by Jimmy Guieu
The faint light of dawn chased away the night from the Paris skies. The effects of the paralyzing rays were finished. Able to move, the Parisians hugged one another in fear, anxiously asking what had just happened.
Was it a new torture by the Denebians? What had they invented to hurt and humiliate the Earthlings?
Some people dared to go outside. Reassured by the calm in the city they joined other neighbors and friends and wandered through the streets that were slowly waking up. Soon a group of men and women, disheveled and in pajamas and bathrobes, came running down Avenue Gabriel, shouting at the top of their lungs.
“They’ve come back! They’re here in the Place de la Concorde! Come on everyone! We’re saved!”
Intrigued by the commotion people started looking out their windows, stumbling down into the street, wavering between fear and hope—a mad hope, they thought—and walking toward the place. In less than an hour the Place de la Concorde was chock full of Parisians from all corners of the capital.
A squadron of ten flying saucers, shining like aluminum in the sunlight, was surrounding the obelisk. The cockpit of one of the spaceships slid open, revealing Zimko, Kariven, Yuln, Dormoy, Angelvin and their wives. One after another all the Fimn’has cockpits were open with the Earthlings who had remained loyal to the end to the Earth-Polarian Alliance.
In the Place de la Concorde and in the streets around it, tens of thousands of onlookers shouted for joy. They had recognized the particular form of the Polarian spaceships and were waiting impatiently for their crews to appear.
Zimko and his friends, dressed in uniforms now—blue and dark red bodysuits—looked around at the huge crowd come to greet them. With a big smile Zimko saluted the crowd by raising his right hand.
He brought a microphone to his mouth and in a deep, warm voice, declared, “Earth Friends, the Polarians and their loyal companions of the Alliance salute you! We forgive you for the massacre of our brothers and sisters because you were fooled by the Denebian trickery. You were wrong, however, to blindly accept the so-called revelations of these power-hungry, bloodthirsty monsters. Their goal in blackening us with crimes was only to remove your suspicions… which you hadn’t even shown.
“These hideous green creatures were about to destroy your race by debasing it with their own. This would have created a new race of unbelievable ferocity that would have wiped out the last humans and replaced them with their masters all over the planet.
“The frightening adventure is over. The Denebians, the monsters you put up with for so long, have been defeated. In their thirst for conquest and domination they sowed bloody death in seven solar systems. We can no longer let them continue their abominable crimes.
“Therefore, two hours ago a giant sphere in which the criminals are imprisoned left Earth. The guided spaceship is almost entirely built of negative matter23. Emitting a strong, repellent magnetic field, no weapon will be able to destroy it. Right now it is entering the Omynk solar system, the Denebian Empire. In a little while, near the planet Ptopa, the seat of the abhorrent green race, its outer walls of neutral matter will fall away and leave open the inner sphere of negative matter. When it gets close enough to the ‘positive’ planet Ptopa, the negative matter will undergo an atomic transformation and in an apocalyptic explosion of cosmic energy it will wipe out Ptopa and the race of green monsters!”
The crowd broke out in a loud ovation. Zimko raise his hand asking for silence and continued:
“Freeing the seven solar systems enslaved by the Denebian mercenary colonists will only take a few days. The freed races will finally be able to enjoy the fruits of liberty and benefit from our aide.
“Earth, likewise freed and finally united, will see an era of joy and love. The specter of war, planetary or interstellar, is banished forever. We Polarians have educated, helped and protected countless races in solar systems all over the Galaxy. Now we’re going to devote our efforts to help humans who are our close relatives since they’re descended from the first Polarians who came into this solar system a long time ago. You will enjoy the immense benefits of our civilization. Your ills and your suffering, moral and physical, will be eased thanks to our biological and neurological sciences. The constant imbalance that still exists on your planet between technical, moral and spiritual evolution will disappear, bringing men into a righteous stage where he will understand the machine in ways that have so far been wanting.
