago who wakes up in a far future. In this future, the entire solar system has become a giant Dyson sphere. This is a huge structure built around a star to capture its energy.
The Pluggers Series
In 1979, Jeury started writing regularly for a popular book series called Anticipation. He wrote 19 novels for them between 1980 and 1992.
His first book for this series, Les Îles de la Lune (The Islands Of The Moon, 1979), began to connect ideas from his earlier books. He started to build what fans called the "Jeury Universe." This universe included ideas like "chronolysis" (traveling through time), "space islands," and "geoprogrammers." Geoprogrammers were mysterious beings who could change history.
This universe grew even more in a series of three books called the Colmateurs (The Pluggers). This series started in 1981 with Cette Terre (That Earth). It was a very ambitious story about a special group of monitors. These monitors were set up by the mysterious "geoprogrammers." Their job was to "plug" holes that opened between different versions of Earth. Their enemies were the equally mysterious "Brownians," who tried to open these holes and make travel between worlds easier.
Many people consider the Colmateurs series to be Jeury's best work. It had strong characters, fast-paced stories, smart science ideas, and huge conflicts that stretched across many worlds.
Later Works and Legacy
The Colmateurs series was never finished. In the late 1980s, Michel Jeury started writing popular books about everyday life. These stories were about his home region in southwestern France around the turn of the century.
