First US edition
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Author | J.-H. Rosny |
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Original title | La Guerre du feu |
Translator | H Talbott |
Illustrator | J. O. Bercher |
Country | Belgium |
Language | French |
Genre | Historical, Adventure novel |
Publisher | Pantheon Books (US) |
Publication date
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1911 |
Published in English
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1967 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
ISBN | (UK Eng. trans.) & (US Eng. trans.) |
OCLC | 10813236 |
The Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu) is a 1911 Belgian novel by "J.-H. Rosny", the pseudonym of two brothers; the author was likely the elder of the two, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex (1856 – 1940). It was first published in English in 1967.
It was made into a feature film of the same name in 1981. The film stars Ron Perlman, Rae Dawn Chong and Everett McGill.