“This will not happen overnight but clear progress will be seen even before the end of this year. Around ten years from now we hope to see humans out of their rut. Then they will race down the path to Wisdom and Love, the two inseparable qualities that should unite all thinking peoples in the Galaxy.
“A huge task lies before us, Earth Friends. I’m sure that our sister races are finally going to experience the serenity and happiness that God created them for.
“The Time of trials and tribulations is over.
“A new dawn is rising for your civilization…
“Peace on Earth and good will to men!”
Notes
1 See Volume 1.
2 Ministry of Internal Affairs. (Author’s Note)
3 See prevous volumes.
4 The case of the pilot Mantell; the case of 3 fighter jets broken apart in mid-air in California; the case of the transport plane struck down in India. Read Flying Saucers Come from Another World by the same author. (Author’s Note)
5 SeeVolume 1.
6 See Volume 1.
7 Experimental base of the US Air Force located in Southern California. It is now Edwards AFB.
8 See Volume 1.
9 See Volume 1.
10 I don’t know.
11 See Volume 1.
12 Another reference to Nous, les Martiens.
13 This refers to Le Monde oublié.
14 See Volume 1.
15 Dewavrin’s “bold, constructive plan” called for the adoption by the free nations of a common army, a common foreign policy and a common economy. As his first recommendation, Dewavrin urged that France become the 49th state of the United States of the World. He was frank enough to say that “the U.S.A. would not derive any initial advantage from the fact that the American Constitution would be used as the cement, the 48 American states as the foundation and France as a cornerstone,” but was careful to point out that “the 49th state would receive the same rights as the 48 American states.” Dewavrin added that “unless the Americans are concealing imperialistic aims (and this plan for a United States of the World could help as a test) they should approve of it, even though the representatives of the 48 states would soon cease to enjoy a majority in the United States of the World’s parliament.”
16 Défense Aérienne du Territoire, Territorial Air Defense. (Author’s Note)
17 To err is human. (Author’s Note)
18 Giant observatory and laboratory for the study of flying saucers created in Canada in August 1954. It took two years to build and set up. (Author’s Note)
19 A camera that reacts automatically to the magnetic field of flying saucers to take pictures when they pass by. With the optical system is coupled a spectrograph that analyzes the ship’s light. It is a camera specifically designed to observe flying saucers. (Author’s Note)
20 An aromatized wine, a variety of apéritif wine.
21 Get thee behind me, Satan!
22 French National Center for Scientific Research.
23 See Space Commandos.
FRENCH SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY COLLECTION
105 Adolphe Ahaiza. Cybele
102 Alphonse Allais. The Adventures of Captain Cap
02 Henri Allorge. The Great Cataclysm
14 G.-J. Arnaud. The Ice Company
152 André Arnyvelde. The Ark
153 André Arnyvelde. The Mutilated Bacchus
61 Charles Asselineau. The Double Life
118 Henri Austruy. The Eupantophone
119 Henri Austry. The Petitpaon Era
120 Henri Austry. Th
e Olotelepan
