La Horde du Contrevent

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• lloeki · Dec 22, 2016 · Recommends

  …entertaining semi-hard sci-fi space opera. - La Zone du Dehors, by Alain Damasio. A spiritual sequel to 1984. - Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (finally!) - The Affinities, by Robert Charles Wilson - La Horde du Contrevent, by Alain Damasio (in progress). A fantastic, ontologic, poetic story about the wind. As well as a couple non-fiction: - Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! This is made of pure awesomesauce and perfectly…

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• eneveu · Nov 6, 2010 · Recommends

  …some are small enough to read in the subway, some are far too big, and are read before going to sleep ;) - La Zone du dehors by Alain Damasio, a french author. I must admit I liked his more recent book, La Horde du Contrevent, a lot more. Sadly, it is not available in English. Read it if you understand French and like SF. - Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny (finishing the 9th book). It's a good story, but not a must-read.…

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• egourlao · Jun 23, 2018 · Recommends

  Usually not into fantasy, but La Horde du Contrevent is a French fantasy classic, written by Alain Damasio, which was published in 2004. He went later on to collaborate on a few games that might be more known in the US (Life Is Strange, Remember Me). Damasio…

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• ThouYS · Jun 18, 2023 · Recommends

  Instantly reminds me of "La Horde du Contrevent" a magical adventure on a planet with constant wind, and wind-scholars

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