Thierry Martens
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Thierry Martens | |
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 Thierry Martens, 2010 | |
| Born | 29 January 1942 |
| Died | 27 June 2011 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Other names | Yves Varende |
Thierry Martens (29 January 1942 – 27 June 2011) was a Belgian author who wrote science fiction, detective novels, short stories and comics under the pen name Yves Varende.
Career
[edit]Martens was the editor of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou between 1968 and 1977. He published several highly documented anthologies[1] and studies about popular "Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century.[2] Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels.[3]
Works
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Sci-fi novels
[edit]- Les Gadgets de l'Apocalypse (1978)
- Les Tueurs de l'Ordre (1980)
- Tuez les Tous (1980)
Non-fiction studies
[edit]- Introduction to the Belgian re-edition (in French language) of the "Lord Lister, genannt Raffles, der Meisterdieb" German pulp magazine, introducing the fictional character Raffles (also known as Lord Lister) - Claude Lefrancq Editeur Brussels 1995 (Vol.I) 1996 (Vol.II)
Holmesian novels
[edit]- Le Requin de la Tamise Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1997
- le Tueur dans le Fog
- Le Secret de l'Ile au Chien
- Les Meurtres du Titanic Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1998
- L'otage de Fraulein Doktor
- Sherlock Holmes et les Fantômes anthology (Fleuve noir 1999)
Anthologies
[edit]- Sherlock Holmes revient : an anthology of six German anonymous short stories (translated into French) originally published between 1907 and 1911. Introduction authored by editor/translator. (1996, éditions Fleuve Noir, collection Super Poche n° 27)
See also
[edit]- A. J. Raffles vs. the contemporary German Lord Lister
Notes
[edit]- ^ c.f. the introduction to the mentioned Lord Lister's anthology and "Sherlock Holmes revient" in the bibliography section
- ^ See his introduction and foreword as editor of the Belgian re-edition of the Lord Lister short stories
- ^ The Belgian fantasy literature [permanent dead link]
