Thierry Martens
Belgian short story writer and comic
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Born | (1942-01-29)29 January 1942 Louvain |
Died | 27 June 2011(2011-06-27) (aged 69) Saint-Josse-ten-Noode |
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
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
- Les Gadgets de l'Apocalypse (1978)
- Les Tueurs de l'Ordre (1980)
- Tuez les Tous (1980)
Non-fiction studies
- 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
- 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
- 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
- A. J. Raffles vs. the contemporary German Lord Lister
Notes
External links
- Sherlock Holmes revient
- L'Echo du Canon the French Sherlock Holmes society quarterly
- The European Wold Newton Universe - detectives characters section