130 Barillet-Lagargousse. The Final War
180 Honoré de Balzac. The Last Fay
103 S. Henry Berthoud. Martyrs of Science
23 Richard Bessière. The Gardens of the Apocalypse
121 Richard Bessière. The Masters of Silence
148 Béthune (Chevalier de). The World of Mercury
26 Albert Bleunard. Ever Smaller
06 Félix Bodin. The Novel of the Future
173 Pierre Boitard. Journey to the Sun
92 Louis Boussenard. Monsieur Synthesis
39 Alphonse Brown. City of Glass
89 Alphonse Brown. The Conquest of the Air
98 Emile Calvet. In A Thousand Years
40 Félicien Champsaur. The Human Arrow
81 Félicien Champsaur. Ouha, King of the Apes
91. Félicien Champsaur. The Pharaoh’s Wife
133 Félicien Champsaur. Homo-Deus
143 Félicien Champsaur. Nora, The Ape-Woman
03 Didier de Chousy. Ignis
166 Jacques Collin de Plancy. Voyage to the Center of the Earth
97 Michel Corday. The Eternal Flame
113 André Couvreur. The Necessary Evil
114 André Couvreur. Caresco, Superman
115 André Couvreur. The Exploits of Professor Tornada (Vol. 1)
116 André Couvreur. The Exploits of Professor Tornada (Vol. 2)
117 André Couvreur. The Exploits of Professor Tornada (Vol. 3)
67 Captain Danrit. Undersea Odyssey
149 Camille Debans. The Misfortunes of John Bull
17 C. I. Defontenay. Star (Psi Cassiopeia)
05 Charles Derennes. The People of the Pole
68 Georges T. Dodds. The Missing Link and Other Tales of Ape-Men
125 Charles Dodeman. The Silent Bomb
49 Alfred Driou. The Adventures of a Parisian Aeronaut
144 Odette Dulac. The War of the Sexes
145 Renée Dunan. The Ultimate Pleasure
10 Henri Duvernois. The Man Who Found Himself
08 Achille Eyraud. Voyage to Venus
01 Henri Falk. The Age of Lead
51 Charles de Fieux. Lamékis
108 Louis Forest. Someone Is Stealing Children In Paris
31 Arnould Galopin. Doctor Omega
70 Arnould Galopin. Doctor Omega & The Shadowmen
112 H. Gayar. The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars
88 Judith Gautier. Isoline and the Serpent-Flower
163 Raoul Gineste. The Second Life of Dr. Albin
136 Delphine de Girardin. Balzac’s Cane
146 Jules Gros. The Fossil Man
174 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 1
175 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 2
176 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 3
177 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 4
178 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 5
179 Jimmy Guieu. The Polarian-Denebian War 6
57 Edmond Haraucourt. Illusions of Immortality
134 Edmond Haraucourt. Daah, the First Human
24 Nathalie Henneberg. The Green Gods
131 Eugene Hennebert. The Enchanted City
137 P.-J. Hérault. The Clone Rebellion
150 Jules Hoche. The Maker of Men and his Formula
140 P. d’Ivoi & H. Chabrillat. Around the World on Five Sous
107 Jules Janin. The Magnetized Corpse
29 Michel Jeury. Chronolysis [NO LONGER AVAILABLE]
55 Gustave Kahn. The Tale of Gold and Silence
30 Gérard Klein. The Mote in Time’s Eye
90 Fernand Kolney. Love in 5000 Years
87 Louis-Guillaume de La Follie. The Unpretentious Philosopher
101 Jean de La Hire. The Fiery Wheel
50 André Laurie. Spiridon
52 Gabriel de Lautrec. The Vengeance of the Oval Portrait
82 Alain Le Drimeur. The Future City
27-28 Georges Le Faure & Henri de Graffigny. The Extraordinary Adventures of a Russian Scientist Across the Solar System (2 vols.)
