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Maurice Limat (September 23, 1914 - January 23, 2002) was a Frenchauthor ofscience fiction. His œuvre, particularly abundant, was published primarily by publisherFleuve Noir. He used a variety ofpseudonyms, notably Maurice Lionel, Maurice d'Escrignelles, and Lionel Rex.
Maurice Limat published science fiction novels such asLes Fiancés de la Planète Mars [The Fiancés of PlanetMars] (1936) andLes Naufragés de la Voie Lactée [The Castaways of theMilky Way] (1939), with a style that was reminiscent of the type of science fiction published before or just afterWorld War I.
During that period, the prolific Limat also authored a number ofadventure novels withfantasy elements such asLa Montagne aux Vampires [The Mountain of Vampires] (1936), about a man who could controlvampires,L'Araignée d'Argent [The Silver Spider] (1936), featuring aroboticspider created by anAncient civilization,Le Septième Cerveau [The Seventh Brain] (1939),Le Zodiaque de l'Himalaya [The Zodiac Of TheHimalaya] (1942) andLa Comète Écarlate [The ScarletComet] (1948), to name but a few.
During the 1950s, Limat wrote more science fiction novels, such asLes Faiseurs de Planètes [The Planet Makers] (1951),Comète 73 [Comet 73] (1953),Courrier Interplanétaire [Interplanetary Courrier] (1953) andLe Mal des Étoiles [Star Sickness] (1954), disguising his abundant production with various pseudonyms.
During 1955, he contributedSOS Galaxie [SOS Galaxy] to the imprintSérie 2000 and then wroteMonsieur Cosmos (1956) which dealt with the theme of the macrocosmic man, creator of universes. His novels began to display the influence of American "space operas".
By the time he began writing for theAnticipationimprint of Editions Fleuve Noir, during 1959, Limat was already a veteran writer.Les Enfants du Chaos [The Children Of Chaos] (1959), in which men usepsychic powers to create a world, but then ask themselves whether they have earned the right to playGod, is somewhat characteristic of his subsequent production.
Limat continued to be a prolific writer, authoring numerous, lyrical, sometimes evenreligious, space operas for Fleuve Noir—107 in total, untilAtoxa-des-Abysses [Atoxa-Of-The-Abyss] (1987)—as well as somehorror novels for Fleuve Noir'sAngoisse imprint, which featured as main character adetective of thesupernatural,Teddy Verano.
Limat introduced the character of futuristicpolice commissionerRobin Muscat inLes Foudroyants [The Lightning Men] (No. 164; 1960), in which a hapless young man is turned into anelectromagnetic force. His most popular, long-running hero was the green-eyed,telepathicChevalier Coqdor introduced inL'Étoile de Satan [The Star Of Satan] (No. 241; 1964). Muscat and Coqdor often teamed with each other and were featured, separately or together, in a great number of subsequent novels. The Chevalier Coqdor adventures usually celebrated the power of love and tolerance, and a genuine belief in God, the Great Architect of the Universe, something unusual in science fiction.
New stories featuring Chevalier Coqdor are now written byJean-Michel Archaimbault &Jean-Marc Lofficier.[1]
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