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Doctor Vsevolod Clair helps out an aliens in a crashed flying saucer. Hey suggest him to join their interstellar travel via ”ahun” (non-space) to their native universe. They invite Clair to take part in the struggle against invaders called misliks. Misliks prefer to live near the [[absolute zero]] because their metabolism is based on [[superconductivity]], and therefore they are extinguishing the stars in the star systems they colonize. Clair is the only one who can handle misliks due to his unique red blood: others are killed by some kind of radiation produced by misliks.<ref name=ura>[https://www.mondourania.com/urania/u61-80/urania63.htm GALASSIA MALEDETTA], novel summary, ”[[Urania (magazine)|Urania]]”, no. 63, November 30, 1954</ref><ref>[https://www.senscritique.com/livre/ceux_de_nulle_part/28165/details Ceux de nulle part]</ref> |
Doctor Vsevolod Clair helps out an aliens in a crashed flying saucer. Hey suggest him to join their interstellar travel via ”ahun” (non-space) to their native universe. They invite Clair to take part in the struggle against invaders called misliks. Misliks prefer to live near the [[absolute zero]] because their metabolism is based on [[superconductivity]], and therefore they are extinguishing the stars in the star systems they colonize. Clair is the only one who can handle misliks due to his unique red blood: others are killed by some kind of radiation produced by misliks.<ref name=ura>[https://www.mondourania.com/urania/u61-80/urania63.htm GALASSIA MALEDETTA], novel summary, ”[[Urania (magazine)|Urania]]”, no. 63, November 30, 1954</ref><ref>[https://www.senscritique.com/livre/ceux_de_nulle_part/28165/details Ceux de nulle part]</ref> |
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The novel is structured as a “[[story within a story]] within a story”. It begins with the narration of Frank Borie, a colleague of doctor Clair. Clair tells him his story. In the epilogue Clair tells Borie that the aliens decided to call Earthlins for help and suggests Borie to join the team. The last paragraph of the epilogue says that this manuscript was found behind the sofa in Borie’s appartment, who disappeared, last seen visited by a tall brunette man and a beautiful blonde woman. |
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Revision as of 09:06, 24 January 2026
1954 science fiction novel by François Bordes
Ceux de nulle part (literally “Those from Nowhere”) is a 1954 science fiction novel written by French scientist François Bordes under the pen name Francis Carsac.
In 1962 Carsac published the sequel, Ce monde est nôtre (“This World is Ours”).
Plot sketch
Doctor Vsevolod Clair helps out an aliens in a crashed flying saucer. Hey suggest him to join their interstellar travel via ahun (non-space) to their native universe. They invite Clair to take part in the struggle against invaders called misliks. Misliks prefer to live near the absolute zero because their metabolism is based on superconductivity, and therefore they are extinguishing the stars in the star systems they colonize. Clair is the only one who can handle misliks due to his unique red blood: others are killed by some kind of radiation produced by misliks.[1][2]
The novel is structured as a “story within a story within a story”. It begins with the narration of Frank Borie, a colleague of doctor Clair. Clair tells him his story. In the epilogue Clair tells Borie that the aliens decided to call Earthlins for help and suggests Borie to join the team. The last paragraph of the epilogue says that this manuscript was found behind the sofa in Borie’s appartment, who disappeared, last seen visited by a tall brunette man and a beautiful blonde woman.
Translations
- Hungarian: A sehollakók[3]
- Italian: Galassia maledetta (“Cursed Galaxy”), 1954, transl. Antonio Crimi[1], 1979, transl. Ugo Malaguti[4]
- Russian: Пришельцы ниоткуда (“Comers from Nowhere”), 1967, 1994, 2003
- Spanish: Los habitantes de la nada (1956)
- Portuguese: A união dos universos (1957), Guerra de Estrelas (1961)