07 Jules Lermina. Mysteryville
25 Jules Lermina. Panic in Paris
32 Jules Lermina. The Secret of Zippelius
66 Jules Lermina. To-Ho and the Gold Destroyers
127 Jules Lermina. The Battle of Strasbourg
15 Gustave Le Rouge. The Vampires of Mars
73 Gustave Le Rouge. The Plutocratic Plot
74 Gustave Le Rouge. The Transatlantic Threat
75 Gustave Le Rouge. The Psychic Spies
76 Gustave Le Rouge. The Victims Victorious
109-110-111 Gustave Le Rouge. The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius
96 André Lichtenberger. The Centaurs
99 André Lichtenberger. The Children of the Crab
135 Listonai. The Philosophical Voyager
157 Ch. Lomon & P.-B. Gheusi. The Last Days of Atlantis
167 Camille Mauclair. The Virgin Orient
72 Xavier Mauméjean. The League of Heroes
78 Joseph Méry. The Tower of Destiny
77 Hippolyte Mettais. The Year 5865
128 Hyppolite Mettais. Paris Before the Deluge
83 Louise Michel. The Human Microbes
84 Louise Michel. The New World
93 Tony Moilin. Paris in the Year 2000
11 José Moselli. Illa’s End
38 John-Antoine Nau. Enemy Force
156 Charles Nodier. Trilby * The Crumb Fairy
04 Henri de Parville. An Inhabitant of the Planet Mars
21 Gaston de Pawlowski. Journey to the Land of the Fourth Dimension
56 Georges Pellerin. The World in 2000 Years
79 Pierre Pelot. The Child Who Walked On The Sky
85 Ernest Perochon. The Frenetic People
161 Jean Petithuguenin. An International Mission to the Moon
141. Georges Price. The Missing Men of the Sirius
165 René Pujol. The Chimerical Quest
100 Edgar Quinet. Ahasuerus
123 Edgar Quinet. The Enchanter Merlin
60 Henri de Régnier. A Surfeit of Mirrors
33 Maurice Renard. The Blue Peril
34 Maurice Renard. Doctor Lerne
35 Maurice Renard. The Doctored Man
36 Maurice Renard. A Man Among the Microbes
37 Maurice Renard. The Master of Light
169 Restif de la Bretonne: The Discovery of the Austral Continent by a Flying Man
170 Restif de la Bretonne: Posthumous Correspondence 1
171 Restif de la Bretonne: Posthumous Correspondence 2
172 Restif de la Bretonne: Posthumous Correspondence 3
41 Jean Richepin. The Wing
12 Albert Robida. The Clock of the Centuries
62 Albert Robida. Chalet in the Sky
69 Albert Robida. The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul
95 Albert Robida. The Electric Life
151 Albert Robida. Engineer Von Satanas
46 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. The Givreuse Enigma
45 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. The Mysterious Force
43 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. The Navigators of Space
48 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. Vamireh
44 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. The World of the Variants
47 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. The Young Vampire
71 J.-H. Rosny Aîné. Helgvor of the Blue River
24 Marcel Rouff. Journey to the Inverted World
158 Marie-Anne de Roumier-Robert. The Voyages of Lord Seaton to the Seven Planets
132 Léonie Rouzade. The World Turned Upside Down
09 Han Ryner. The Superhumans
124 Han Ryner. The Human Ant
181 Han Ryner. The Son of Silence
122 Pierre de Selenes. An Unknown World
19 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 1. News from the Moon
20 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 2. The Germans on Venus
63 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 3. The Supreme Progress
64 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 4. The World Abov
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65 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 5. Nemoville
80 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 6. Investigations of the Future
106 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 7. The Conqueror of Death
129 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 8. The Revolt of the Machines
142 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 9. The Man with the Blue Face
155 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 10. The Aerial Valley
159 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 11. The New Moon
160 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 12. The Nickel Man
162 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 13. On the Brink of the World’s End
164 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 14. The Mirror of Present Events
168 Brian Stableford (Ed.). 15. The Humanisphere
42 Jacques Spitz. The Eye of Purgatory
13 Kurt Steiner. Ortog
18 Eugène Thébault. Radio-Terror
58 C.-F. Tiphaigne de La Roche. Amilec
138 Simon Tyssot de Patot. Voyages and Adventures of Jacques de Massé
104 Louis Ulbach. Prince Bonifacio
53 Théo Varlet. The Xenobiotic Invasion (w/Octave Joncquel)
16 Théo Varlet. The Martian Epic; (w/André Blandin)
59 Théo Varlet. Timeslip Troopers
86 Théo Varlet. The Golden Rock
94 Théo Varlet. The Castaways of Eros
139 Pierre Véron. The Merchants of Health
54 Paul Vibert. The Mysterious Fluid
147 Gaston de Wailly. The Murderer of the World
Nos Ancêtres de l’Avenir (Fleuve Noir Anticipation No. 62, 1956) 2016 by The Estate of Jimmy Guieu. English adaptation Copyright 2016 by Michael Shreve.
Cover illustration Copyright 2016 Genkis.
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