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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) |
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Publication date
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1911 |
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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.