{"product_id":"the-light-barrier-paperback","title":"The Light Barrier - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathalie Charles Henneberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Oarlock\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathalie Charles Henneberg (1910-1977) remains a unique voice in the history of French imaginative literature. This is the third volume of a multi-volume collection of her works to be released by Black Coat Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first novel, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Light Barrier \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1959) Humanity lives in the space age, but one last obstacle blocks its path to the stars: the light barrier. A cataclysm has shattered the satellite belt defending the Solar Federation. Yet a rocket returns, commanded by a charismatic stranger, Arno Heller... And on Earth, Nan, a young girl gifted with strange powers, is seized with terror, because she knows him, or rather she remembers him from the age of Atlantis...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second novel, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBellatrix Gamma \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e(1959), tells the adventures of four Earth astronauts whose ship has been thrown into the strange world of Bellatrix Gamma, where time and space seem to unmoored and where several species of hybrids between humans and animals, or even minerals, coexist and fight each other. They become involved in the struggle between two of these, and one of them will fall in love with an alien queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining classic French and Golden Age American SF reminiscent of Jack Williamson and Robert Heinlein, with \"Old World\" literature, sagas and epics, her writing precedes the \"New Wave\" of the 1960s and later mythopoetic space operas by Ursula K. Le Guin, Roger Zelazny, C.J. Cherryh, Philip Jose Farmer and Joan D. Vinge. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 314\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412110786809,"sku":"9781649324382","price":33.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/IweL2vUlPd9781649324382.webp?v=1770836788","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-light-barrier-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}