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Title: L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau Title Record # 1820638
Author: Jean de La Hire
Date: 1908-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: Le Nyctalope
Series Number: 1
Webpages: noosfere.org
Language: French
Note:
  • First published in serial form in 1908 in the French newspaper Le Matin (date from nooSFere; FantLab title 251923 states : "July-September 1909").
  • Split into two volumes (L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau / Les amours de l'inconnu) in the 1921 edition.
Synopsis: Mad scientist Oxus and equally mad monk Fulbert graft shark gills onto a hapless victim, turning him into the Hictaner, a waterbreathing man. The hero of this story is the father of Léo Saint-Clair, aka the Nyctalope.
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Variant Titles Translations Serializations
Year Title
1921First part of <i>L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau</i>, split into two separate novels in 1921. DO NOT MERGE with the complete novel (1908, 1910, 1925 editions) with the same title.
L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau
1921Second part of <i>L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau</i>, split into two separate novels in 1921.
Les amours de l'inconnu
Year Language Title
1928 Spanish El hombre que vivía debajo del agua
2013Translated by an uncredited translator
Russian [as by
Жан де ля Ир?Zhan de lya Ir
]
Year Title
1908<ul><li>Data retrieved from <A href="http://www.noosfere.org/icarus/livres/EditionsLivre.asp?numitem=1903&ti=1&numauteur=873">NooSFere</a>, <A href="http://forums.bdfi.net/viewtopic.php?id=2190">BDFI</a>, <A href="http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/n/nycta.htm">internationalhero</a> and <A href="http://www.russkaya-fantastika.eu/archive/2013/02/27/alexandre-beliaev-et-jean-de-la-hire.html">Russkaya Fantastika</a>. <a href="https://fantlab.ru/work251923">FantLab title 251923</a> states : "July-September 1909", which might have to be corrected as "July-September 1908".<li>This serial was published in book-form in 1910 (Félix Juven), then split into two volumes in 1921 : <i>L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau</i> and <i>Les amours de l'inconnu</i>) (Joseph Ferenczi & fils). </ul>
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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau 1910-00-00 Jean de La Hire Félix Juven      
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel  
L'homme qui peut vivre dans l'eau 1925-00-00 Jean de La Hire Joseph Ferenczi & fils (Les romans d'aventures (2ème serie) #6)  
F1.35?F: French frank
96
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
novel Henri Armengol  
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